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Germany's Green Party

"Bündnis 90/Die Grünen," Germany's environmentalist Green party, was founded in West Germany in 1980 with an environmentalist and pacifist platform. Since the 2021 election, it is a coalition partner in the government.

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Reports & Analysis

Left to right: Robert Habeck, Olaf Scholz, Christian Lindner

German government descends into crisis mode

German government descends into crisis mode

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is trying to hold his government together, but his partners seem unable to stop infighting.
PoliticsNovember 4, 2024
Solid-state battery components

Solid-state batteries made in Germany

Solid-state batteries made in Germany

A German start-up wants to beat the Chinese competition with a solid-state battery suitable for mass production.
TechnologyNovember 1, 202404:20 min
Filling up a hydrogen-powered bus

The long road to green hydrogen

The long road to green hydrogen

Green hydrogen will be a building block of the energy transition. But it still has a long way to go.
BusinessOctober 31, 202404:23 min
Björn Höcke making a passionate election campaign appearance in Thuringia in August 2024

Will Germany's far-right AfD party be banned?

Will Germany's far-right AfD party be banned?

German lawmakers have united in an attempt to ban the Alternative for Germany party. Can they succeed?
PoliticsOctober 18, 2024
Annalena Baerbock leaves a German state plane in Tianjin, China

Decoding China: Baerbock's bruising battle with Beijing

Decoding China: Baerbock's bruising battle with Beijing

Germany's Annalena Baerbock, who sees China as a "rival" and Xi Jinping as a "dictator," is planning a trip to Beijing.
PoliticsOctober 11, 2024
Kevin Kühnert autograph cards

Germany: Surprise SPD resignation puts pressure on party

Germany: Surprise SPD resignation puts pressure on party

SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert is giving up all political offices. This comes at an inopportune time for the party.
PoliticsOctober 8, 2024
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In the spotlight

Olaf Scholz (right), Robert Habeck (middle), and Christian Lindner (left) sitting in Germany's parliament

Can the German government survive its 'ultimatum autumn'?

Whatever the issue, the German government coalition is at odds. But now coalition partner FDP has issued an ultimatum.
PoliticsSeptember 30, 2024
Green Party politicians looking miserable

Populist gains in state elections jolt German government

What will be the nationwide consequences from far-right gains in the Saxony and Thuringia state elections?
PoliticsSeptember 2, 2024
Annalena Baerbock speaks into a microphone

Baerbock talks democracy at DW's Global Media Forum in Bonn

Annalena Baerbock, Maria Ressa and Scovia Culton Nakamya discussed the importance of democracy.
PoliticsJune 20, 202438:05 min
three people front an election party crowd and look up at results on the screen

Why are young German voters abandoning the Greens?

A rising German youth vote for the climate-skeptic far right at the EU elections contrasts with plummeting Greens votes.
ClimateJune 13, 2024
Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Economy Minister Robert Habeck, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left to right)

Germany: What's holding Olaf Scholz's coalition together?

The German government coalition parties are arguing about everything, including Ukraine, but above all about money.
PoliticsApril 3, 2024
A pitch fork piercing a German flag

Germany's Greens become boogeyman at farmer protests

Urban, academic and cosmopolitan: The Greens could be seen as the natural opposite of many German farmers.
PoliticsFebruary 29, 2024
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