To avoid a looming labour shortage, Germany should follow the example of Scandinavian countries and dismantle barriers to women entering the workforce, according to the European Commission.
Facing major demographic problems over the next decades, with an ageing population and fewer workers to support the swelling ranks of pensioners, Germany must better integrate women into the labour market, the European Union's executive body said in a report on the German economy.
Therefore, Germany must use its full workforce potential, Commission President José Manuel Barroso told journalists as he launched the report late on Tuesday in Strasbourg, according to daily Die Welt....