Overview
- Delegates at a Neukölln party congress backed the Graf–Jarasch duo with 147 of 180 votes (81.7%) to lead the Berlin campaign for 20 September 2026.
- Graf set priorities to strengthen buses and trains, expand bike and pedestrian routes, and speed up the energy transition.
- Jarasch proposed a pause on new office construction and temporary housing in roughly 1.7 million square metres of vacant office space, plus an Expo 2035 and an international building exhibition in 2037.
- Embracing a tougher regulatory stance, Graf called for bans on street racing, fireworks and the AfD.
- Recent surveys put the Greens at roughly 14–16% citywide, trailing the CDU near 22% and the Left near 19%.