Greens Call for Legalizing East European Maids

The Greens Party is pushing for legislation that would make it possible for thousands of East European cleaning women to work legally in Germany. Green Party leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt called for the change in an interview with the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel. It followed the announcement of plans by the federal government to crack down on illegal workers. Göring-Eckardt said new regulations for cleaning women were necessary because a large share of the illegal workers in German households come from Eastern Europe.