Wiebke Winter: Bremer CDU now has your first tour of women!

Wiebke Winter: Bremer CDU now has your first tour of women!

Bremen, Deutschland - The Bremen CDU has received a new wind in its ranks: Wiebke Winter was elected as the new group leader on June 16, 2025, which makes it the first woman in this position in the history of the Bremen CDU. In the election, she received impressive 22 out of 24 votes, only one coordination was against her, and there was a abstention. In doing so, she enters Frank Imhoff's footsteps, who no longer ran for the parliamentary group chairman after a long political career, but will continue to be active as a member of a member. Imhoff had previously proposed Winter as his successor and spoke of a significant change of generation within the party, which should provide fresh impetus.

Wiebke Winter, who was born in Kiel in 1996 and moved to Bremen in 1999, is only 29 years old and has been a member of the Bremen Citizenship for two years. Previously, she was deputy parliamentary group leader and made a name for herself on the CDU state and federal board. She was no coincidence in her beginnings in politics: the young politician is the best in the year of the Vegesack grammar school, studied law and did her doctorate in the renowned Bucerius Law School. In January 2021 she was elected to the CDU federal executive board and is also a co-founder of the "climate launch".

a clear course for the future

Winter has set itself the goal of reaching a vote of 30 percent for the CDU in the next civil election in 2027. "We have to approach the citizens and take their concerns seriously," she emphasized in her inaugural speech. It wants to present the CDU as an attractive and modern party that not only appeals to the older voters, but especially the younger generation.

With the choice of winter and the appointment of Martin Michalik and the party leader Heiko Strohmann to their deputies, it becomes clear that the Bremen CDU relies on a new strategy and a new team. It is particularly noteworthy that Wiebke Winter as a woman took the lead at a time when the political representation of women can still be expanded. A look at the story shows how the sun and shadow of the proportion of women in politics changed: since the introduction of equality in the Basic Law, women have been legally equal, but implementation in political offices has often been behind the expectations.

The long way to equality

The proportion of women in politics is an issue that not only affects politicians, but the entire society. According to an analysis of over 50 years of women in politics, the proportion of women in the 1960s and 1970s in the Bundestag was shaped by modest 10% and less. It was only in the 1980s that there was a positive development, and since then there has been progress again and again, but often in waves, followed by stagnations. Wiebke Winter is also aware of the challenges with which women are confronted in politics, and she strives to pave the way for an inclusive and fairer political landscape, as Elisabeth Selbert significantly advanced in 1949.

The successful entry of Wiebke Winter to the Bremen CDU could be the beginning of a new chapter in the party and the city. Because the potential that is in a generation change is immense. It remains exciting how you and your team will re -mix the political cards in Bremen.

For further details about the choice of Wiebke Winter as parliamentary group leader, read more at Zeit and Kreiszeitung and learn more about the context of women's policy in Germany bpb