Overview

• The cabinet confirmed Breher's appointment on Wednesday, and the Agriculture Ministry said she will take office on September 1.
• She will keep her position as Parliamentary State Secretary and is also a deputy CDU federal chair.
• Breher said she will move quickly to require video surveillance in slaughterhouses.
• She also called for regulation of online animal sales and stronger support for animal shelters.
• Animal welfare groups and opposition parties challenged her independence and protested in Berlin, while the ministry cast the restructuring as a budget‑neutral consolidation.