If the government changes, there are not only new ministers in the ministries, but also new state secretaries, chiefs of staff, department heads.

Ministers want to be sure that at least senior management is wholeheartedly following the new line.

To the delight of the long-established civil service, bosses often bring along people from outside whom they particularly trust.

Sometimes a political sign should also be set with such personal details.

This applies to the appointment of Greenpeace boss Jennifer Morgan as the federal government's special representative for climate protection, who is to be appointed state secretary as soon as the American fulfills one essential condition: being (also) German.

Baerbock could not have made it clearer

Annalena Baerbock speaks of a "dream cast".

The Foreign Minister could not have made the course she wants to pursue in climate foreign policy any clearer than with the election of this “tax woman”.

The applause from the ranks of environmentalists is of course much more important to the Greens than the moaning of the opposition that a lobbyist is being made state secretary.

Because Jennifer Morgan comes from a non-governmental organization, the non-governmental organizations that otherwise smell covert lobbying in politics have no qualms about this change of camps.

According to her past, the activist in the civil service has the right attitude.