What was made of Laschet, Lauterbach, Esken and Co

The cameras rarely aim at them – a minister must be charged or even better the Federal Chancellor. Because this happens rather rarely, the German election audience hardly takes note of the committees of his parliament. And does not necessarily know that the majority of the legislative work is done there.

The German Bundestag has 24 such committees – from foreign to economy and energy. The chairmanships of these committees are in demand; And not because there is a so -called official allowance. With the current diet of 11,227.20 euros per month plus tax -free flat rate of 5,349.58 euros for mandate -related expenses such as constituency office or second place of residence in Berlin, the 1,500 or a little more euros are almost negligible.

Rather, it’s about reputation. And power. The very last to be obtained to the committee is to be obtained when the ministries are awarded and the parliamentary state secretaries are appointed, the Bundestag presidency occupied and the posts of deputy parliament president too. As a result, an above-average number of ex-powerful people come to the office. And also those where the party or faction still have something to make up for. Expertise is not a hindrance – but no obstacle at all.

The ex-powerful

In 2021 he would have liked to become a chancellor, in 2025 at least Foreign Minister. Armin Laschet (CDU), ex-Prime Minister of NRW, did not manage either. Is this time to slowing him down a Knapp 100 km/h car ride in a 50s zone in his hometown Aachen on the way to the ministry, which he founded with a persecution not to be proven by unknown persons? Some in the government district believe that. Now Laschet is at least chief in the outskirts of the Foreign Committee.

Karl Lauterbach (SPD) would have loved to have Minister of Health – as in the traffic light. But the CDU pulled this department; Also because the SPD tip liked to do without it and with Lauterbach. Now the doctor is heading the Committee on Research and Technology, which he lies as a deeply scientifically thinking person.

As for the broad landscape, Anja Karliczek (CDU) sees herself as an expert. As Minister of Education and Research in the last cabinet of Angela Merkel, she was to expand the mobile network: « 5G is not necessary at every milk jug. » Now she is chair of the tourism committee-where it is also about the equipment of areas.

Vice-Prime Minister in Hesse was Tarek al-Wazir (Greens)-until the CDU turned to the SPD in 2023 because the weakened and therefore cheaper. Without the Ministerial Office for Economics and Transport in Wiesbaden, he preferred to move to the Bundestag and becomes the boss in the traffic committee.

The expertise of Aydan Özoğuz (SPD) is in migration. In two cabinets by Angela Merkel, she was representative of the federal government for this area, then she switched to the office of Bundestag Vice President. There, too, Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil is now applying for « young faces ».

You can think for age discrimination – Özoğuz is only 58. And from then on leads the sports committee – although she has never had anything to do with sports policy. But she shares this with the new Minister of State for this area, Christine Schenderlein (CDU), and the new department head Sport in the Ministry of the Interior, Babette Kibele. That Germany wants to bring Olympic Games to the Republic again after various failed applications? Oh well.

The unloved

In the end it remains what women like to stay: family, seniors, women, youth. Minister would have liked to become Saskia Esken (SPD) or at least remained co-party leader. Both were not granted her – because she is not considered a sympathizer. After all, Esken can eat her expertise for digital feed -in in the committee chair: education is now part of the package.

In the party of Anton Hofreiter (Greens), men are basically second choice. The doctoral biologist was not even sixth in the traffic light: instead of the long -haired party left with expertise, the conservative Turkish Schwabe Cem Özdemir became agricultural minister. For Hofreiter, the Chairman of the European Committee remained, where he developed into a military expert because of the war against Ukraine. He liked that so much that he continues.

However, six chairmans remain vacant after the big election day on Tuesday – with an announcement. All candidates of the AfD fell through the elections in the respective committees. The right outside party must not be surprised: all other factions had recommended the no to their members. The background, in addition to the AfD in question, is the « secured right -wing extremist movement », the affair Stephan Brandner from the previous legislature. Because of anti -Semitic tweets, he was the only committee chairman ever voted out in the history of the Republic.

This means that the important committees for internal, work and social affairs, finance, law, petitions and the mighty budget committee without bosses remain. Until the deputies are elected and adopted, the longest -serving deputies lead the committees.

The failed

Without an office, Stefan Möller, AfD-Co state spokesman in Thuringia and confidante of the party’s Völkische Frontmann, is Björn Höcke.

Kay Gottschalk, who called the boycott of the « Hads of the Turks in Germany », was also not elected – « because they drive 70 percent on Erdoğan ».

Gerrit Huy, participant at the meeting in Villa Adlon near Potsdam at the end of 2023, also failed, in which a « master plan » for « remigration » was also discussed by German citizens.