Nancy Faeser is currently arguing with the coalition partners about data retention. She only wants to announce in January if and when she will move back to Hesse. This might be too late. Norbert Röttgen showed what not to do.
It was a real surprise when Olaf Scholz presented Nancy Faeser as the new interior minister in December last year. The 52-year-old was largely unknown in Berlin and the Republic; Above all, she came to the capital with no government experience. The lawyer for the SPD has been a member of the Hessian state parliament since 2003, and she has done opposition work there since 2003.