Baerbock withdraws from leadership role - her personal step!

Baerbock withdraws from leadership role - her personal step!

Potsdam, Deutschland - The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has decided for personal reasons not to take on a leadership role in the Green Group Group. According to a letter that is also available to the German Press Agency, Baerbock expresses that after years she needs a few days to reflect on herself and her family. The 44-year-old announced that the intensive time as a politician has asked for a private prize. Therefore, she decided to take a step out of the glaring spotlight and not to apply for a leadership position in the parliamentary group, so .

Baerbock, who has been a foreign minister since 2021, wanted to keep this office after the Bundestag election on February 23. However, the Greens are not involved in government formation, which makes their political future unsafe. Her balance sheet as an advocate of a "feminist foreign policy" is discussed controversially. Already the day after the election, Greens Chancellor Robert Habeck announced his retreat from the front row, while Baerbock took the time with her decision. Together, Baerbock and Habeck converted the Greens into a more versatile popular party from 2018 to 2022, but the recent election results show a decline in support for the Greens to only 11.6 percent, such as FOCUS reported.

political career and farewell

With a career that started in 2013 in the German Bundestag, Baerbock has contributed significantly to the political landscape in Germany. Their positions include the promotion of climate -neutral technologies and a fair distribution of refugees in the EU. In addition, as a candidate for Chancellor of the Greens, she achieved a record result of 14.8 percent of the second votes in 2021, despite criticism of her government experience. Baerbock has always campaigned for comprehensive women's rights and relies on a clear foreign policy line based on western values. Within and outside of politics, she has also been socially committed, among other things in the area of ​​refugee aid, which underlines her complex personality and political complexity.