We see the Grand Coalition of LOVE!
The upcoming wedding of FDP boss Christian Lindner (42) and TV reporter Franca Lehfeldt (32) It is not only political Berlin that inspires. He proposed to her on the evening of her birthday, of all places.
There was seldom more glamor in politics! And the Bundestag becomes the House of Love!
But who are the big loved ones in Parliament? The Bundestag in the BILD love check!
Christian Lindner (FDP) and Franca Lehfeldt
Christian Lindner (42, FDP) and RTL journalist Franca Lehfeldt (32) have been a couple for three years. Soon they will step in front of the altar. For Lindner it is the second marriage. From 2011 to 2020 he was married to WELT editor-in-chief Dagmar Rosenfeld. Are you planning to have children now? “Yes, Franca and I have the wish,” says Lindner. “Two, three or four.”Photo: dpa
Annalena Baerbock (The Greens) and Daniel Holefleisch
Annalena Baerbock (40, Bündnis90 / Die Grünen) has been married to PR manager Daniel Holefleisch (48) since 2007. The couple have two primary school children. “My husband takes full responsibility and work at home,” she says of himPhoto: picture alliance / Eva Oertwig / SCHROEWIG
Heiko Maas (SPD) and Natalia Wörner
Heiko Maas (55, SPD) and Natalia Wörner (54). The Federal Foreign Minister and the TV star. Their love caused a tremor on the social floor – and yet has lasted five years. Will the friendship rings soon also become wedding rings? Open minded!Photo: EPA
Jens Spahn (CDU) and Daniel Funke
Jens Spahn (41, CDU) and Daniel Funke (40) have been married since 2017. The Federal Minister of Health and the media lobbyist, who are consistently committed against homophobia, are unofficial ambassadors for a cosmopolitan and contemporary societyPhoto: Agency People Image
Cem Özdemir (The Greens)
Cem Özdemir (55, Bündnis90 / Die Grünen) and his wife, journalist Pia Maria Castro (49), have been in love since 2001 and married in 2003. He says: “It was love at first sight.” The Argentinian with Italian roots came as an exchange student to GermanyPhoto: picture alliance / dpa
Wolfgang (CDU) and Ingeborg Schäuble
Wolfgang Schäuble (79, CDU) stands for stability in all areas of life: he has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1972. He has been married to his wife Ingeborg (77) since 1969 and they have four childrenPhoto: JAN WOITAS / AFP
Dorothee and Oliver Bär (CSU)
Dorothee Bär (43, CSU) and the Bavarian local politician Oliver Bär (44, CSU) have been married since 2006. The couple has three children and sometimes loves the unusual appearance, as here in 2020 as Empress Sisi and Emperor Franz Joseph I at Carnival in FranconiaPhoto: dpa
Friedrich Merz (CDU) and Charlotte
Friedrich Merz (65, CDU) and his wife Charlotte (60), director of the Arnsberg District Court in Sauerland, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in July. The couple have three children and four grandchildren. She also praises his cooking skills: “Spaghetti frutti di mare is his favorite dish, it always works,” she saysPhoto: dpa
Robert Habeck (The Greens) and Andrea Paluch
Robert Habeck (52, Bündnis90 / Die Grünen) has been married to the writer Andrea Paluch (51) for 25 years. The couple has four grown sons and commutes between Flensburg and Berlin. She says: “When we see each other, it is now as it was in our time before the children, now we have each other again.”Photo: Siegfried Purschke
Lars Klingbeil (SPD)
Lars Klingbeil (43, SPD) and a woman Lena-Sophie Müller (38), political scientist, married in 2019. The couple met through the party. There are no children in sight yetPhoto: picture alliance / Eva Oertwig
The marriage share in the Bundestag
The German Bundestag currently has 736 members. At 34.8%, the proportion of women is the second highest in the history of the Federal Republic. Only after the 2013 election was it higher (36.5%).
Official figures on the living conditions of the newly elected parliamentarians are not yet available. At the beginning of the last electoral term, the proportion of married MPs with children was at least 50.8%.