German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has come under fire from the European Parliament’s women’s rights committee…

Date: 19/10/1995

...for his government's decision to block the EU's fourth equal opportunities action programme. “Coming so soon after the Beijing Women's Conference, the German government's decision must be bewildering for European women. Chancellor Kohl's government will lose a lot of credibility,” says Lissy Gröner, a German member of the committee who urged Kohl to change his stand.