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In July 2024,Schmid was nominated to become President of the United Nations General Assembly starting in September 2025.[3] In 2025,her nomination was withdrawn by Germany in favour of Annalena Baerbock.
From 1988 Schmid worked in various positions within the German Federal Foreign Office and was assistant private secretary to the minister for European Affairs between 1990 and 1991. From 1991 to 1994 she was the press and public affairs officer for the German embassy in Washington,D.C.,under successive ambassadors Jürgen Ruhfus and Immo Stabreit. From 1994 to 1998 Schmid worked as a political adviser to Foreign MinisterKlaus Kinkel. She held the same position from 1998 to 2000 with Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. Between 2000 and 2005,she followed various executive positions at the headquarters of the Foreign Office in Berlin.[5] Among them she was Head of the Political Staff and Head of the Ministerial Office from 2003 to 2005.[citation needed]
Following the founding of the European External Action Service,Schmid became deputy secretary-general for political affairs in 2010,serving under secretary general Pierre Vimont. In this capacity,she was involved in negotiations for the Nuclear program of Iran. The task was to negotiate with Abbas Araghchi and continue the high level discussions,while the technical level was ongoing.[8] In the negotiations for the EU-3 nuclear agreement with Iran,Schmid was the lead author of the 100-page treaty which was successfully concluded in 2015,while holding the consent of current president Rouhani,who at the time was the Iranian Chief Negotiator in the Nuclear Dispute.[9]
"When it comes to the solution to the Syria crisis,the EU position is clear:a lasting solution to the conflict can only be achieved through a Syrian-led political process leading to a transition. Which means obviously that you also talk to the representatives of the Assad regime."[17]
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