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Survey: Two-thirds do not think parity in government is important

Survey: Two-thirds do not think parity in government is important

How important is it to Germans that men and women are equally represented in the cabinet? A survey shows the surprising answer.

For a large majority of people in Germany, it is not important whether the federal government has as many female ministers as there are ministers.

In a survey by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency, 66 percent say that parity between men and women in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is rather or even very unimportant to them. On the other hand, it is only very important for 7 percent and rather important for another 19 percent. 9 percent do not provide any information.

In 2021, before the formation of his government by the SPD, Greens and FDP, Scholz had promised to fill his cabinet equally. The traffic light government initially consisted of eight ministers. If you include Scholz as chancellor, parity in the cabinet was not guaranteed from the start. Since the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) and the appointment of Boris Pistorius (SPD) as her successor, the federal government has had 10 men and 7 women – including Scholz. From the ranks of the Greens there had been criticism of the replacement of the ministerial post with a man.

Green voters are divided on the issue. For 46 of them, parity is rather important or unimportant. A majority (58 percent) of women among YouGov respondents think it is unimportant whether they are as well represented in the cabinet as men. Only 29 percent of them value parity.

Source: Stern

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