In the past, in mouse-grey times, three decades ago and a few crushed ones, when the women's quota was already considered fulfilled as soon as just one department, preferably the one for fuss, was led by a minister, so earlier it would have been called a like Franziska Giffey : She stands her ground.

Such a judgment from an overbearing patriarchal point of view has long been frowned upon. However, the truth of the matter remains: unlike some supposed guys, the 44-year-old social democrat is pretty tough; nothing catapults her out of her pumps or out of her political career so easily.

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