BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The pregnant Construction Minister Verena Hubertz wants to take part in a vote on the pension package in the Bundestag despite her maternity leave. If possible, she will be involved in important decisions, “that is the case for the pension vote,” said a spokesman for the German Press Agency. “Focus” had previously reported.
The SPD politician has been on maternity leave since the beginning of the month. As things stand, she is not planning to take part in any other votes during this time, her spokesman said. In the vote on the pension package planned for Friday, the black-red coalition may need every vote – because politicians from the Union’s Young Group are considering rejecting it. This means that the coalition’s twelve-vote majority is shaky./tam/DP/nas