Transport Senator Regine Günther does not want to belong to the new Senate.
She has announced her withdrawal.
Who will follow her has not yet been determined.
Berlin - Berlin's Green Transport Senator Regine Günther has announced that she will no longer be a member of the new Senate. "On my own behalf: I have decided not to be a senator for the upcoming legislature," she said on Twitter on Thursday morning. “A personal decision - family reasons are decisive. It was a great pleasure and honor for me to be able to exercise this office. ”Günther had been Senator for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection in the red-red-green government coalition since 2016. Whether and in what form it would remain politically active initially remained open. She does not belong to the Green Group in the House of Representatives.
Prior to her senatorial office, Günther worked for the Berlin Energy Agency and the WWF environmental foundation, among others. In connection with issues such as the mobility turnaround and stricter climate protection measures in the capital, which were also controversial within the Senate, it was repeatedly criticized. With regard to transport policy, there were voices that accused it of not having achieved enough red-red-green in the five years of reducing car traffic and expanding the cycle path network, for example.
Günther herself drew a positive balance of her work as a senator on Twitter: "In these 5 years we have visibly changed Berlin for the better, we have initiated many innovations and shaped debates," she wrote.
“For the first time, climate and environmental protection were at the top of the agenda, the turnaround in traffic has begun.
These big projects need to be continued. ”She is proud of what has been achieved and grateful for the experiences she was allowed to make.
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