During its session that took place on Friday, June 16th 2006, the Bundesrat, that has conservative majority, has refused to conform to the agreements made between the coalition parties. The head of the Länder have asked for the rectification of the « law on equal treatment » (Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) by the Bundestag (federal house of the representatives) on several points. (Ref 06623)
The conservative ministers-presidents have recalled that no kind of discrimination was acceptable but that they think the German bill against discrimination, passed by the Government on May, 11th 2006 (see our article n° 06467), goes much too far in comparison with the text of the European directive that it is supposed to implement. For the Hamburg Minister-President, Ole von Beust, the current bill might seriously penalize companies. For Jürgen Rüttgers, the text turns each act of rudeness and
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