Felix Banaszak
Co-chair of Alliance 90/The Greens and member of the Bundestag · Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
Where they stand
The latest thing they said on each issue, dated. Tap an issue for their words and the source.
Economy and energy
Debt brake Exempt defence and investment
Said
The new borrowing that the Greens made possible in the March 2025 constitutional change is what is driving growth, and without the Greens it would not be spent on investment.
“0,6 Prozentpunkte davon wegen Schulden, die Sie jahrelang verteufelt haben und die Sie nur deswegen machen können, weil wir Ihnen das ermöglicht haben.”
Our translation 0.6 percentage points of it because of debts that you demonised for years and that you can only take on because we made it possible for you.
Source Deutscher Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 21/57 (30 January 2026), speech by Felix Banaszak
- Nuclear powerNothing on record yet
Combustion engines Keep the 2035 phase-out
Said
Opening a debate on the car industry, he told the coalition not to undermine companies' planning certainty by reopening the move to electric cars.
“Legen Sie nicht die Axt an die Planungssicherheit für die Unternehmen. Fangen Sie nicht an mit dem Spiel: heute so, morgen so, und vielleicht geht es ja noch ewig weiter; vielleicht ist ja der Ottomotor einfach noch nicht ausperfektioniert, und wir können noch mindestens 1,5 Prozent Effizienzgewinn erzielen.”
Our translation Do not take the axe to planning certainty for companies. Do not start the game of: one thing today, another tomorrow, and maybe it can go on forever; maybe the petrol engine simply has not been perfected yet, and we can still get at least 1.5 per cent more efficiency.
Source Deutscher Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 21/34 (16 October 2025), speech by Felix Banaszak
Society
Asylum Faster procedures, common EU rules
Said
Merz and Dobrindt should end national border turn-backs and return to the European approach.
“Wenn man aus dieser Spirale der Blödheit rauskommen will, dann müssen Friedrich Merz und Alexander Dobrindt jetzt den ersten Schritt gehen und wieder zum echten europäischen Prinzip zurückfinden.”
Our translation If you want to get out of this spiral of stupidity, then Friedrich Merz and Alexander Dobrindt must now take the first step and find their way back to the true European principle.
Source Dominoeffekt der Grenzkontrollen schadet Menschen und Wirtschaft (gruene.de)
Citizen's income Keep or raise it
Said
There is nothing left to cut from the Bürgergeld, because people who receive it already cannot cover their electricity and food.
“5 Milliarden Euro wollen Sie beim Bürgergeld sparen. Wo soll denn das passieren? Schon jetzt haben doch Menschen in Bürgergeldbezug nicht genug Geld, um die Stromkosten zu bezahlen, und müssen sie sich beim Essen absparen.”
Our translation You want to save 5 billion euros on the Bürgergeld. Where is that supposed to happen? Already now people receiving Bürgergeld do not have enough money to pay their electricity costs, and they have to scrimp on food.
Source Deutscher Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 21/24 (17 September 2025), speech by Felix Banaszak
- Military serviceNothing on record yet
Germany in the world
- UkraineNothing on record yet
- Arms for IsraelNothing on record yet
Who they would work with
Working with the AfD No cooperation with the AfD
Said
The CDU must not use a possible left-wing government in Berlin as a reason to tear down the firewall to the AfD.
“Aber wenn Sie eine mögliche Regierungsbildung mit der Linken in Berlin zum Anlass nehmen wollen, die Brandmauer zur AfD endgültig zu schleifen und Rechtsextremen an die Macht zu verhelfen, dann stehen Sie auf der falschen Seite der Geschichte.”
Our translation But if you want to take a possible formation of a government with the Left in Berlin as an occasion to finally raze the firewall to the AfD and help right-wing extremists to power, then you are standing on the wrong side of history.
Source Deutscher Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 21/100 (9 October 2026), speech by Felix Banaszak
No change of mind on record yet: every position above is the latest they have stated, with its date.
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