Overview

• Der Spiegel, as cited by Frankfurter Rundschau, reports that Wissing will serve as an adviser to entrepreneur Harald Christ and his firm Christ Capital.
• Wissing’s remit is reported to cover questions of long‑term corporate orientation and investment decisions for Christ’s company group.
• He can begin only after the federal government approves the activity under Paragraph 6a of the Federal Ministers Act governing post‑minister employment.
• The Christ group is said to include the consultancy Joschka Fischer & Company founded by the former Green foreign minister.
• Wissing and Christ have longstanding ties from Rhineland‑Palatinate, both left the FDP after the coalition breakup and the so‑called D‑Day affair, and Wissing exited the federal cabinet after the February 2025 election before declining an SPD membership offer in April.