Member of Parliament in Portrait: Hendrik Streeck (CDU)

For virologist Hendrik Streeck, the 21st legislative period is the first and his appearance on the big stage of the Reichstag is a premiere. There he will be representing the Bonn CDU.

Streeck is director of the Institute of Virology at the University Hospital Bonn - many people know the 47-year-old from the Corona period. At that time, he held some very unconventional opinions. He warned against underestimating the dangers of SARS-CoV-2, but they should not be over-dramatized either.

Streeck called the federal election a "directional election". Now it is about "overcoming the division in society" and "combating populism". (hom)