People – Baerbock: Husband takes care of the children society if the election wins

Berlin (dpa) – Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock has announced that, in the event of her election victory, her husband will completely take care of the two children they have together.

“The responsibility of the Chancellor’s Office means being available day and night. I can do that because my husband would take full parental leave in that case,” said the 40-year-old “Bild am Sonntag”. The chairwoman of the Greens and her husband Daniel Holefleisch are parents of two daughters, aged five and nine.

Baerbock emphasized that her partner was already responsible for the upbringing and housework: “My husband takes full responsibility and work at home. He has already reduced his hours at work in recent years because I often go out of the house and in early in the morning Come home that night, “she said. In the final phase of the election campaign he will take a break from August and be completely at home, “also to be there as a father when our younger daughter starts school”.

In Baerbock’s words, her husband had the right to veto the decision to run for chancellor, “because it all changes our entire family life.” Holefleisch currently works as a lobbyist at the Post. If his wife becomes chancellor or minister after the federal election, he should change jobs: “If I accept a government position, it is very clear that my husband will not continue his work there,” said Baerbock.

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