Federal politics: Green Party leaders Brantner and Banaszak likely aiming for a second term in office
Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak want to reapply for the party leadership in December. In polls, the party has gained ground again after the losses in the last election.
Green Party leaders Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak plan to run for re-election as co-chairs at the party's congress in early December. This would be their second term in office. According to reports citing internal emails, Banaszak and Brantner expressed their intention to lead the party into the next federal election. In current polls, the Greens are the third-strongest political force in Germany with 14 percent, behind the AfD with 28 percent and CDU/CSU with 21 percent.
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