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The election result is a political earthquake and marks a turning point for German politics. […]

Angela Merkel probably understands the climate crisis better than most heads of government. Nevertheless, her actual climate policy record is weak.

Europe’s strongest environmental party may for the first time aspire to the Chancellorship in Germany’s […]

The Greens have never fared better with their “co-chair” arrangement, with one man and one […]

Which clues do the exploratory talks in Baden-Württemberg offer about coalition options?

Gradually, Germans are coming to realize that Chancellor Merkel is no longer going to be […]

The German Greens govern in 11 states. They are the hinge party of Germany’s political system.

In political terms Germany differs from most Anglo-Saxon countries in at least one regard: its voting system. How does proportional voting shape forming a government, policy outcomes, and a country’s political culture?

Federal elections are set to take place in the fall of 2021 and unlike in 1998, the Greens would enter coalition negotiations with a wealth of experience in government on the Länder level, including a strong record as a federal climate force.

Europe faces a massive wave of nuclear reactor closures. But it lacks a coherent approach to organize this process. Building up capacities for exnovation would help to turn decommissioning into a strategy of ecological modernization.