German foreign minister faces criticism after appointing ex-Greenpeace chief

Conservative politicians condemn appointment of Jennifer Morgan but Transparency International calls it unproblematic'

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.