The Green Youth is facing important decisions: At its national congress in Leipzig, it will be electing a new board from this afternoon. The future direction of the young organization is likely to be hinted at in the candidate speeches. The Green Youth is traditionally left-wing - but could move a little closer to the party again with the withdrawal of the previous leadership team.
Why the old board is leaving
At the end of September, things came thick and fast for the Greens: first, the party's entire federal board, headed by co-chairs Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang, announced their resignation for November. Shortly afterwards, the ten-member executive committee of the Green Youth declared that it would not run again and would leave the party as a whole.
The reason: too little left-wing profile in the Greens, too many compromises in the traffic light coalition. The decision was made before the party executive announced its resignation, explained the head of the young organization around Svenja Appuhn and Katharina Stolla at the time. They will continue in office until the end of this national congress and then also want to leave the Green Youth and found a "new, decidedly left-wing youth association".
