Fresh from the rumor mill: Is Franziska Giffey going to Potsdam?

Berlin's Senator for Economic Affairs maintains close ties to her home state of Brandenburg. Now she could succeed Minister President Woidke there. But is that realistic?
Brandenburg's Minister-President Dietmar Woidke with Berlin government members Franziska Giffey, Kai Wegner and Iris Spranger AFP
It comes straight from the rumor mill of simmering political Berlin: Is Senate Deputy Chair Franziska Giffey leaving the city? Is the SPD grooming her as the successor to Brandenburg's Minister-President Dietmar Woidke, who could make way for her mid-term, just in time for the next election? All wild speculation.

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