German labour minister to leave post after stepdaughter's death
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135 Articles
Bärbel Bas resigns as SPD chairman and Federal Minister of Labour. In a personal communication, she justified the step with the death of her stepdaughter and with public attacks against herself.
After harsh accusations by the Union, Labour Minister Bas clears her post. Her designated successor is regarded as a resolute welfare state defender.
Bärbel Bas was the most important woman in the Merz government. In her resignation she blames the Union. What will become of the reforms under her successor Alexander Schweitzer?
In the midst of an ambitious reform program, the Berlin government coalition has been forced to appoint new Minister of Labour, Alexander Schweitzer, after the resignation of the so far minister and president of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Bärbel Bas. He will be the one to continue leading the pension reform. Vice-Chancellor Klingbeil has cancelled at the last minute his official trip to India to take over the succession of Bas in the dire…
Baerbel Bas, Minister of Labour in Germany and Co-Chair of the Central-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), announced on Monday that he would resign from both positions. Article Lightning resignation from the government. The Minister of Labour resigned: "I realized that I need time to accept my suffering.
The SPD minister and co-chair cites mourning and public pressure as reasons for her resignation, as well as attacks from coalition partners. She will remain a member.
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