German environment minister makes awkward Brussels debut

Steffi Lemke made her debut in Brussels on Monday (20 December) during a meeting of the EU’s Environment Council where she was flanked by top-level public official Patrick Graichen who took the floor for discussions related to the EU’s climate package.

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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer Euractiv

Handing over ceremony of the German Environment Ministry — Steffi Lemke, the new German environment minister oversees a ministry bereft a climate competence, complicating her Brussels debut on Monday (20 December). [EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN / POOL]

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