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The Greens will probably announce before Easter who will take over the family department in the cabinet after Anne Spiegel resigns.
The federal chairwoman of the Greens, Ricarda Lang, considers a decision on this week to be likely.
The party will take the necessary time.
"Nevertheless, there is now a need to clarify this question quickly," said Lang on RTL/ntv's "Frühstart" program.
"That means I don't think we'll be dealing with this question beyond Easter." Talks are now being held within the party, "and that's the status quo."
Anne Spiegel announced her resignation on Monday "due to political pressure" (read more here).
The 41-year-old thus drew the consequences after her controversial vacation in France, which she took as Minister of the Environment for Rhineland-Palatinate in the summer of 2021 shortly after the flood disaster on the Ahr.
Lang indicated that a woman would again take over the post in the Ministry of Family Affairs.
At that time, the party said that the posts would be filled equally.
"Of course we stick to that principle," she said.
The most important requirement is that the person takes responsibility for families, children and the open society.
»The person must have one quality above all: that is to be suitable for this office.«
The parliamentary group leader of the Greens, Britta Haßelmann, also emphasized that a decision on the new appointment would be made "very quickly".
On Deutschlandfunk she said on Tuesday: "There will be decisions about this in a timely manner, which are now the next thing to do." When asked whether Anton Hofreiter could move up to the post, she said: "Everyone who knows the Greens knows how important to us is the quota and how important it is that women are represented in top positions.
We will also take that into account in the question of the decision.« The former parliamentary group leader Hofreiter is currently chairman of the Europe Committee in the Bundestag.
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