Overview

• He informed the Bundestag presidency of his resignation, with his mandate ending on 1 September.
• He plans research and teaching stints at UC Berkeley and the Danish Institute for International Studies, with additional stations possible.
• He says he seeks distance from the “narrow corset” of Berlin politics and presents the step as a perspective shift rather than leaving the discourse.
• Greens leaders publicly thanked him and highlighted his role in securing energy supplies during the last government.
• Reports indicate Mayra Vriesema from the Schleswig-Holstein list is expected to take his seat, as Habeck also departs with pointed criticism of Julia Klöckner and Markus Söder.