Ballot no. 3
GRÜNE
BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN
Standing statewide
About the party
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen formed in 1993 from the West German Greens, founded in 1980, and Bündnis 90, an alliance of East German civil-rights movements. Its core themes are ecology and environmental protection and a broad idea of justice — across resources, income, opportunity, gender and generations — together with European policy and civil rights. It has twice served in federal government; in Berlin its forerunner, the Alternative Liste, entered parliament in 1981, the party governed with SPD and Linke from 2016 to 2023, and it is now the largest opposition group.
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Lead candidate(s)
Bettina Jarasch ↗ & Werner Graf
Source: Press reporting (ZDF, t-online, Sept 2026); confirmed as approved candidates in Amtsblatt Nr. 36.
Result in 2023
18.4% of second votes (278,964 votes)
Source: Landeswahlleiterin Berlin, 12 Feb 2023 · Data as of 2026-09-11
On the 2026 ballot
78 direct candidates · 0 on district lists · 50 on the state list · 392 on BVV lists
Positions by theme
The same six themes and the same template as on the Berlin-agenda page: the party’s own chapter title, a neutral summary of that chapter, and a link into the original.
Housing & rent
All parties on this theme →Sicheres Wohnen – sozial, klimafreundlich und gemeinwohlorientiert ↗p. 45–53
Aims at a majority non-profit housing market "on the Vienna model": a Berlin "Affordable Rents Act" obliging landlords with more than 50 flats to offer a share at affordable prices, with trustees, profit clawback and forced sale for repeat offenders; a housing register; a €50,000 minimum fine for illegal holiday lets; flats vacant for six months put under compulsory administration; a ban on demolishing apartment buildings. Continues to back the 2021 "Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen" referendum and a federal Mietendeckel option. Instead of home-ownership subsidies, it wants a cooperative pact and a socially graded property-transfer tax.
Transport & mobility
All parties on this theme →Konsequente Verkehrswende – Mobilität für alle schaffen ↗p. 80–88
A "mobility guarantee" with a 10-minute frequency as the base service, 1,500 new U-Bahn cars, an emission-free bus fleet, reversal of the tram stop, i2030 rail expansion and closing the second rail ring (Nahverkehrstangente). Shares the goals of the "Berlin autofrei" initiative and wants its bill put to a referendum; a city-wide Tempo 30 network, doubled speed cameras, Paris-style school zones, protected cycle lanes on main roads and the three cycle highways. A €9 "Berlin Klimaticket" for low-income residents and free travel for pupils; Deutschlandticket back to €9 long-term; no criminal charges for fare evasion.
Migration & participation
All parties on this theme →Humanität für Geflüchtete – Ankommen und Teilhabe sichern ↗p. 143–148
Berlin as a "safe harbour": human rights are non-negotiable, GEAS is to be applied in a rights-compliant way with independent monitoring, deportations "only in exceptional cases" and never to Afghanistan, Syria or Iran, no detention pending deportation, no family separation, no Rwanda-style models. Rejects the payment card in favour of a basic bank account for all regardless of status. Wants to restart Berlin's state admission programme, restore family reunification, turn the LEA into a service-oriented "welcome authority" with digital applications, decentralised housing instead of mass shelters like Tegel, WBS eligibility for long-term tolerated refugees, and to fund civil sea rescue.
Innere Sicherheit – Freiheit und Schutz für alle ↗p. 224–232
"Freedom and protection for all": prevention first, community policing with more neighbourhood officers, bike patrols and mobile stations, plus better pay, equipment and buildings for police and fire service. Firmly against mass surveillance — no biometric face recognition, no Palantir-type data analysis, no police super-database, video surveillance only targeted at critical infrastructure — and against suspicion-independent checks; a digital "control receipt" against racial profiling, review and possibly abolition of knife-ban zones and "crime-burdened places", body cams limited to police and switchable on demand. Rejects tightening the assembly law; prioritises organised crime with a "follow the money" approach and an ownership register for real estate.
Climate & energy
All parties on this theme →Gerechte Wärmewende – Klimaschutz stärken ↗p. 12–19
Back to climate neutrality by 2040 with a climate check on every law. Heat is the core: decarbonise the recommunalised district heating (90% still gas and coal), no wood-burning plants, no hydrogen for heating, phased social shutdown of the gas grid, cooperative local heat networks, and a state subsidy that pays up front so low-income owners can switch heating. Solar on all public buildings by 2030, standard tenant electricity, wind turbines only on industrial land, not in forests. A tiered renovation duty starting with the worst buildings and a stronger cap on passing costs to tenants.
Education
All parties on this theme →Gerechte Bildungschancen – Schule neu denken ↗p. 185–193
"Long learning together": double the number of Gemeinschaftsschulen, keep the six-year primary and make the transition to secondary school less stressful; move in time towards competence-based feedback instead of number grades. Right to inclusive schooling with a binding plan, inclusive focus schools instead of new special schools, and a strategy for the 3,000+ children not in school. Funding rules for private schools tied to their social mix, more school social workers, compulsory informatics/media education from grade 1, a free warm lunch also from grade 7, reliable care until 14:30 and support for a later school start.
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