Society - State parliament once again rejects Women's Day holiday
The Left Party faction has once again failed in the state parliament with a proposal to declare International Women's Day on March 8 a public holiday in Brandenburg. In the debate on Wednesday, SPD MP Ludwig Scheetz expressed his sympathy for the idea in principle, partly because March 8 is already a public holiday in the neighboring states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The SPD state party conference in November had also spoken out in favor of Women's Day as a public holiday, Scheetz admitted.
But because there is no agreement on this in the coalition agreement with the CDU and the Greens, it can only be addressed in the next legislative period after the state elections in the fall of 2024, according to Scheetz.
Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) said that an additional public holiday would be purely symbolic politics. Such a public holiday would do nothing to change the discrimination against women in management positions or violence against women. The Left Party's motion was rejected by a majority of the governing parliamentary groups and the AfD parliamentary group.
An initial proposal by the Left Party parliamentary group for a public holiday on March 8 had already been rejected last year in the state parliament by the majority of the red-black-green government factions and the AfD. Women's Day has been a public holiday in Berlin since 2019 and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since this year.
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- Despite the SPD's support in principle, the proposal to declare International Women's Day a public holiday in Brandenburg, aligning with neighboring states Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was unable to gain traction due to lack of agreement in the coalition agreement with the CDU and the Greens.
- This year, Women's Day has already been recognized as a public holiday in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, joining Berlin where it has been a holiday since 2019.
- Interior Minister Michael Stübgen from the CDU believes that an additional public holiday would only be symbolic politics, failing to address issues like discrimination against women in management positions or violence against women.
- The Left Party's motion to create a public holiday on March 8 fell short in the state parliament, with opposition from both the red-black-green government factions and the AfD parliamentary group.
- During the debate, SPD MP Ludwig Scheetz acknowledged that his party's state conference had spoken out in favor of Women's Day as a public holiday in November, but he agreed with the CDU and Greens' stance that the issue should be addressed in the next legislative period following the state elections in 2024.
- On March 8, many people across Germany will celebrate International Women's Day, even if it remains a workday in Brandenburg and some other states.
- Women's Day, also known as "girls' day" in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is a significant occasion that honors and celebrates the achievements of women, which is widely recognized and appreciated internationally, including in Potsdam and other cities across Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
