Overview
- About 180 delegates met in Neukölln for a two-day congress to finalize the Greens’ programme ahead of the September 20 Abgeordnetenhaus election.
- The platform centers on a proposed Bezahlbare-Mieten-Gesetz requiring landlords with more than 50 units to offer a defined share at affordable prices and includes a pledge to implement the 2021 Deutsche Wohnen referendum.
- Transport plans include a nationwide Klimaticket free for pupils and young people in voluntary service, a €9 monthly ticket for social-benefit recipients, expanded public transport and safer cycling and walking infrastructure.
- Climate measures feature a binding solar mandate on public buildings, greater use of industrial waste heat and other renewables, and proposals to ban private fireworks and restrict private-jet operations at BER.
- Framing the Greens as the alternative to the CDU-led Senate, lead candidate Werner Graf accused Mayor Kai Wegner of planlessness and vowed to unseat him, with formal ratification of the full programme scheduled for Sunday.