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Nancy Faeser Settles Into Bundestag Role, Steps Back From Interior Ministry Politics

The ex-interior minister concentrates on foreign and security assignments in Berlin.

Overview

  • Faeser, now an SPD Bundestag member from Hesse, serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee and in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly with a focus on South America, Western Europe, cultural policy and international security.
  • She says she will not return to Wiesbaden, confirming she will not run in the next Hessian state election.
  • Faeser underscores she will not interfere with Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, describing a respectful handover that included extensive talks on migration.
  • Reflecting on her tenure, she notes ordering border controls and arranging a deportation flight to Afghanistan, while warning against echoing far-right rhetoric in refugee policy.
  • She defends releasing the Verfassungsschutz analysis on the AfD before leaving office, citing agency-driven timing and a desire to avoid delaying publication, and she now balances constituency work in Hofheim with family life in Schwalbach while considering resuming legal practice part-time.