Elections in Germany 2025. Robert Habeck, candidate for chancellor “like a pop star”

Robert Habeck is a candidate Green Party at the Chancellor in Sunday elections to the Bundestag. He is currently a vice -channel and minister of economy. He provided information that he would apply for the office of Chancellor in November 2024. In a video published on YouTube, sitting at the kitchen table, dressed in a loose black sweater, said that he wanted to run “for people in Germany”. “Over the past few days I have found a new strength to fight, strength hardened by experience,” he said. Currently, the Greens achieve in polls support at the level of about 12-15 percent,

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Habeck was born in 1969 in Lubece, north of Germany. He grew up in a family belonging to the middle class in Heikendorf near Kiel. His parents ran a pharmacy. In the years 1991–1996 he studied German and literature, philosophy and philology in Friborg, and humanities in Roskilde in Denmark and literature and philosophy in Hamburg. In 2000 he defended his doctorate at the University of Hamburg. Andrea Paluch has been his wife since 1996. They have four sons. Together with his wife, they published books for children, translations of poetry and novel. HABECK speaks Danish smoothly because he lives on the border between Denmark and Germany, in Flensburg.

He joined the green party in 2002 and quickly climbed his career ladder. In 2012, he became the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy Transformation, Agriculture and the Environment in Schleswik-Holstein. He became the minister of economy and climate protection in the government of Olaf Scholz in December 2021. Earlier, in 2018-2021, together with the Annalena Baerbock, the current head of diplomacy, he also exercised double leadership in the Green Party.

In 2021, Habeck enjoyed the sympathy of voters, and after taking his position in the government, he had much better ratings than the Chancellor Olaf Scholz. However, the situation began to gradually change with subsequent coalition problems.

According to Watson, one of Habeck's successes is the expansion of renewable energy in Germany. According to the data presented in January 2025, by the portal “Deutche Welle”, the wind turbines generated 112 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2024. This is a quarter of all electricity produced in Germany.

The Watson portal estimates that thanks to Habeck the Germans avoided the energy crisis despite wars in Ukraine and significantly reduced their dependence on Russian gas. Habeck went, among others down Runny noseto acquire new suppliers of this raw material. “He subordinated the ideals of his party to the supply of Germany with energy” – emphasized the “Stern” magazine.

In turn, according to “DW” after the beginning of the war, he was the politician who “in simple words” explained to the German nation a situation related to the growing energy prices and inflation And in many interviews he confessed to the government's shortcomings and prepared people for uncertainty. – Putin began the war, and independence from Russian supplies also means that Putin no longer earns income. There is no doubt that we pay the price for it as a society – he said in 2023.

However, his participation in the current coalition government – according to German media, can be a burden for him. Many people associate him with the so -called The heating act of 2023, which assumed the gradual withdrawal of heating systems powered by mine fuels and the introduction of climate -friendly systems. Skeptics blamed him for chaos around the project. “I went too far,” Habeck himself said later about the act. In turn, according to Tagesschau, “one of the biggest challenges for Habeck in this election campaign is the fact that he is the minister of economy in the middle of the economic crisis.”

As “Deutche Welle” reminds, in 2022 in an interview with this newspaper he said: “It was always clear to me that I would make decisions that are not popular, which are difficult. Maybe we would not be able to gain most of these funds, But they must be taken because they are the right decisions for the country in the long term. “

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As said by the weekly “Spiegel”, Robert Habeck “is certainly the most popular candidate for chancellor. His journey around Germany resembles a concert tour of the pop star.” In the city of Lueneburg, the newspaper reporter had difficulty getting to the hall where an election meeting took place, even having a press pass and a place on the guest list, because it was so crowded there.

“Deutche Welle” wrote that “in the history of the Green Parties there has never been such a great worship of one person before”, and now Habeck is the focal point of the group's election campaign. The newspaper noticed that his image appears on countless electoral posters, and the politician regularly appears in the Talk show in traditional media and publishes videos in social media.

“Habeck is considered in his party to be a proven real politician,” notes “Stern”. The newspaper emphasizes the ability to create alliances in the political center and quotes Habecka, who said at a party conference: “We must build bridges” and “be able to unite”. It is noted that the vice -channel conducts a campaign for political culture, in which the search for solutions is.

“Habeck's compromise is the essence of Habeck's understanding of politics. He also requires his partly the unconditional ability to compromise,” added Tagesschau. “His pragmatic approach and talent for communication made him one of the most popular politicians in Germany. Habeck managed to make a green policy attractive to more conservative groups of voters,” noted Watson.

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