The decision was unanimous. The small party conference of Hessia's Greens must vote on the proposal next Wednesday. Ms. Nimsch, who is also a member of the Green Party, vacated her position yesterday. She had been accused of assigning projects from her department to friends of the party without a bidding process. Continue The leaders of seven German unions continued their talks in Stuttgart concerning the foundation of a services union.
Preliminary issues deal with objectives and a time-table for a possible restructuring.
Their combined membership totals approximately 4 million. In case of a fusion, the services union would become the largest union with respect to membership, even larger than the IG Metall. An Opportunity Environmental Minister Merkel urged the German industry to prepare for the production and use of much more environmentally-friendly gasoline by the year 2005. The European Parliament had spoken out in favor of much stricter gasoline norms based on the California model. Merkel stressed that the industry should consider the intended stricter laws as an opportunity and not as a risk.