RAVENSBURG (dpa-AFX) – ‘Schwäbische Zeitung’ (Ravensburg) on part-time/CDU:
Millions of Germans work part-time – more than ever before. They do this for a variety of reasons, some involuntary. But they are now all getting a pretty general kick in the shin from the CDU middle class union by accusing them of “part-time lifestyle”. The authors of the proposal could have worded it slightly differently and shouted to these people: You are lazy! With their request to only allow the right to part-time work in justified cases, the representatives of the CDU business wing distinguish between good and bad reasons for part-time work. In doing so, they are doing something that they are very fond of accusing their political opponents of: they are interfering in personal life plans and therefore come across as a banned party. According to the CDU’s own understanding, it would be a Christian Democratic political approach not to bully people through bans and regulations, but rather to provide incentives to switch from part-time to full-time./yyzz/DP/stk
