Members of the Green Youth took the outgoing executive board to task at the national congress of the youth organization in Leipzig - and sent a symbolic signal against it. Despite a few expressions of understanding, the debate was dominated by criticism of the actions of the previous leadership team.
The accusations included neglecting the core issue of climate protection, participating in "left-wing fragmentation" and communicating their own resignation. This should have been communicated to the members first and then to the press. At the end of September, the Executive Board announced that it would not run for office again, that it would leave the party and that it wanted to found a new left-wing youth association. The reason: dissatisfaction with the Greens and with too many compromises in the traffic light coalition.
