Berlin will have a mayor for the first time in its history | Two transgender MPs to take office in new parliament

The last elections in Germany which ended Angela Merkel’s 16 consecutive years in power also gave a twist in some traditions. For the first time in history Berlin will have a mayor and the new parliament will have two transgender women MPs.

At triumph of the Social Democrats (PSD) with 21.4 percent in the country’s capital has not only ratified the continuity of this political force that has 20 consecutive years of management he also catapulted Franziska Giffey as future mayor.

The head of 43 years he was Minister for Families in the outgoing Merkel government until last May and, after obtaining the majority of votes, will replace the also social democrat Michael Mueller in the Berlin government.

Giffey’s advent was predicted: her figure has increased in recent years, was at the forefront of the campaign in Berlin and Muller decided not to run again to revalidate the post.

In the capital, the PSD obtained 21.4% of the vote, the Greens 18.9 and the Christian Democrats (CDU) 18.1%. In this way, Giffey is forced to negotiate with the other forces to obtain a majority and form a government.

Two transgender MPs

In the meantime, the general results indicate that the new Parliament (Bundestag) will have its first transgender representatives, two deputies from the ranks of the Greens. It is Tessa Ganserer, 44 and Bavaria (south), and Nyke Slawik, 27 and North Rhine-Westphalia (west).

Both expressed their satisfaction for the success, as well as for the important step that the banks represent for the group. “I hope we’ve written a new chapter in politics and the marginalization of transgender people is over,” Slawik said on Twitter.

The two deputies were placed on the Green list of their respective neighborhoods. The Green Party achieved the best result in its history at the federal level, 14.8%, 5.8% more than in the previous elections in 2017.

Greens should be a key factor in forming the next government, probably tripartite with the Liberal Party (FDP) and under the leadership of the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, the most voted party with 25.7% or of the conservative Armin Laschet, who obtained 24.1%.