FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speak during a CDU board meeting at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's dominant political party, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, plans steps to achieve equal representation of women within its regional and national governing bodies by 2025, two party sources said on Wednesday.
Although currently chaired by a woman, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and although it gave Germany its first female Chancellor in Merkel, women make up only a quarter of its members - something the party leadership wants to change.
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