Greens in Lusatia: Election campaign under extreme conditions!

Greens in Lusatia: Election campaign under extreme conditions!

Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Deutschland - The election campaign is back and the Greens in Lusatia are facing a huge challenge! Carolin Poensgen, the managing director of the party in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, comments: "The early federal elections are an enormous effort for us, which we can hardly master alone." Despite financial support from the federal level, the Greens are at the limit. The number of members is low and the motivation suffers from the many defeats this year. Posters cannot be hung anywhere, and the basis is struggling to enforce their message in lively locations.

in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, the upcoming election campaign is perceived as a major challenge for all parties. After three elections this year - European elections, local elections and state elections - the fourth election campaign is now pending. This year the Greens had to accept a number of setbacks, which also presses the mood among the members. In contrast, the district association Märkisch-Oderland is more optimistic. Christian Göritz-Vorhof, spokesman for the district association, emphasizes the routine that you have collected in the last election campaigns and hopes for a feeling of progress in street election campaign.

winter challenges and motivation problems

However, the situation is not the same everywhere. In the district association Oberspreewald-Lausitz, where the Greens only have around 40 members and stayed under 3 percent in the elections this year, there is great concern. District spokeswoman Nele Bär warns that the upcoming election campaign becomes even more difficult in winter. "It becomes more difficult to motivate people to stand in the pedestrian zone in freezing cold and snow on a Saturday," she says. The darkness and cold make many campaign campaigns almost impossible.

The outgoing federal manager Emily Büning recognizes the challenges, but also sees advantages in the short election campaign: "The election campaign becomes crisp, resources can be used efficiently." The Federal Party has already promised support to strengthen structurally weak circle associations. However, the desire for even more support grows at the base in order to better adapt the political content and campaigns to the life realities of rural regions and to improve the financing of the basic work.