Debate has been fierce in Berlin following the release of new wage inequality data and an EU threat to enforce a binding gender quota on companies. Amid growing support for such measures, German commentators agree that the dismal situation must change, but doubt that a quota is the best solution.
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New statistics and pressure from the European Union have rekindled a long-running debate in Germany about the embarrassing state of gender equality in the professional world. The country continues to lag well behind other European nations in equal pay and the number of women in top positions, which has prompted heated disagreements among politicians in Berlin over the possibility of a legally binding quota.
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