It is already clear that Katharina Schulze will not hold the highest office in Bavaria next year. According to the constitution, the 37-year-old Green is too young – the government is blocking reform. A conversation about glass ceilings and the question of who is allowed to have a say in politics.
Interviewed by
Carolin Fries and Simon Sales Prado
Around a year before the Bavarian state elections, one thing is certain: Katharina Schulze will not become Prime Minister. The Greens are 37, but the minimum age for the office is 40. CSU and Free Voters reject a reform – and thus prevent Schulze from running for office. A conversation with the Munich native, who grew up in Herrsching am Ammersee and graduated from high school in Gilching, about age limits, women in politics and the question of why the governing parties are sticking to the ban.