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Karl Lauterbach and the Olaf Scholz team: "He's a first

2021-12-06T17:29:21.428Z


Karl Lauterbach becomes Minister of Health. But there are other interesting personalities in the SPD team. SPIEGEL editor Konstantin von Hammerstein with an assessment of the ministerial team.


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Olaf Scholz introduces his team in the Willy Brandt House: the SPD has seven ministerial posts under him as Federal Chancellor-designate.

In particular, the question of the future Minister of Health caused tension for weeks:

Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor-designate


»That's why you can't put it differently, most citizens wished that the next health minister would be a specialist and that he could do it really well and that his name was Karl Lauterbach - he will be.«



Konstantin von Hammerstein , DER SPIEGEL


»That was a big surprise, of course. On the other hand, it's no surprise again. Everything we hear is that of course Olaf Scholz tried to put a woman there, but actually found no woman who could hold a candle to Karl Lauterbach. That would probably always have faded next to Karl Lauterbach. And then, so to speak, he decided on the original and took it. "

Karl Lauterbach, Minister-designate Health Minister


“Thank you very much Olaf, I would like to thank you very much for the party's confidence in this important task, but I would also like to thank you for the many words of approval that I received from the population.

It will be an important office. "

The reactions on social media came promptly - the hashtag #Lauterbach was, as is so often the case, in trend.

In addition to congratulations, there were also small swipes.

Konstantin von Hammerstein, DER SPIEGEL


»I think he's probably exactly the right person for Corona.

But now it comes down to what his leadership team at the Ministry of Health looks like.

As a team player he is of course, neither for Olaf Scholz, nor for the parliamentary group.

He's a first-person shooter, very strong.

It's about Karl Lauterbach and not about the team.

But now, I believe, given his prominence and given his important role in the whole corona crisis, you couldn't get past him.

«

Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister-designate


"This is a great challenge that I am very much looking forward to, thank you very much."

Four SPD departments will be headed by women in the future, including important positions that caused further surprises - for example the new defense minister, who is moving from the justice department to the Bendlerblock.

Konstantin von Hammerstein, DER SPIEGEL


»Christine Lambrecht is of course a surprise.

In the case of the party, it was not without controversy that, when the SPD was 15 percent in the polls, the party announced that it wanted to withdraw from politics.

And when the polls went up, suddenly there was talk that she would like to go to the cabinet after all.

She has made it quite clear that she would, would like to become, interior minister.

«

However, Olaf Scholz gave Lambrecht's preferred department to another comrade:

Konstantin von Hammerstein, DER SPIEGEL


»Nancy Faeser is a very big surprise for the Ministry of the Interior.

I think that is a respectable choice because she was the parliamentary group leader in the Hessian state parliament and was a domestic politician for a long time.

But of course it also shows at the same time that there were apparently no women in this area at the federal level who had the level for the cabinet table that one had to fall back on the federal states.

That will certainly not make the women in the Bundestag group happy because they have largely been ignored.

But at least Nancy Faeser is, I think, a respectable candidate who is generally trusted to do the job. "

How strong the SPD handwriting will be in the future in the so-called "Progress Coalition" remains to be seen.

Konstantin von Hammerstein, DER SPIEGEL


»At first glance, there is no total failure here.

That's a big advantage.

So overall I don't think a super strong team, but quite respectable - and in such a way that the SPD can hold its own alongside the other two coalition partners. "

Source: spiegel

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