Overview
- The Bauausschuss approved a Green amendment on Esmarchstraße 7–6, with four Green votes plus one each from SSW, Die Linke/Die Partei and the AfD, while CDU and SPD voted against.
- Green officials, including state chair Anke Erdmann, called the result a serious error, and local leader Finn Pridat said the process should have been halted once an AfD-dependent majority became clear.
- CDU and SPD figures faulted the Greens for failing to prevent a vote reliant on the AfD, with CDU’s Jan Wohlfarth and SPD co-chair Enrico Tokar condemning the breach of the agreed line among democratic factions.
- SSW’s Marcel Schmidt and Niclas Köser of Die Linke/Die Partei defended their support on content grounds, and Green proposer Janine Blöhdorn said she had courted CDU backing and did not expect the far-right faction to vote yes.
- The motion addresses a contested redesign of Esmarchstraße following a residents’ initiative with more than 2,000 signatures, and no reversal of the committee decision has been reported as political fallout continues before the vote for mayor.