Haßelmann has been First Parliamentary Managing Director of the Greens parliamentary group since 2013.
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Berlin Britta Haßelmann, a social worker with a degree, wants to become the leader of the Greens parliamentary group. She informed the MPs of her party this Friday about her candidacy. The letter is in the Handelsblatt.
“As you know, I am a parliamentarian with heart and passion,” wrote Haßelmann to the now 118 Green MPs in the Bundestag. Parliament is “the place of debate, dispute and competition for the best ideas and concepts – energetic and sometimes tough – ready to compromise and on the basis of mutual respect,” says the letter Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported.
That also applies to the Group of the Greens. “I would like us to give ourselves the space to work in terms of content and program, to discuss and argue, respectfully and trustingly,” the 59-year-old continues.
The past few years have shown that the Greens are particularly strong and successful “when we fight together and unitedly for our goals”. That is why she offers her experience: “as a local politician, as a state politician and as a federal politician – and simply as your Britta”.
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Haßelmann, born in Straelen (North Rhine-Westphalia) in 1961, entered the Bundestag in 2005. Since 2013 she has been First Parliamentary Managing Director of the Greens parliamentary group. Hasselmann is extremely recognized; she should have a good chance of moving to the top of the group in next week’s elections
It boils down to a double female leadership in the Green Group
The second applicant is economic politician Katharina Dröge, who, as parliamentary manager, is also a member of the parliamentary group’s executive committee. She represents the left wing of the party. Like the “Reala” Haßelmann, Dröge also enjoys a high level of recognition and her election chances are considered good.
So it comes down to a female dual leadership among the Greens. The previous group chairmen Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter had announced that they would not run again. Both had, however, missed out on the distribution of the green ministerial posts.
The party chairmanship of the Greens will also be newly appointed. The still-party leaders Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck will belong to the traffic light government as ministers and, according to the regulations of the Greens, may not be party leaders at the same time.
Foreign politician Omid Nouripour has already announced his candidacy. The deputy party leader Ricarda Lang is being discussed as co-chair. The 27-year-old has not yet officially commented. The elections for the party executive committee are due at the end of January 2022.
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