After the support of Los Verdes to the tripartite Executive, the path for Olaf Scholz to the Chancellery is clear.
The Greens have massively supported (with 86% support from their members) the tripartite coalition government in Germany, which will be formed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) the Olaf Scholz, who will be the new chancellor, the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and The Greens. The Executive will be equal, with eight men and eight women, and is expected to start on Wednesday.
Thus, the SPD has published this Monday the names of the four women and three men of the seven ministries that correspond to their party in the government coalition, in addition to the position of Scholz himself. As for the FDP, it has appointed three men and one woman to its four ministries; The Greens, for their part, will occupy their corresponding ministerial portfolios with three women and two men.
The Ministry of Health, key to facing the coronavirus pandemic, will be occupied by the social democratic health expert Karl Lauterbach.
Olaf Scholz has indicated in the presentation of the ministers that he is “proud” of the equal composition of the future German Government, and has emphasized that “it is in accordance with the society in which we live that women have half the power.”
The Greens have supported the tripartite coalition this Monday; As expected, that support has been massive, with 86% backing the deal.
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