Overview
- An internal email confirmed by the Berlin Greens instructs members not to center perpetrators or the investigation in public messaging.
- The memo says the party has a strategic interest in keeping the debate tied to Mayor Kai Wegner’s leadership and directs members not to target SPD senators Franziska Giffey and Iris Spranger.
- In a statement to reporters, the Greens condemned the allegedly left‑wing extremist attack and said they want to concentrate on better protecting the city.
- Authorities continue to probe the arson, with multiple claim letters referencing the so‑called Vulkangruppe and a subsequent distancing statement contributing to uncertainty over attribution.
- The January 3 attack on a cable bridge cut power to about 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses in southwest Berlin, and Wegner has faced criticism for taking an hour to play tennis that day and acknowledging it later.