Overview

• In a Handelsblatt interview, the former co-leader questioned Habeck’s mocking tone toward CSU chief Markus Söder, citing his "fetishistic sausage-eating" line.
• She rejected Habeck’s open-to-all outreach, arguing the party cannot "hold out a hand to everyone at once" and must confront social conflicts directly.
• Lang urged stepping away from culture-war topics such as gender-inclusive language and pressed for clearer stances on major policy issues.
• Reflecting on recent setbacks, she said the Greens tried bridge-building but are now perceived as polarizing, calling for a strategic reset.
• Habeck left the Bundestag in late summer after a weaker election result and plans to work at foreign research and education institutions without ruling out a political return.