Foreign Relations is the absent Senate portfolio in this question.

Pay attention to the word “not”.

The question asks for the absent title among four options, rather than for an important task. Bremen’s ministers are called senators. One portfolio may combine several subjects, so the short wording in the question bank need not match every current full office title.

The Senate page checked on 20 October 2026 additionally lists a State Councillor for development cooperation and international affairs as a further Senate member under Article 107. This qualifies the test answer: Foreign Relations is not the senator’s office named here, while international work is explicitly present.

The other three answers

The other three answers identify portfolios that are represented.

Federal responsibility and international state work can coexist.

Article 32 of the Basic Law assigns relations with foreign states to the Federation. It also allows states, with Federal Government consent, to conclude treaties with foreign states insofar as they have legislative competence. Bremen’s partnerships and development cooperation should therefore not be taken as evidence of a separate general foreign ministry.

Portfolio names, combinations and officeholders can change; the current Senate overview helps clarify them. A justice portfolio also does not mean that the government dictates court judgments: Article 97 of the Basic Law makes judges independent and subject only to the law.