Overview
- The Bremische Bürgerschaft elected Müller with 52 of 84 votes, with 24 against and 18 abstentions, indicating at least four opposition votes in her favor.
- She was sworn in to lead the environment, climate and science portfolio after previously serving as the Greens’ parliamentary group leader.
- Bremen’s mayor Andreas Bovenschulte praised her experience and warned there is little time for onboarding given urgent policy demands.
- Müller succeeds Kathrin Moosdorf, who resigned in October over irregularities in a personnel matter that prosecutors are probing for suspected breach of trust.
- Solveig Eschen is slated to take Müller’s seat in the state parliament as the CDU pressed criticism of the Senat’s handling of the affair and the mayor issued a rebuttal.