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I can assure that, being a bit in the insides, the first institution that is building DEI is the EU. National Institutions are still very well behind, but the EU is, starting from the de facto uber-feminist approach that they always had, trying to spin things in that direction.
For example, last year there was a cry from France and other countries that the EU internal comms suggested that we shoudl use Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas to not be offensive. The internal communication was deleted and excuses were done, we were happy that sometimes there was a victory etc
Fast forward this year, and without any sort of communication, 70% of the departments switched to Happy Holidays. No order from above, no comm, no conspiracy, simple because the people doing the comms are female and left-wing.
As you see, no victory.
I also see it mostly like this, but I think
requires some additional qualification.
Speaking for Germany, of course, and not bothering to look up sources - ignore me at your leisure - there are many national institutions that are by all means keeping pace with the EU, if not even pulling ahead on some points. Fashionable cities like Berlin, many elements of the federal government especially since the last election, state governments under leftist control, taxpayer-funded nominal NGOs, all of education from Kindergarten up to Universities, and of course our dear public media complex. It's patchy, many are indeed very well behind as you say, but I wouldn't want to deny the great and often successful efforts of many entities below the level of the EU.
And I think you've hit the nail on the head with your observation that there are no permanent victories as long as the enemy keeps pushing.
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