Overview
- Gelbhaar confirmed he has applied to be the Greens’ direct candidate for Pankow’s Wahlkreis 6 and took part in a candidate forum on Wednesday evening.
- Green district board member Sunčica Klaas has also filed to run, setting up a potential contested vote in a constituency long held by Andreas Otto, who is not standing again.
- Gelbhaar withdrew from 2024–25 bids after harassment claims, while RBB later retracted key reporting when a fabricated complainant was uncovered and senior editors resigned.
- The Greens’ special commission criticized the party’s handling without substantiating all accusations, and some women maintain complaints of inappropriate conduct through party channels.
- Legal actions produced mixed outcomes, including a settlement with RBB and Hamburg court rulings that curtailed some statements by Klara Schedlich while allowing parts of reporting on women’s accounts to stand.