Overview

• Jette Nietzard has declined to resign or apologize for wearing an “ACAB” sweater and “Eat the Rich” cap, defending her systemic critique of policing.
• Senior party figures including Winfried Kretschmann and Cem Özdemir condemned her remarks as damaging to the Greens’ image and called for party discipline.
• Nietzard affirmed she will remain in her post until October and hinted at additional provocative messages via her wardrobe.
• The controversy has exposed deep generational and ideological rifts between the Green Youth’s left-wing agenda and the party’s moderate leadership.
• Cem Özdemir’s campaign in Baden-Württemberg has been singled out as particularly vulnerable to the fallout over security policy and party unity.