Overview

• At a Berlin airport meeting on June 3, Lindner said their two-month-old daughter is “very brave” and helps them manage nighttime feedings.
• Lindner and Franca Lehfeldt have split childcare duties so he can undertake business trips while she cares for their baby.
• Lehfeldt resumed her career as a journalist and entrepreneur just weeks after the child’s April birth, foregoing an extended maternity leave.
• After leaving political office following the FDP’s February defeat, Lindner now works as a freelance speaker and author, giving him a more flexible schedule.
• He says he does not miss his former role as finance minister, adding that he only misses the personal rapport with BKA officers.