Annalena Baerbock vs Armin Laschet

Alliance 90/The Greens

Germany's Greens grew out of the peace, anti-nuclear, feminist, and environmental movements of the late Cold War and became one of Europe's most consequential green parties. Their history is also the story of institutionalization: from protest politics and internal battles between radicals and realists to cabinet office, coalition bargaining, and responsibility for energy, economic, and foreign policy in government. In modern Germany the Greens represent more than climate politics alone; they are a major urban progressive party with clear positions on Europe, migration, civil liberties, and state-led decarbonization.