The many toads for the Greens in government

Berlin In the end, there are only four thin sentences sent by the Greens on Tuesday morning. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is “a very good and highly respected Federal President” who has made great contributions to the country.

Because of his efforts to promote democratic cohesion in society, they support a second term. Less euphoria is hardly possible for the highest office in the state.

In fact, the choice of the then 66-year-old is hardly a reason to celebrate for the Greens. For months they deliberately left the question open, toying with the first woman in Bellevue Palace, possibly even one with a migration history.

Now it remains the man who has a long SPD career behind him and whom the Greens hold responsible for the Hartz IV reform under Gerhard Schröder.