Overview
- Habeck has confirmed he is in talks with UC Berkeley about serving as a guest lecturer, with formalities expected to be settled over the summer.
- He is slated to co-teach a lecture series on “crises” alongside German economist Ulrike Malmendier at Berkeley’s San Francisco Bay Area campus.
- Having relinquished Green Party leadership roles after the Bundestag election, he continues as a backbench member and sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
- Reports suggest he may give up his parliamentary mandate after the summer recess, with fellow Green politician Mayra Vriesema mentioned as a likely successor.
- Annalena Baerbock has taken up her role as president of the UN General Assembly in New York, underscoring a broader transition among senior Greens following recent electoral setbacks.