In the new German parliament, women will be a rarer view
Two days after a coalition of conservatives won the German federal elections last month, the governor of Bavaria went on Instagram to say that the party was "ready for political change" and published a group framework of the probable future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with five other leaders.The photo seemed to suggest that a changed Germany will be extraordinarily similar to the old country: it shows six middle -aged white white men sitting around a snack table. The only apparent concession to modern sensitivity was that half of them did not wear ties.Three and a half years after the only woman to serve as a retired chancellor, German national politics seems to be backsliding when it comes to diversity and gender equality. While in the United States the new administration has actively tri...