Overview

• Starting in October, Habeck will moderate ‘Habeck Live’, a Sunday salon series at the Berliner Ensemble exploring central societal, political and cultural questions.
• The inaugural event on October 5 will bring together journalist Anne Will and former transport minister Volker Wissing to debate whether democracies need emergency powers.
• After the Greens’ disappointing electoral result, Habeck stepped back from party leadership but remains a Bundestag member and serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
• He is in talks with UC Berkeley about leading a lecture series on crisis topics, with formal plans expected to be confirmed in the coming months.
• Some reports indicate he may step down from his Bundestag seat after the summer break, potentially making way for Green politician Mayra Vriesema, though no official decision has been announced.