Scholz government's Vice-Chancellor resigns as MP and leaves the Bundestag: reason named

Former Minister of Economy Robert Habeck announced that he is resigning from the German parliament on September 1, 2025. This was reported by UNN with reference to Spiegel and Deutsche Welle.

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Robert Habeck, a politician from the Green Party, informed the Bundestag presidium on Monday that he will resign from his Bundestag mandate on September 1, 2025.

Habeck served as Minister of Economy in the previous government and led the German Green Party in the federal elections as the main candidate.

Spiegel reminds that the party of the former Minister of Economy received 11.6% of the votes in the last elections, losing 3.1% points.

Habeck explained his new decision to resign from his parliamentary mandate by his desire to "distance himself" and "move away from the restrictive framework of Berlin politics." In the near future, Habeck wants to "conduct research, teach, and study at various foreign research and educational institutions."

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It should be noted that Habeck previously often drew attention to Ukraine's problems and made statements in support of and assistance to Kyiv.

In May 2022, Habeck called on Germany to be united at the summit on the sanctions package against Russia, on oil embargo issues and getting rid of dependence on Russian fossil fuels.

Commenting on Russia's circumvention of economic sanctions, Habeck promised in 2024 to fight this "at the European and German level."

In 2025, Robert Habeck called on Germany and the EU to urgently provide billion-euro aid to Ukraine. The Vice-Chancellor insisted on allocating 3 billion euros for the purchase of air defense systems.

German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck assured Ukraine of the continued support of the German government.

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