Paula Piechotta leads the Green list for the Bundestag election

The Saxon Greens are entering the Bundestag election campaign with Paula Piechotta in first place on the list. The 38-year-old radiologist from Leipzig has already been a member of the Bundestag since 2021. At the party conference in Löbau, she received 82.4 percent of the vote and there was no opposing candidate. Rents, food and health insurance contributions must remain affordable, Piechotta explained in her speech. That is why she is campaigning for an extension of the rent freeze, for example.

"Election campaign of a lifetime"

In Löbau (district of Görlitz), the Greens were full of energy. "We are ready for the election campaign of our lives with Robert Habeck at the helm and our top team in Saxony," said state chairwoman Marie Müser. She spoke of more than 400 new members since the break-up of the traffic light government in the federal government.

Habeck wants to make electricity cheaper

Greens candidate for chancellor Robert Habeck wants to create an upswing by investing in schools, kindergartens, bridges, railroads and digitalization, as he said in a video message. He also said that the country must stay on course with climate protection and become economically stronger. In recent years, renewable energies have been greatly expanded and electricity has become cleaner as a result. Now electricity must be made affordable. To this end, he wants to abolish the electricity tax and at least halve the grid fees, said Habeck. "Everyone benefits: citizens, the economy and the climate."