Berlin. Green leader Robert Habeck is set to become vice chancellor in a future federal government with the Social Democrats and the Free Democratic Party. He will also become climate and economy minister, according to a letter from Federal Director-General Michael Kellner to party members Thursday night. This was preceded by a bitter struggle between Realos and the left wing over the distribution of ministerial posts. Cem Ozdemir is set to become agriculture minister, former federal director general Stevie Lemke will take over the environment, and Rhineland-Palatinate climate minister Anne Spiegel the family minister. Green politician Claudia Roth becomes the new Secretary of State for Culture.
Traffic lights overview: This is how the SPD, the Greens and the FDP allocate cabinet posts
Ozdemir instead of the knight
Left-wing parliamentary group leader Tony Hofriter is not part of the hiring schedule for top posts, which 125,000 Green party members will vote on along with the coalition agreement from Friday. It was considered that he was already appointed, but now he fell in favor of Ozdemir. The leader of the Joint Parliamentary Group, Catherine Goering-Eckhardt, is also not part of the list.
The Greens gave the green light for its 125,000 members to vote on the coalition agreement and personnel schedule on Thursday at the so-called Federal State Forum. According to the Greens, the strike should take ten days. But the struggle for power within the party lasted the employees’ decisions in the afternoon.
He wants SPD head now Talk to its members about agreements next week. Two digital conferences are planned, among others with potential future advisor Olaf Schultz.
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