You have too many housewives! Brussels sends memo to Germany, Austria and Holland ordering women to get jobs

By Allan Hall
Last updated at 9:19 AM on 9th June 2011
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The EU wants Europe's biggest economy to avoid looming labour shortages in future by dismantling barriers to women entering the workforce.

'Germany must better integrate women into the labour market," said the EU Commission, in a report on the German economy.

'Germany, but also Austria and the Netherlands, should look at the example of the northern countries,â€