Overview

• Hanna Steinmüller of the Greens spoke during the federal building ministry’s budget debate with her infant in a front carrier at the lectern, after previously bringing the child into the chamber.
• The Bundestag posted video of the appearance and described it as the first time a lawmaker addressed the house with a baby at the podium.
• Footage showed the child calm and apparently asleep during the speech.
• Steinmüller wrote on Instagram that it was a “wilder Tag” and said she would share more thoughts on work–life compatibility the next day.
• Bundestag President Julia Klöckner praised Steinmüller’s handling of the situation and said admitting infants can be acceptable under certain conditions.