Overview

• Her comeback officially terminates the temporary delegation of ministerial responsibilities that had been in place since her leave began in early March.
• State Secretaries Silke Schiller-Tobies and Johannes Albig ran the Sozialministerium, while Environment Minister Tobias Goldschmidt represented her in the cabinet during her absence.
• Touré said she is eager to engage intensively with the ministry’s social policy agenda upon resuming her duties.
• She acknowledged the widespread difficulty young mothers face when trying to balance career demands with family life.
• Stating “this must be realizable in all professions and even in senior offices,” she framed her return as a policy statement on gender equality.