BERLIN. In the planned reorganization of the German CDU, the women in the party demanded a much greater say. “We have had too few women in parliament and party for years. We have to get more,” said Nadine Schön, the previous vice-head of the parliamentary group, yesterday. The 38-year-old, who is regarded as one of the CDU’s hopes for the future, is only moving into the new Bundestag because the current defense minister and former party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has renounced her mandate.
Annette Widmann-Mauz, chairwoman of the “Frauen Union”, also called for more influence for women: “The repositioning of the CDU in Germany can only succeed in terms of content, personnel and structure with the women in the party,” she told the “RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland” yesterday. .
