German Greens leader Baerbock signals post-pacifist shift on foreign policy

Germany’s Green party has confirmed co-leader Annalena Baerbock as its candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at September’s crunch election, with the membership backing her candidacy with 98.5% of the vote. The vote came at a party congress convened to decide…

Sunday marked the party congress of Germany’s embattled Social Democrats (SPD), with the party showing a united front and serving to affirm the position of Finance Minister Olaf Scholz as the SPD’s candidate for the chancellorship. Scholz was confirmed as…

With the Greens increasingly likely to hold sway in the future German government after the 26 September election, EURACTIV took stock of the party’s position on gene-editing, which could prove to be a turning point for Germany’s position and the ongoing debate in the EU.

Austria’s Green party has attacked its coalition partner, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s ÖVP party, for actions it says seek to undermine the judiciary. “The permanent insinuation that the judiciary would act politically has to be rejected. The ÖVP is continuously trying…

German federal elections are rarely fought on foreign policy. But if they were to be, the Greens – we now know – could be more than a safe contender. Knowing that Germany’s incumbent chancellor is stepping down for good in…