Bettina Jarasch (née Hartmann, born 22 November 1968) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as Deputy Mayor and Senator for Environment, Mobility, Consumer and Climate Protection in the Berlin state government from December 2021 to April 2023.
She was placed third on the party list behind Ramona Pop and Antje Kapek, and ahead of fellow co-leader Daniel Wesener, and was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus.
Jarasch ran for the top position on the Berlin state list in the 2017 federal election after Renate Künast indicated she would accept third place.
Her nomination was received with surprise, as Senator Ramona Pop and parliamentary group leader Antje Kapek had been considered the most likely candidates.
She expressed her satisfaction with the incumbent SPD–Left–Green coalition, and spoke poorly of the Christian Democratic Union, indicating she may not seek an agreement with the CDU as other branches of the Greens have.
The signatories called for a "new start in regard to sexual morality", including "reasonable and just assessment of homosexuality", "real separation of powers" in the church, and curbing the excesses of the ordination office and opening it to women.
They appealed to the German Bishops' Conference to give diocesan priests the freedom to choose their way of life, "so that celibacy can again credibly refer to the kingdom of heaven".