Olaf Scholz
The women behind Germany’s foreign policy
Olaf Scholz, Germany’s new chancellor, has recently broken with the country’s postwar pacifism, vowing to give the nation the necessary resources and muscle it needs to lead on security matters in Europe. Those responsible for carrying out that change — the biggest foreign policy shift in Germany since World War II — are all women.
Christine Lambrecht, the defense minister, is overseeing a rearmament program of 100 billion euros, about $110 billion. Annalena Baerbock, the foreign minister, is devising Germany’s first national security strategy. And Nancy Faeser, who is in charge of homeland security, is organizing the welcome for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees.
As war rages in Ukraine, it is the first time that women have filled all three national security positions in Germany, putting them on the front lines of a cultural and strategic revolution in their country. “Security lies in the hands of strong women in this government,” Scholz said when he presented his cabinet to the country in November, the first featuring as many women as men.
Background
Scholz’s conservative predecessor, Angela Merkel, made history when she became the first female chancellor in 2005. Germany’s current foreign and interior ministers are the first women to hold the positions.
(source: nytimes.com)
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