Overview
- Robert Habeck said he informed the Bundestag presidium on Monday and will surrender his mandate effective 1 September, handing the paperwork to Vice President Omid Nouripour.
- He outlined plans to teach and conduct research at the University of California, Berkeley and the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen, with further stations expected.
- Habeck stressed the move is not a withdrawal from his party or from public debate.
- In a farewell interview, he sharply criticized Bundestag president Julia Klöckner as a “Fehlbesetzung” and mocked Markus Söder’s publicity stunts as “keine Politik.”
- Mayra Vriesema, a 26-year-old Green from Schleswig-Holstein, is reported to be set to take his Bundestag seat.