Annalena Baerbock is expected to be the new Federal Foreign Minister. In a radio talk show, the Green politician revealed how she talks to her children about it.
Bremen – If nothing serious happens, Annalena Baerbock will be sworn in as Federal Foreign Minister in the coming week. The compatibility of family and work was discussed in detail during the Bundestag election campaign, especially on the basis of the person of Baerbock.
Annalena Baerbock now made it clear in a radio interview that she wants her children to participate in professional life. At Radio Bremen, the Green politician told how she has implemented it so far – and how she talks to the children about upcoming changes. A particularly large number of upcoming trips would change family life. The reaction of her older daughter is sure to make many smile.
Annalena Baerbock’s daughter about mom’s job as foreign minister
“She understood when I said that I represented Germany in the world,” said Baerbock. But the reaction was just as astonished as it was skeptical: “In the world? Oh dear. “
In principle, every family has to decide for itself how to deal with such challenges. “There is never a template or blueprint that can be copied one hundred percent – it is the same in family life,” said Baerbock. It is important to her to always give the children an impression of where she is when she is not at home, emphasized Baerbock. For example, in the recent federal election campaign, she took both daughters on a tour in the campaign bus. “They thought it was great to be up front with the bus drivers.”
Baerbock’s daughters and their generation shaped by Angela Merkel’s chancellorship
However, Baerbock sees a great advantage in Angela Merkel’s (CDU) long reign. The question of whether a woman could be Chancellor at all played no role at all in the election campaign.
“For the women of my generation in particular, Angela Merkel has changed the understanding of power in this republic and in the world,” said the minister-designate. A certain form of gratitude is definitely appropriate for this.
And Baerbock’s daughters can apparently very well imagine a woman in the Chancellery. One of her daughters once asked her: “Mom, can you also become Chancellor as a man?” (Cat with material from RadioBremen)
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