Overview

• Robert Habeck confirmed he has notified the Bundestag presidency of his resignation effective 1 September and said he plans to teach and research next year in Copenhagen and at the University of California, Berkeley.
• CDU politician Petra Nicolaisen, who won more first votes than Habeck in Flensburg‑Schleswig in February, called his withdrawal “unfassbar” and argued many constituency votes are now effectively lost.
• Under list‑based succession rules, 26‑year‑old student Mayra Vriesema from Schleswig‑Holstein will enter the Bundestag for the Greens in Habeck’s place.
• Habeck used his exit to sharply attack Union figures, describing Bundestag president Julia Klöckner as a “Fehlbesetzung” and dismissing Markus Söder’s public style as “fetischhaftes Wurstgefresse.”
• Responses ranged from praise by Green leaders Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge to ridicule from Söder, who wished Habeck “Geh mit Gott – Hauptsache, weit weg.”