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The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

German foreign minister faces criticism after appointing ex-Greenpeace chief

Jennifer Morgan and Annalena Baerbock address the media during a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany
Annalena Baerbock (R) described Jennfer Morgan (L) as ‘the new navigator at the helm of our international climate policy’. Photograph: John MacDougall/AP

Germany’s foreign minister is facing domestic criticism over her surprise decision to recruit the head of Greenpeace as an international environmental envoy, including accusations she bent the rules to create the post and had obscured the divide between governing and lobbying.

Annalena Baerbock described Jennifer Morgan, the outgoing head of Greenpeace International, as “the new navigator at the helm of our international climate policy” when she announced her appointment this week.

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