Overview

• Habeck informed the Bundestagspräsidium he will relinquish his mandate effective 1 September, citing a need for distance from Berlin’s political routine.
• He plans to work and teach at DIIS in Copenhagen and at UC Berkeley, with additional academic engagements possible.
• He said the move is not a withdrawal from political discourse, stressing he will continue to contribute when he has something to add.
• In a blunt farewell interview he labeled Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner a miscast and mocked Markus Söder’s social‑media persona; Söder fired back Tuesday, saying he would keep eating sausages and calling Habeck politically unsuccessful.
• Green leaders Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge praised his contributions, and Mayra Vriesema is set to take his Bundestag seat.