2024-04-10 03:17:00
Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habeck plans to lead the party list from the Green Party in the elections to the Bundestag (German Parliament), which are to be held in the fall of 2025, and thus compete for the post of Chancellor of Germany. The newspaper Bild am Sonntag writes about this, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
According to her information, the minister has intensified his public activities. In particular, he holds meetings with industrial and other business associations of Germany, which are extremely dissatisfied with the actions of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In addition, the Vice-Chancellor travels around the world as a representative of Germany. He recently visited the USA, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
“Habek makes it clear with every appearance that he absolutely wants to become a candidate for the post of chancellor,” a Green party source told the newspaper. “Even within the party, Habeck leaves no doubt that he is confident of his victory in the elections and will defeat Scholz and [лидера ХДС Фридриха] Merz,” the source added. After the failed election campaign of German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock, according to the source, Habeck believes that “his turn has come.”
At the same time, as Bild am Sonntag points out, this does not mean that Bärbock is going to give up. She has strong supporters. The publication admits that the Greens will hold a vote among party members on the issue of choosing a candidate for the post of chancellor. Regardless of whether there is a fight between Habeck and Bärbock, by the end of the year at the latest it should become clear who will lead the Greens in the election campaign as a candidate for the post of Chancellor of Germany, the newspaper summarizes.
The Green Party’s ratings are currently quite low. It fluctuates at 13-14%. Thus, the party ranks only fourth in the popularity rating of political associations in Germany, behind the opposition bloc CDU/CSU, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party and the Social Democratic Party – Scholz’s party.