The husband of the Foreign Minister in Germany leaves work to take care of his daughters
2021-12-30 16:33:19
TiranaPost
Prejudice against career mothers is still strong in Germany. And equal opportunities are far away even though it is a developed Western country.
"If I accept a government post, it is very clear that my husband will not continue his work," said Annalena Baerbock, who is taking over as Germany's foreign minister for the first time. .
And so it happened, Daniel Holefleisch, 48, and her husband left their job, as manager of institutional communication at the German Post, Deutsche Post, to take care of his two daughters.
Annalena and Daniel have been married for 14 years and have two daughters aged 10 and 6.
"My husband takes on all the responsibilities and work around the house. He is the one who mainly deals with kindergarten, school, homework and food. "In recent years, he has already reduced his working hours because I often leave home early and come back late in the evening," said the minister.
Baerbock also said Daniel had the right to veto her candidacy: "It also changes our whole family life."
It is the German press itself that points out that "the traditional division of roles is still standard in German society." Minister Anne Spiegel, the husband, also takes care of their four children. But if we take other cases, for example, former Chancellor Angela Merkel has no children. While Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission and mother of seven children, spoke of a "guilty conscience" she chose to move forward in her career. Of course, with her husband - who also continued his career - they hired outsiders to take care of their children.
According to a study by the German Institute of Economics, about 69% of mothers in Germany do not work. According to other data, ten years after the birth of her first child, a German woman brings home 61% less than a year before the birth: she quits her job or goes part-time.
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