The CDU is largely a male party.
It doesn't help to refer to the long Merkel years and the short Kramp-Karrenbauer years.
A woman at the top shows that the way up is possible for women.
But one should not automatically conclude from this that women in the party have the same opportunities as men.
No CDU state association is currently led by a woman.
Secretary General Mario Czaja has therefore now spoken out in favor of a binding quota for women.
Without such a quota, according to the chairwoman of the Women's Union, Annette Widmann-Mauz, it will not be possible to bring more women to the fore.
admission of failure
That may be so, but at the same time it is an admission of failure.
A quota can ensure in the short term that more women are involved in party offices.
However, the quota does not solve the actual problem.
It does not address the reasons why more women have not come to the fore so far.
The responsible way of belittling women and bundling men has changed them just as little as the everyday behavior of many men towards women.
Something has to change here;
and even then differences may remain.
But talking about quotas shows how far our society and in this case the CDU are from it.