Overview

• Annalena Baerbock officially resigned her Bundestag seat on June 30, handing it to Brandenburg Greens leader Andrea Lübcke ahead of her move to New York
• In a July 6 farewell address in Potsdam she warned against online hate and urged respectful cooperation among democrats to strengthen Germany’s political culture
• She will begin her one-year term as president of the UN General Assembly in September, holding a largely ceremonial post with agenda-setting influence
• Former Green minister Jürgen Trittin praised her realist foreign policy and credited her with driving Germany’s first National Security Strategy, expressing hope for her return to domestic politics
• Despite broad confirmation votes, some international partners voiced reservations over her nomination and Baerbock has acknowledged that her career path after the UN term remains uncertain