German women ask Merkel for more support after voteBERLIN (Reuters) - A group of German women s organizations wrote to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday demanding more support for their goals of equal participation, equal pay and better monitoring of gender policies after the Sept. 24 election. Merkel was elected as Germany s first female chancellor in 2005, helped by strong support from women voters, but the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) has not made fighting for equal rights a major priority.   Women in Germany have moderated their demands for long enough and repeatedly accepted compromises. Without notable progress,  wrote the 17 groups representing 12.5 million women in professions ranging from medicine to law and engineering.  Now, new, binding milestones with clear targets need to be defined and achieved.  Opinion polls show that Merkel should easily win a fourth term, with women still more likely to vote for the CDU than the SPD, and far more likely to support Merkel   on 60 percent   than her SPD challenger Martin Schulz   on just 20 percent. Merkel was initially opposed to quotas, but her government  has introduced a requirement for women to hold 30 percent of seats on non-executive company boards after it was championed by her junior coalition partners, the center-left Social Democrats. Beyond that, however, progress at boosting female representation in both business and politics has been slow. None of Germany s top 30 listed companies has a female CEO and women hold only 7 percent of executive positions in the 160 biggest listed firms, up from 6 percent in 2016. Meanwhile, the percentage of women in the German parliament is expected to fall to 32 percent from a current 36.5 percent after the election due to the likely entry of the male-dominated Free Democrats and Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD). Merkel says she wants half her new cabinet to be female, compared to seven out of 16 posts now, although that will depend on which party she shares power with. She has also warned firms they face tougher regulation if they do not promote more women. The women s groups said they welcomed Merkel s desire for an equal cabinet and for more women in business, but said more was needed to improve participation and equal pay.  The example of the mandatory gender quota for supervisory boards of large companies shows that legal targets are needed to speed up the necessary processes of change and a switch in role models in business and society,  the letter to Merkel said. worldnews
german women ask merkel support voteberlin reuters a group german women organizations wrote chancellor angela merkel monday demanding support goals equal participation equal pay better monitoring gender policies election merkel elected germany first female chancellor helped strong support women voters leader conservative christian democrats cdu made fighting equal rights major priority women germany moderated demands long enough repeatedly accepted compromises without notable progress wrote groups representing million women professions ranging medicine law engineering now new binding milestones clear targets need defined achieved opinion polls show merkel easily win fourth term women still likely vote cdu spd far likely support merkel percent spd challenger martin chul percent merkel initially opposed quotas government introduced requirement women hold percent seats company boards championed junior coalition partners social democrats beyond however progress boosting female representation business politics slow none germany top listed companies female ceo women hold percent executive positions biggest listed firms percent meanwhile percentage women german parliament expected fall percent current percent election due likely entry free democrats alternative fuer deutschland afd merkel says wants half new cabinet female compared seven posts although depend party shares power she also warned firms face tougher regulation promote women the women groups said welcomed merkel desire equal cabinet women business said needed improve participation equal pay the example mandatory gender quota supervisory boards large companies shows legal targets needed speed necessary processes change switch role models business society letter merkel said worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: German women ask Merkel for more support after voteBERLIN (Reuters) - A group of German women s organizations wrote to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday demanding more support for their goals of equal participation, equal pay and better monitoring of gender policies after the Sept. 24 election. Merkel was elected as Germany s first female chancellor in 2005, helped by strong support from women voters, but the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) has not made fighting for equal rights a major priority.   Women in Germany have moderated their demands for long enough and repeatedly accepted compromises. Without notable progress,  wrote the 17 groups representing 12.5 million women in professions ranging from medicine to law and engineering.  Now, new, binding milestones with clear targets need to be defined and achieved.  Opinion polls show that Merkel should easily win a fourth term, with women still more likely to vote for the CDU than the SPD, and far more likely to support Merkel   on 60 percent   than her SPD challenger Martin Schulz   on just 20 percent. Merkel was initially opposed to quotas, but her government  has introduced a requirement for women to hold 30 percent of seats on non-executive company boards after it was championed by her junior coalition partners, the center-left Social Democrats. Beyond that, however, progress at boosting female representation in both business and politics has been slow. None of Germany s top 30 listed companies has a female CEO and women hold only 7 percent of executive positions in the 160 biggest listed firms, up from 6 percent in 2016. Meanwhile, the percentage of women in the German parliament is expected to fall to 32 percent from a current 36.5 percent after the election due to the likely entry of the male-dominated Free Democrats and Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD). Merkel says she wants half her new cabinet to be female, compared to seven out of 16 posts now, although that will depend on which party she shares power with. She has also warned firms they face tougher regulation if they do not promote more women. The women s groups said they welcomed Merkel s desire for an equal cabinet and for more women in business, but said more was needed to improve participation and equal pay.  The example of the mandatory gender quota for supervisory boards of large companies shows that legal targets are needed to speed up the necessary processes of change and a switch in role models in business and society,  the letter to Merkel said. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: german women ask merkel support voteberlin reuters a group german women organizations wrote chancellor angela merkel monday demanding support goals equal participation equal pay better monitoring gender policies election merkel elected germany first female chancellor helped strong support women voters leader conservative christian democrats cdu made fighting equal rights major priority women germany moderated demands long enough repeatedly accepted compromises without notable progress wrote groups representing million women professions ranging medicine law engineering now new binding milestones clear targets need defined achieved opinion polls show merkel easily win fourth term women still likely vote cdu spd far likely support merkel percent spd challenger martin chul percent merkel initially opposed quotas government introduced requirement women hold percent seats company boards championed junior coalition partners social democrats beyond however progress boosting female representation business politics slow none germany top listed companies female ceo women hold percent executive positions biggest listed firms percent meanwhile percentage women german parliament expected fall percent current percent election due likely entry free democrats alternative fuer deutschland afd merkel says wants half new cabinet female compared seven posts although depend party shares power she also warned firms face tougher regulation promote women the women groups said welcomed merkel desire equal cabinet women business said needed improve participation equal pay the example mandatory gender quota supervisory boards large companies shows legal targets needed speed necessary processes change switch role models business society letter merkel said worldnews