Without
question,
Altmaier’s
appointment
to
German
Chancellor
Angela
Merkel’s
cabinet
as
Environment
Minister
in
May
—
after
nearly
two
decades
toiling
in
the
trenches
of
the
Bundestag,
the
lower
house
of
parliament
—
represents
his
first
opportunity
to
break
out
of
the
Berlin
bubble
and
become
a
household
name.
But
given
his
early
successes
in
the
job,
not
to
mention
that
the
entire
world
will
be
monitoring
the
progress
of
Germany’s
Energiewende
(energy
transition
to
a
greater
emphasis
on
renewables),
there
is
every
reason
to
believe
he
will
soon
be…
