Overview
- A group of 13 Green politicians published a Männer‑Manifest this week that calls for a positive model of masculinity and warns about radicalising online networks known as the Manosphere.
- The paper provoked a sharp backlash inside the Green Bundestag faction where several MPs called it poorly conceived and argued it rewrites the party’s gender message.
- Senior figures including Felix Banaszak and Anton Hofreiter declined to sign the text and urged restraint as leaders fear the debate could alienate women ahead of Landtag votes in eastern Germany.
- Authors defend the initiative as necessary to counter right‑wing recruitment and say data from the 2025 election showing high AfD support among young men underlines the political stakes.
- Reporters say the manifesto was not fully coordinated with the party’s policy experts and coverage ranges from warning that the paper risks harming the Greens to arguments that reclaiming the masculinity debate is urgent.