The resignation of Federal Family Minister Anne Spiegel (Greens) also prompts reflection on the private burden on politicians.

The Greens Federal Chairwoman Ricarda Lang called for a debate on Tuesday about the compatibility of family and political offices.

In RTL / ntv "Frühstart" she said when asked whether a minister could hold office if she had four small children: "It must be possible in our society if we want people with different perspectives to assume government responsibility."

She is convinced that this will make government action better, says Lang.

The Spiegel case, however, shows “in all its harshness” that there is still a lot to be done in society when it comes to the compatibility of family and work.

"I would like us to take this as an opportunity for a debate about: How do we actually deal with the hardships of this political operation."

Lang disagreed with the accusation that the Green Party pressured Spiegel to resign.

You had been in conversation with her all day long.

"In the end, she made the decision to resign to protect this position." Lang regretted the resignation.

The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst (CDU), defended Spiegel and campaigned for more compatibility between politics and family.

Wüst said on the television channel “Welt”: “I can understand that Ms. Spiegel has resigned.

But I think it's important in this discussion that we make it possible for people with children, people with families, to hold top political positions in the future."

It is an area of ​​tension: “One is often torn between family and office.

And that shouldn't mean that in the end only people who don't have children can do politics.

That would not be good for politics either.”

Left parliamentary group leader Dietmar Bartsch called for a debate about the often too great pressure on politicians.

"The fact that Anne Spiegel and her family were doing very badly was evidently something she couldn't even tell her Green Party, with its otherwise high moral standards.

That should make everyone think,” said Bartsch of the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post”.

It was correct that Spiegel had resigned.