Four years ago, the party was the most popular in the country – but old rifts have fractured it again. Now the time is ripe for a reset, says historian and journalist Katja Hoyer
Ok, so I despise the “realos” in the German Greens and think the Greens have already moved far to the right in recent years, but personal opinions aside, who else is going to weaken the CDU so that a CDU+AfD government becomes impossible?
The SPD is maybe able to capture a bit of it if they stop being completely brain-dead, but there is a large centrist wing of CDU supporters that would never vote for them, but have shown to be willing to vote for the Greens under certain circumstances.
All the anti-green rhetoric of the right-wing part of the CDU/CSU is precisely because they know that the Greens are their main competition for voters.
Ok, so I despise the “realos” in the German Greens and think the Greens have already moved far to the right in recent years, but personal opinions aside, who else is going to weaken the CDU so that a CDU+AfD government becomes impossible?
The SPD is maybe able to capture a bit of it if they stop being completely brain-dead, but there is a large centrist wing of CDU supporters that would never vote for them, but have shown to be willing to vote for the Greens under certain circumstances.
All the anti-green rhetoric of the right-wing part of the CDU/CSU is precisely because they know that the Greens are their main competition for voters.