“ The German Greens are going through their most serious crisis in ten years “. This is how the co-president of the party Omid Nouripour commented on the difficult situation of the movement by announcing on Wednesday September 25 with his counterpart the withdrawal of the leadership. In the evening, it was the youth organization of environmentalists which announced the resignation of its office and the creation of a new political movement.
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With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibaut
The Greens suffered another humiliating electoral defeat on Sunday, September 22, losing their parliamentary representation in Brandenburg, like three weeks earlier in Saxony. In June, environmentalists saw their European score divided by two practically compared to 2019. And the polls are bad one year before the general elections with around 10% of voting intentions.
This also applies to all parties in power. Beyond these figures, there is an ill wind facing the party. His opponents criticize him for giving lessons on social and environmental issues. This last issue has moved to the background today and on a central subject, immigration, the Greens, traditionally supporters of a liberal line, are on the defensive and swallowing a lot of snakes.
Looking for a new start
Snakes that the party’s youth movement, further to the left, has been denouncing for a long time. Last night, its leadership announced that it was throwing in the towel a few hours after the party leaders had done the same. Young environmentalists want to launch a resolutely left-wing movement.
For Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, who will lead the Greens’ campaign next year, these changes are an opportunity to try a new start with a team that will be his favorite.
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