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Annalena Baerbock

Annalena Baerbock from the Green Party was Germany's foreign minister from 2021 to 2025. In June 2025, she was elected as president of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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Reports & Analysis

Green co-leaders Britta Haßelmann (front left), Katharina Dröge (front right) voting in the Bundestag

Germany's Green Party struggling to establish new identity

Germany's Green Party struggling to establish new identity

The Greens lost the German election and are no longer part of the government. Now they have to reposition themselves.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2025
UN General Assembly President-elect Annalena Baerbock listens to a question during a DW interview in New York, USA.

UN must be updated to meet 21st-century demands: Baerbock

UN must be updated to meet 21st-century demands: Baerbock

Annalena Baerbock, the UN General Assembly president, spoke to DW about the challenges facing the United Nations.
PoliticsJune 3, 202516:44 min
Annalena Baerbock

Germany's Annalena Baerbock gets top UN job

Germany's Annalena Baerbock gets top UN job

Germany's former foreign minister has been elected to become the new president of the United Nations General Assembly.
PoliticsJune 2, 2025
Half of an election campaign billboard from Germany Green's party has been ripped off. It shows shows the Green's two federal ministers, Robert Habeck and Annalene Baerbock

German Greens to join parliamentary opposition

German Greens to join parliamentary opposition

Germany's 2025 election has seen the Greens move from a member of the governing coalition to the opposition.
PoliticsFebruary 25, 2025
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock walks on a lilac carpet as she arrives for a summit on Syria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria's future

Diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria's future

Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe are in Riyadh to chart a course for Syria after the fall of Bashar Assad.
PoliticsJanuary 12, 202502:05 min
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (center) and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock (R) visit the notorious Saydnaya prison in Syria. Both wear protective facemasks.

European ministers make first visit to post-Assad Syria

European ministers make first visit to post-Assad Syria

Germany's Annalena Baerbock and France's Jean-Noel Barrot want to forge a new relationship between Syria and the EU.
PoliticsJanuary 3, 202502:32 min
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In the spotlight

Annalena Baerbock and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck taking a selfie on the sidelines of the party conference in November 2024

Germany's Greens push to retain power

Germany's Green Party has chosen its top candidate and new co-leaders ahead of the general election in February.
PoliticsNovember 18, 2024
Volodymyr Zelenskyy shaking hands with Annalena Baerbock

Is Germany still able to act on foreign policy?

Germany's government collapsed over budget issues such as increasing aid to Ukraine, but the opposition vows continuity.
PoliticsNovember 8, 2024
Annalena Baerbock speaks into a microphone

Baerbock talks democracy at DW's Global Media Forum in Bonn

Annalena Baerbock, Maria Ressa and Scovia Culton Nakamya discussed the importance of democracy.
PoliticsJune 20, 202438:05 min
Annalena Baerbock sitting at Germany's desk in the UN General Assembly

Cease-fire in Gaza: Why Germany abstained in UN votes

Twice now Germany has abstained in a vote in the UN General Assembly that called for a cease-fire in the Middle East.
ConflictsDecember 20, 2023
black and whie photo of Eleanor Roosevelt holding up a copy of the UN Human Richts Charter

UN human rights declaration turns 75

Germany marks the occasion at a time when human rights are under threat worldwide.
Human RightsDecember 10, 2023
Olaf Scholz and Li Qiang putting earpieces into their ears, standing in front of their national flags

Germany's new China strategy: Critical but not decoupling

The divisions are widening between Germany and China, but Berlin does not want to hamper its own economic interests.
PoliticsJuly 14, 2023
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