The resignation of Christine Lambrecht as Interior Minister of Lower Saxony has led to the appointment of Boris Pistorius as the new Defense Minister. This decision has been met with mixed reactions, with questions being raised about its implications for Olaf Scholz, gender parity in the Federal Cabinet, and the “turning point”. Thorsten Faas was featured in a Phoenix round moderated by Alexander Kähler, along with Ralf Stegner (SPD), Johann Wadephul (CDU), and Miriam Hollstein (t-online). The entire show is available to watch and listen to.
The discussion addressed the topic of “The next one please – can Pistorius create the turning point?” and was hosted by the Department of Political Sociology of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Department of Political and Social Sciences.
