https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Success rates for asylum seekers in Germany vary widely from state to state, according to a new report by Funke Mediengruppe. https://www.thelocal.de/20171013/asylum-quotas-vary-significantly-across-german-states Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:49:43 +0200 asylum-quotas-vary-significantly-across-german-states The refusal of some EU countries to accept Muslim refugees is "unacceptable", Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday as Germany called for quotas to divide the influx throughout the bloc. https://www.thelocal.de/20160829/eu-nations-must-not-refuse-muslim-migrants-merkel Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:12:29 +0200 eu-nations-must-not-refuse-muslim-migrants-merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that a deal to relocate 120,000 refugees among EU countries was far from what was needed to resolve the continent's biggest migrant crisis since the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/refugee-deal-is-far-short-of-whats-needed-merkel Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:52:17 +0200 refugee-deal-is-far-short-of-whats-needed-merkel EU interior ministers failed to reach unanimous agreement on Monday on a plan for binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees and take the strain off Greece, Italy, and Hungary, officials said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150915/eu-ministers-fail-to-reach-refugee-quotas-deal Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:26:30 +0200 eu-ministers-fail-to-reach-refugee-quotas-deal The German parliament (Bundestag) voted on Friday to pass a bill that will force large companies and the government to hire more women managers and executives, following a bitter fight. https://www.thelocal.de/20150306/women-executive-quota-bill-passes Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:16:30 +0100 women-executive-quota-bill-passes Women will represent at least 30 percent of boardroom members at German-listed companies from 2016, after a breakthrough in coalition talks. https://www.thelocal.de/20131118/merkel-and-spd-agree-on-womens-quota-in-coalition-talks-germany-boardroom-company Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:00:00 +0100 merkel-and-spd-agree-on-womens-quota-in-coalition-talks-germany-boardroom-company Hamburg city state has taken the first steps to introducing a women's quota in management - passing a law saying that no committee can be staffed by more than 60 percent of a single gender. https://www.thelocal.de/20130619/50379 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:42:00 +0200 50379 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition defeated an election-year opposition bid Thursday to set a quota for female board members in a vote that exposed a party rift and forced her to give ground. https://www.thelocal.de/20130418/49223 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:37:00 +0200 49223 Germany seems set to torpedo attempts to establish a legally required women’s quota in management by the European Union, according to a letter written by the two relevant ministers. https://www.thelocal.de/20120915/44993 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:24:00 +0200 44993 A new poll has found that 70 percent of Germans are in favor of a mandatory quota for women in executive positions at German companies. Even a majority of men have signed on to the idea. https://www.thelocal.de/20110731/36643 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:29:00 +0200 36643 Germany's top companies pledged Wednesday to publish new targets for placing more women in their boardrooms but resisted fresh calls for legal quotas to rectify a wide gender gap. https://www.thelocal.de/20110330/34077 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:07:00 +0200 34077 The federal government is planning a meeting with human resources directors from Germany's 30 DAX companies to tackle the issue of an absence of women in top management jobs, according to a newspaper report. https://www.thelocal.de/20110308/33567 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:41:00 +0100 33567 Daimler announced Tuesday that former high court judge Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt has become the German auto giant's first-ever woman board member. https://www.thelocal.de/20110216/33133 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:18:00 +0100 33133 The head of Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, has drawn ire by saying that appointing more women to its executive board would make it "prettier and more colourful," a press report said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110207/32931 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:12:00 +0100 32931 Green party parliamentary group leader Renate Künast said that Germany's constitution demands gender equality in managing positions in German industry, adding weight to increasing calls for a gender quota. https://www.thelocal.de/20110205/32901 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:43:00 +0100 32901 Most Germans doubt that companies will boost the representation of women on their boards unless they are forced to do so by a mandatory quota, a poll published Friday found. https://www.thelocal.de/20110204/32889 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:57:00 +0100 32889 Chancellor Angela Merkel may have ruled out a mandatory quota for women in executive positions at German firms this week, but on Friday Family Minister Kristina Schröder said she was still pushing a graduated scheme to achieve the same ends. https://www.thelocal.de/20110204/32877 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:40:00 +0100 32877