Overview
- Felix Banaszak inaugurated a second constituency office in Brandenburg an der Havel, describing it as a learning place and a “window to the East” to foster dialogue and local outreach.
- The site functions as his additional Abgeordnetenbüro funded from parliamentary resources, with local manager Charlotte Muijs running day-to-day operations and plans for talks, consultations and community events.
- The initiative forms part of a broader Ostoffensive that includes an advisory board (Bündnisgrüner Osten), a summer tour and an East congress aimed at strengthening weak regional structures.
- Reception on the ground is cautious, with residents noting that one office cannot reverse trends, and the local landscape remains difficult with an AfD directly elected Bundestag member and frequent hostility toward Greens.
- The party is retooling its focus toward social concerns and conservation close to home as it faces dire polling of about 3 percent in Saxony-Anhalt and 5 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern after losing seats in Brandenburg and Thuringia.