Overview

• Robert Habeck is stepping down from active politics, with FAZ reporting he will give up his parliamentary mandate after explaining to taz that his political project was voted out and he did not want to linger as a bystander.
• In the taz interview, he castigated opponents including Julia Klöckner and reflected on the Greens’ place in the political center, drawing sharp reactions.
• On ZDF’s Markus Lanz, Habeck referred to being campaigned as a “Bündniskanzler,” and, as recounted by Cicero, voiced frustration with parliamentary dynamics and mused about a tightly bonded governing team.
• A Cicero op-ed portrays his later leadership as insular and polarizing, arguing it strained coalition partners such as the FDP and mistook partisan consolidation for broader electoral growth.
• Commentary in FAS laments the loss of one of Berlin’s clearest political communicators, even as it criticizes the personal tone of his parting shots, contrasting this phase with earlier coalition-building successes in Schleswig-Holstein.