Government: "Not the strength": Bas gives up ministry and SPD leadership
Recently, she has had to take a lot, both politically and privately. Now Bärbel Bas is drawing the consequences.
German Labour Minister and SPD leader Bärbel Bas has announced her immediate resignation from both positions. She cited the recent death of her stepdaughter and the need to process her grief, as well as public attacks from the Union, as reasons for her decision. Bas will remain a Bundestag MP and has thanked her supporters, including her colleagues in the SPD. Her co-leader Lars Klingbeil and SPD faction leader Matthias Miersch have expressed sadness and understanding at her decision.
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