Green politicians are discussing the idea of a boycott of BP and its Aral petrol stations in Germany, in the light of the multi-nationalâs failure to prevent or stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Social Democrats and Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are preparing to form a red-green minority government, after conservative premier JĂźrgen RĂźttgers said he would not contest a challenge for his position.
Talks to form a âtraffic light coalitionâ of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) broke down early on Friday morning, leaving the future of the countryâs most populous state uncertain a month after voters went to the polls.
The centre-right coalition government is looking to bypass the Bundesrat upper house to push through one of its more controversial policy plans â extending the lifetime of atomic power plants â according to a chancellery official.
With a Social Democratic-Greens alliance coming up just one seat short of a majority in the North Rhine-Westphalia election, the SPD on Monday faced some uncomfortable options for forming a coalition in the state.
From beards and Birkenstocks to part of political establishment: Germanyâs environmentalist Green party celebrated its 30th anniversary on Wednesday.
Germanyâs centre-right government coalition has lost the majority of public support less than six months after being elected, a poll published on Wednesday revealed.
2009 was more than a triumphant election year for the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the eco-friendly Green party. They each made a record number of new members.
A Twitter entry by a Greens MP branding a conservative opponent a right-wing extremist caused mayhem in the Lower Saxony state parliament, forcing an end to debate amid fears of a brawl, daily <i>Hannoversche Allgemeine</i> reported on Tuesday.
The negotiating government coalition partners seem to have agreed on the outlines of a future energy policy â with nuclear power as a key component to bridge the time until renewable sources such as wind and solar supply what is needed.
The western state of Saarland is headed for a conservative âJamaicaâ coalition after the Greens decided on Sunday to join forces with the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democrats.
While wealthy German cities are still voting conservative on a national level, a new trend of voting for the environmentalist Green party is growing at the municipal level.
As Germany's election race draws to a close, Hamburgâs Miniature Wonderland has opened an exhibition which makes it possible for voters to experience the vision of a perfect society as imagined by the country's six biggest parties.
As the federal election approaches, The Local's new series on politicians with non-German roots features Green party MP Omid Nouripour, an Iranian-born Hessian who says his background gives him a special appreciation for democracy.
Greens in Washington DC have founded the first chapter of a German political party in the United States ahead of Septemberâs national election. The grass-roots initiative hopes to encourage absentee voting by Germans abroad.
The Green party in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have decided to take down campaign posters featuring a white womanâs hands grabbing a black womanâs bare buttocks after critics said it was racist and offensive.
The campaign for Germany's general election in September only officially began on Sunday, but one Berlin politician has already created a stir with chesty imagery of herself â and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany and Europe must keep pressure on Iran despite the official inauguration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week, urges Green party MP Kerstin MĂźller.
Two months before elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is increasingly likely to win a second term, a poll published on Wednesday suggested, with Angie and her party's popularity hitting new highs.
Plans to share confidential banking data between the European Union and the US for anti-terrorism purposes have united disparate parts of the German political spectrum in opposition.
German voters will be able to choose between a staggering 29 parties in this yearâs national election on September 27, the federal election committee said on Friday.
Voters across the European Union head to the polls this week to elect a new European Parliament. In the third of a series of interviews with German MEPs, The Local spoke with Michael Cramer from the Green party.
The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reached their highest approval rating this year in an opinion poll released by weekly magazine <i>Stern</i> on Wednesday.
