Members of the Bundestag move into the first modular building

Green MP Julia Verlinden first has to remove the plastic film from her new swivel chair before she can sit down at her desk. Satisfied, she turns back and forth, then lowers the tabletop a little further at the push of a button. “I’ll probably move the table a little further to the window,” she then says. Just outside the window is a view of the Parliament of Trees, a project by the late artist Ben Wargin. However, the first thing you see is a dixi toilet in front of the new building.

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