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The Greens are already preparing behind the scenes for the next federal election – Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock apparently does not want to give up her option for power.
Berlin – When the Greens took their first steps into the Bundestag in the 80s, they caused a stir nationwide with the rotation of their Bundestag members. It happened, for example, that even Joschka Fischer resigned from the Bundestag in 1985 after only two years. Today, almost 40 years later, the Greens have long since adapted their parliamentary processes to the practices of other parties.
However, they are still trying to maintain the gender parity from this time – they would probably also like to fill the post of Federal Chancellor with a duo. In 2021, however, this approach culminated in the “most painful day of his political career” for Robert Habeck when he had to give way to his competitor Annalena Baerbock for the candidacy for chancellor. Will the drama repeat itself again?
No precedence for Habeck: Baerbock probably wants to keep his power option open – “excellent job”
Actually, the matter seemed clear: After the botched federal election in 2021, in which the Greens and their female top candidate won a disappointing 14.7 percent for the party, Robert Habeck should now run. In his role as current Vice-Chancellor, he is already practicing diligently; his state-supporting appearances are already considered an unofficial application for the top candidacy. With his speech on the war in Israel, Habeck apparently found the right tone at the right time. “The sentence ‘Israel’s security is German reasons of state’ was never an empty formula and it must not become one,” Habeck said last year, among other things, in the almost ten-minute speech.
But Annalena Baerbock also scores points as Foreign Minister. Most recently, during her visit to Fiji, Baerbock once again condemned Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine and accused him of waging war “at all levels”. And so the two alpha animals of the Greens are heading for another power struggle – just like in the Union, where Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder are fighting out the K question. Things are simmering behind the scenes. The Handelsblatt is now reporting that Baerbock is not even thinking about taking Habeck’s nomination as a given. The paper relies on Green circles.
On the surface, the party dispels any doubts about disunity. “Annalena Baerbock is doing an excellent job right now. Just like Robert Habeck,” Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt recently told the newspapers Funke Media Group. “It’s excellent that with these two we have two people who could move into the Chancellery.” Given the current polls, this statement is not without a certain irony – with 12 to 15 percent, the Greens would hardly have a chance of filling this office . Observers like Nikolaus Blome advise the Greens Mirror already decided to forego a candidate for chancellor.
Setback for the Greens’ possible candidate for chancellor: Will Habeck’s “painful day” be repeated?
The citizens of the country do not take for granted that Habeck is the clear favorite. According to a survey by the opinion research institute Civey 69 percent of those surveyed stated that they were not yet convinced of Robert Habeck’s ability to become chancellor. On the other hand, 25 percent of those surveyed said they would support the 54-year-old’s candidacy for chancellor. Five percent are still undecided.
In the survey, between April 18 and 22, 2024, exactly 5,070 adults were asked whether they thought Robert Habeck was a suitable candidate for chancellor for the Greens. The answers could be “yes, definitely”, “probably yes”, “undecided”, “probably no” and “no, definitely not”. When asked about his own ambitions, Habeck recently weighed it down and made it clear that he did not want to have a debate about it at the moment. “I’m happy with the job I have.”
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