Sergey Lagodinsky, Vice-Chairman of the Green Group in the European Parliament, is running in the Pankow district association for the direct mandate in the Bundestag elections on February 23. It is unclear whether Lagodinsky will run in the election. On Wednesday, January 8, a party meeting of the Pankow Greens will vote on the candidate for the direct mandate. Julia Schneider, who is a member of the Berlin House of Representatives for the Greens, and Stefan Gelbhaar, a member of the Bundestag, are running against Lagodinsky.