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Under winter and this is your Business Update here in germany political leaders are trying to hammer out a deal for a Coalition Government compromises are in sight for everything from refugee policy to energy but so far nobody is talking about the countrys poor record and encouraging women to see the management the European Statistics Office says the highest percentage of women working in private companies in the e. U. Is in latvia where fifty three percent of leadership positions are occupied on women in bulgaria and poland women occupy forty four percent of leadership positions followed closely by ireland and a stony within the e. U. Germanys last place with italy and cyprus with women making up twenty two percent of management though germanys chancellor is a woman many activists say politics like corporate boardrooms remain mostly a mans game in europes biggest economy but were going to get some more on that this now from the association of german Women Entrepreneurs joining me now is claudio courser nigga thank you very much for coming in to talk to us do you think those numbers are a shock or are you satisfied with the way that things are progressing. This must be a joke because theyre the problem womens progress of stalin they at least sell there there are signs that theyre backsliding in women in leadership positions we are not at all not at all satisfied ok so weve heard a lot of talk from politicians here about boosting women in business at the w. Twenty conference for example Angela Merkel making a very prominent speech there but thats barely if at all featured in the exploratory Coalition Talks are going on at the moment ah german party to leaders all talk and no action on this front sturdy to say. That there is effort been taken by potential Coalition Partners so but right now it seems that there are more complicated fields to talk about in the exploratory dialogues so we we still hope that these Coalition Parties for example have something in their preamble talking about women and equality ok so what action specifically would you like to see the next government taking in order to encourage women into leadership positions women. There of course there is this parity issue very important still so we were age seventy not pay parity but like women in leadership we introduced a quota regulation last year for the first time and i think there is still it needs more progress because we observe or at the late latest statistics sol that the progress is very very slow plus there its only progress when there is a fix quota there is no progress if its on a voluntary basis and its asked our chancellor sat at the german women union gathering in september if there is no voluntary effort it needs the economy our business need a Business Partner need to be forced it is pay still issue our women not being paid the same as men theyre working careers not only as this common discrimination effect but i would rather say that the. That the development of women or a day are biography is different to those of mansoul they are they need an equal access to leadership positions they need to be able to choose to same amount of working hours like to actually because some people say mostly men actually that women are free to do what they want in society there are now so many positive role models women have great access to education as well and they are tend to be very well educated too so why are there still so few women in boardrooms why do we still need new initiatives youre right when when youre talking about education but the rest id like to. Make some notes whenever it comes to the first years in and the professional lives then you see that women are not as fast as men. And this is very often this due to the fact that they care more about family so this is still the duty of women and not a man and as long as we dont change this whole model then we wont have enough and the same number of women in leadership positions plenty of progress still needs to be made today and they get thank you very much for coming in strong interest and folks bargain is ramping up production of electric cars in china the german com make a says it will spend ten Million Euros over the next seven years to develop new hybrids for the Chinese Market b. W. Aims to produce four hundred thousand cars annually by twenty twenty that compares to about four million v. W. Sold china last year and it comes after china announced the worlds most stringent electro mobility quotas faults locking has been making efforts to move away from combustion in engines after admitted two years ago to cheating diesel emissions tests and in frankfurt monitoring of us forces general de mello and so legal troubles have shown as sliding yesterday now it looks like v. W. Is one of the clear winners in trading but how sustainable is this hopkins well i would say its optimism with a cause that flight sound is upping its electoral ability game in the worlds most important carmaker a car market could hardly be considered a bad thing but of course it also depends on the cars that they produce and how well they stack up against the competition theyll fight song and said that they would be producing cars that had a range on a single charge of four hundred to six hundred kilometers compare that with a tesla model s. Which can run up apparently up to six hundred thirty two is a little bit more now it has also said that it was opening up its own Production Facility in shanghai just a few weeks ago so obviously what were going to see is a very crowded market in china as automakers a jockey for position. Thank you very much for that and happy birthday. Things could get tense today at siemens management at the german Engineering Firm of cold for an emergency meeting likely to announce a mass layoffs prompted by weakness in the turbines business now gas powered turbines that is behind me belong to the oldest and most important products from siemens they generate electricity and gas fired power plants but demand has collapsed for cost orders for just one hundred new turbines next year and by the way thats globally across all manufacturers yet siemens alone has capacity to make one hundred thirty turbines clearly more than needed but lets add to that all of the other suppliers capacity as well the turbine makers put together across the world could make four hundred units so worldwide demand is much lower and that means major problems for siemens quite clearly its turbine subsidiary is one of the biggest in the company and the second most profitable last year turbines made up twenty percent of siemens profits and thats one workers are fearing the worst and tire plants are under threat of closure thousands of jobs are at stake and theyre mostly jobs in europe where most siemens turbine works are located Company Workers have been out protesting the planned cuts theyre calling on management to show some vision above all they dont see why then should lose their jobs when the siemens conglomerate as a whole is still raking in billions of euros in profits its. Affordable living space is in short supply in germany one cheaper alternative is Modular Construction a bit like a flat pack. Twenty two square metres of living space trade off the rack. This is one room with a bathroom the timber frame module has reinforced door jambs to ensure that nothing buckles when its lowered into place here in the rural valley city of butter up forty five prefabricated modules are being stacked to form fifteen rental apartments once the wooden walls have been plastered over this wont look any different from a normal brick or concrete apartment house now it is Modular Constructions are absolutely equivalent to Solid Structures they fulfil all the d. A. And standards and all the other norms that we have to comply with. That applies especially to noise and heat insulation for the walls the electrician only has to insert the wiring now the sockets are already fitted. In conventional construction you have to cut into the wall to install a socket to deal with the slits and then later to the floor this is ten times easier. Developers want to boost Modular Construction theyre under pressure to supply more living space quickly and cheaply modules cost a third less than normal apartments so. You save time normally can have a building ready within three months on the building site with very low Construction Costs of one thousand eight hundred euros per square meter. More than two thirds of the elements are prebuilt in a factory one hundred thirty kilometers away no matter what the weather windows can be fitted here and tiles laid most of the modules measured by three and a half meters which turns out to be the most economical size. If we made the module narrower it would leave less living space per module which would raise production costs and the prize per square meter for the customer. For now the workers here have to move from module to module but by twenty eighteen theyll be an Assembly Line which takes the module automatically from workstation to workstation just like in car production. Managed to make you feel at home but thats all we have time for this edition of business and you can check us out on facebook. Even more well be back with more news at the top of the next hour until then keep it here on. How to finish people sound like this for example. The symphony. Composed by michael talking inspired by the d. N. A. Of. Its heavy. And sometimes melancholy the sound. Next. Freedom of expression. And ways has to be defended in you. All over the world. A multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. On freedom and home. Where i come from the region is rich in history might follow. With continue. The experience of freedom. Is like the experience of day you can visit but you call come back home. 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