Overview
- Federal co-leader Felix Banaszak inaugurated the office on November 1, calling it a "window into the East."
- He said the hub will help the party understand local concerns and provide space for exchange and ecological, future-oriented policy work.
- The Greens lost their seats in the Brandenburg and Thuringia state parliaments last year, prompting the loss of several local offices.
- In the summer, the party set out to better network members across East and West and to bolster under-resourced eastern branches.
- Banaszak, who represents Duisburg in the Ruhr area, pointed to shared industrial traditions and waterways to underline common ground with Brandenburg an der Havel.