Franziska Brattner and Felix Banaszczak are the new leading duo of the Greens, as emerged from the party’s congress that began its work today in Wiesbaden. 45-year-old Franziska Brattner, Deputy Minister of Economy in the current government and confidant of Minister Robert Hamboek, comes from the wing of the “realists” (Realos) and received 78.15% of the vote, while her 35-year-old co-president Felix Banaszczak, a federal member of parliament from 2021, belongs to the left side and received a percentage of 92.88%. The previous leadership, Ricardo Lang and Omid Nuripour, resigned after the Greens’ poor election results in the eastern states last September. In her speech Ms Brattner warned of an imminent challenge to climate protection policy by the Christian Democrats (CDU). “Get the sweaters out of the closet,” he told delegates, heralding climate protests in the winter campaign for the Feb. 23 election and calling for “strong Greens” to push green policy forward. Mr. […]
Source: News Beast
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