Greens on summer tour: “There is a fundamental skepticism towards us”
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|Green Party leader Franziska Brantner is touring the country to shake off her party's elite image. She has a clear path to success. Her co-leader, Felix Banaszak, also has a vision of the Green Party's future—just not the same one.
Franziska Brantner repeatedly shakes her head in disbelief. The Green Party leader sits in a small lounge at Mainz police headquarters on Monday afternoon, listening. Senior Inspector Jennifer Otto from Police Department 11, Major Crimes Division, has a lot to say about the exhausting daily routine of police investigators. About stressful investigations into child abuse, a lack of digitalization, aggression against officers, and patrol crews that are not very family-friendly. "Actually, a patrol team was reserved for you," says Otto, who is also the national youth chairwoman of the police union. To accompany and talk. But it just had to be deployed. "An unannounced demonstration in the city center. Almost all forces are out," says Otto.
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