With their competence and experience, the trade unions have a significant role in this. For this reason, we want to elucidate our positions more clearly in public debate. European union will only succeed if it is combined with greater democracy. We advocate a European Union in which the executive is accountable to the European Parliament. In this way, citizens should be given more scope to exert an influence on the future of Europe.
Equality of opportunity is an essential component in the fabric of any democracy.
For this reason, the trade unions support equality for men and women in all spheres of society Article 3 of the Basic Law commits the state to taking positive action to ensure that equal rights for women and men really are implemented and to eliminate disadvantages. To this end, legal mechanisms are necessary to permit the equality of men and women in public life and in the world of work. Appeals that power be shared between the genders have largely fallen on infertile soil. That is why we believe that quotas are required for women in all spheres. This is the only way to implement legally guaranteed equality for women and men in practice.