The Greens have flapped their wings again.

Lisa Paus, a party leftist, will become the new family minister.

After the resignation of her predecessor Anne Spiegel, the Greens had wrestled with each other about the decisive criteria for filling the ministry.

Realos in particular warned against getting tangled up in multiple quotations again.

Helen Bubrowski

Political correspondent in Berlin.

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In November it had become clear that the party had not overcome the arithmetic of wings.

At that time, Realos and the Greens fought an embarrassing fight over the composition of the cabinet.

The compromise included Anne Spiegel.

Realos now argued that the same mistake should not be repeated.

But the left insisted on their claim.

Despite their numerical strength, they feel marginalized because the most popular Greens are Realos.

And they suffer from having to support the government's rearmament plans.

It was important to the party leadership to find a solution quickly.

She wanted to avoid the impression that despite the war, the Greens were primarily concerned with themselves.

"I'm passionate about social justice"

Four days of phone calls.

On Maundy Thursday, the two party leaders appeared before the press.

Omid Nouripour praised Paus as an "experienced, competent and assertive woman".

The 53-year-old economist from the Berlin state association is a financial politician.

In the Wirecard investigative committee, she sharply criticized Olaf Scholz, she is an advocate of wealth tax, and a member of Attac.

She had hardly any contact with family politics.

One of the few is the concept of basic child security, which she worked on and which is now part of the coalition agreement.

"I'm burning for social justice," said Paus on Thursday and presented her priorities: In addition to basic child security, she mentioned equality between men and women.

She herself is a “clear feminist”.

Paus promised to do something for single parents.

Since the death of her partner, she has been a single mother herself.

However, she made it clear that her privileged situation "has nothing to do with the life of the vast majority of people in this country".

The sequence of letters BMFSFJ didn't come out so smoothly on her lips.

The letter S is often pronounced a little quieter, said Paus and promised to be there for the elderly too.

Among the Greens, it is said that their focus is on social policy, less on identity politics.

In fact, she didn't even address queer issues on Thursday.

Still, realos these days are asking if Paus, who is far left within the left wing, is the right one for the goal of reaching out to the broader community.