Overview

• About 600 members are gathered in Leipzig for the Bundeskongress to choose a new leadership for the Grüne Jugend.
• Henriette Held, 23, and Luis Bobga, 24, are presented as the designated spokespeople, signaling a sharper left course on asylum policy and fossil-fuel concessions.
• Held is campaigning with the slogan “Reclaim Ostdeutschland” to focus on local outreach, while Bobga told Süddeutsche Zeitung that the Greens ignored signals their messages were not connecting.
• The vote marks the third straight year the youth wing selects a new duo after resignations and a 2024 split in which Svenja Appuhn and Katharina Stolla left to form the separate group Junge Linke.
• Fresh reports allege “abuse of power” and “mobbing” by outgoing co-chair Jette Nietzard, who previously drew criticism over an “ACAB” pullover; she did not deny the claims and called for an independent review.