In our project-week „Whose streets? Our streets!“ we were kindly received today by two members of parliament at the Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus. We discussed the regulation of advertising in public spaces with Dr. Efler (The Left Party) and Julian Schwarze (The Green Party). Afterwards, we had a tour of the historic building. A participant’s report:
Entry Day 4, 24.03.2026:
On Tuesday the day started pretty early. We grabbed a quick breakfast to go and headed to
the Berlin House of Representatives. Even on the way there, I already had a few “French
lessons” just by talking to others, and during the whole exchange I kept switching between
German and French with different participants.
Prepared with questions
Arriving at 9:30, we met two members of parliament, one from the Left party and one from
the Greens, who are working on topics like public spaces. We had already prepared
questions the day before and learned a bit about their work, so we could ask some good and specific things. For example, we talked about the ad-free campaign, how they support it, and also about ideas on how to make referendums and public participation easier.
Cool microphones
It was really cool to meet the members of parliament in person, and we felt well prepared for
the discussion. In the bigger picture of the whole program, this part of the day made a lot of
sense. At the same time, it became clear that advertising is not a central issue right now and
probably won’t play a big role in the upcoming election campaign. Still, there was a general
interest in the topic. However, bigger topics like housing and similar social issues were
clearly more important in their current political work
Lunch
After that, we had a lunch break in the canteen. The food was really good, and we sat
outside in the sun, which was super nice. Then we went back inside the Berlin House of
Representatives and got a guided tour.
Discussion ob political systems at Tempelhofer Feld
Later on, we kept talking about politics. On our way to Tempelhofer Feld, we compared the
political systems of France and Germany. I also learned some new things about the German
system myself after doing a bit of research. We noticed that both countries face similar
challenges, like threats from right-wing extremism. It was really interesting to exchange
perspectives.
Fun with Duolingo
In the afternoon, everyone kind of did their own thing. Some people went to a bar, others just relaxed. Back at the venue, we had dinner together, ate a really nice soup, and ended the evening in a chill way. Some of us played Duolingo 🙂 After such intense first days, it was
actually really good to slow down a bit before the workshop day on Wednesday.
More information:
Press release and more pictures from the interventions:
https://vernetzungpartizipation.noblogs.org/post/2026/04/01/franco-german-networking-meeting-on-advertising-culminates-in-public-space-interventions/
More reports from partizipants of „Whose streets? Our streets!“:
https://vernetzungpartizipation.noblogs.org/post/2026/04/03/whose-streets-our-streets-projektwoche-in-berlin/
Youth participation project „Whose streets? Our streets?“:
https://vernetzungpartizipation.noblogs.org/post/category/whose-streets-our-streets/
The event is funded by the European Union as a youth participation project under the Erasmus+ program.
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