Overview
- Regionspräsident Steffen Krach (SPD) has put forward the former federal minister to lead Dezernat II for social affairs, participation, family and youth in the Region Hannover.
- A regional council vote on the appointment is scheduled for 11 November.
- Spiegel said she expects resistance in the role and again called the 2021 trip taken shortly after the Ahr flood a mistake.
- She said she applied through a publicly advertised process after the Greens alerted her to the opening.
- Skepticism over her suitability persists due to the circumstances that led to her stepping down from the federal cabinet in 2022.