First appearance of the ecologists

Motivated Greens in Natschbach-Loipersbach

Martina List, Manuel Fürtinger, David Fürtinger, Michael Scherz and Janine Schneider (from left to right) are running for the Green Party.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Martin Wieland)

Eco-premie Natschbach-Loipersbach near Neunkirchen. The Greens are now standing for election to the local parliament in the small municipality for the first time. They are led by 25-year-old law student David Fürtinger. 

Why only now? "I was already thinking about it five years ago, but I didn't have the time then," says the motivated law student. He has already worked as a district officer for the Green Party in Neunkirchen. Now he and his team, consisting of Martina List, Manuel Fürtinger, Michael Scherz and Janine Schneider, want to bring a breath of fresh air to his home town of 1,700 inhabitants. His goals: "We want to push ahead with the expansion of photovoltaics on community-owned buildings, create a new youth center, traffic calming at the village entrances and bus stops as well as a better walking connection between the districts of Natschbach and Loipersbach," says Fürtinger.