This experienced green party politician announced his decision in today's interview for the newspaper “Die Tageszeitung”, saying that he would “conduct research, teach and learn” at the Danish Institute of International Studies in Copenhagen and at the University of California in Berkeley.
“I do not want to be a mocking, cynical commentator, or walk in the corridors like a ghost, saying:” I was a vice -channel, remember? “” – said Habeck. The politician will leave the Bundestag on September 1.
Habeck took the position of vice -channel when his Green Party joined the government with centrolevic social democrats and neoliberal free democrats in 2021. He also headed the powerful superminister of the climate and economy ministry. The coalition broke up at the end of last year.
When the Greens returned to the opposition after early elections in February, Habeck withdrew from high party positions and rumors appeared that he was considering completely withdrawing from politics. In today's interview, Habeck expressed pessimism about the abilities of German parties to stop the growth of the popularity of the far -right alternative to Germany and attacked several high -ranking conservatives for moving rhetoric towards the right.
If the tendency persists and the mainstream parties continue to lose support, their dominance “will end” – he warned. “There is no politically desirable democratic alternatives … You need to find a new approach. However, I do not see it within the system that I have helped build for the last 20 years,” he added.
