Overview
- Opened on November 1, the office is now operating with a local manager, Charlotte Mujis, and a calendar of evening events, office hours and community gatherings.
- Bundestag member Banaszak, elected in Duisburg, is establishing a permanent base across the former East–West divide and can reach the city from Berlin by train in about an hour.
- Banaszak describes a dual mission of citizen access to federal politics and a learning space to grasp local concerns, including industrial change and planning certainty.
- Brandenburg an der Havel presents a tough environment for the party, with the direct Bundestag seat held by the AfD and recent AfD-organized demonstrations reported in the city.
- Local Greens say membership has risen to 103 since the coalition rupture, and early outreach targets include the steel sector as the nearby ZF plant and other employers face transition pressures.