https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany's resurgent Green party, its sights set on the chancellery in September's election, has stumbled on the campaign trail over undeclared bonus payments and controversial comments about arming Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.de/20210528/will-germanys-greens-face-tougher-election-race-after-series-of-gaffes Fri, 28 May 2021 14:44:54 +0200 will-germanys-greens-face-tougher-election-race-after-series-of-gaffes Having just announced their first ever chancellor candidate, Germany's Green Party is now leading in the polls ahead of September’s elections. How did what started as a grassroots movement gain a stronghold in German politics? https://www.thelocal.de/20210426/from-trailblazing-radicals-to-germanys-most-popular-party-who-are-the-greens Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:10:02 +0200 from-trailblazing-radicals-to-germanys-most-popular-party-who-are-the-greens Germany's Greens are continuing their upward trajectory, with the ecologist party overtaking Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in a new opinion poll just five months before a general election. https://www.thelocal.de/20210426/germans-are-in-the-mood-for-change-greens-take-lead-in-new-polls Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:28:13 +0200 germans-are-in-the-mood-for-change-greens-take-lead-in-new-polls It doesn’t matter if it’s a music subscription, mobile phone contract or electricity provider: quitting a service is often much harder than buying something on the internet. Here's how that could change in 2020. https://www.thelocal.de/20191230/how-it-could-become-much-easier-to-cancel-a-contract-in-germany Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:03:27 +0100 how-it-could-become-much-easier-to-cancel-a-contract-in-germany Germany's far-right AfD on Monday named the Greens its main rival after the environmentalist party's strong showing at European elections, as it insisted that data showed "no consensus" that climate change is man-made. https://www.thelocal.de/20190527/theyre-our-main-competitors-germanys-far-right-afd-lashes-out-against-greens Mon, 27 May 2019 14:49:16 +0200 theyre-our-main-competitors-germanys-far-right-afd-lashes-out-against-greens On Sunday the eastern city of Görlitz will vote in a new mayor. Green party candidate Franziska Schubert told The Local how she strives to make her city - where there's been a spike to the right - more open, friendly and innovative. https://www.thelocal.de/20190526/meet-the-east-german-greens-candidate-offering-another-alternative Sun, 26 May 2019 13:24:11 +0200 meet-the-east-german-greens-candidate-offering-another-alternative The German Green Party party recorded an all-time high in the number of members, especially in eastern Germany, according to federal managing director Michael Kellner. https://www.thelocal.de/20190225/younger-and-more-eastern-green-party-records-record-numbers Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:44:11 +0100 younger-and-more-eastern-green-party-records-record-numbers A week from now on Sunday, October 28th, voters in Hesse will decide whether the Christian Democrats (CDU)-Green coalition state government should stay in power. But it’s about much more than that. Elections in Hesse rarely receive such attention on a national level. https://www.thelocal.de/20181018/hesse-follows-bavaria-into-crucial-election Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:00:05 +0200 hesse-follows-bavaria-into-crucial-election This year's Bavarian parliamentary election seems certain to shake up the state government and dislodge the ruling CSU party majority. https://www.thelocal.de/20181013/video-how-the-green-party-is-shaking-up-bavarian-elections Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:36:59 +0200 video-how-the-green-party-is-shaking-up-bavarian-elections While Germany's mainstream political parties are floundering in the face of a right-wing populist onslaught, the ecologist Greens are gaining in popularity and looking to capture once enemy terrain. https://www.thelocal.de/20181011/the-greens-germanys-other-party-on-the-rise Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:52:28 +0200 the-greens-germanys-other-party-on-the-rise The leader of the Green party in the Bundestag, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, said on Tuesday that her party would attempt to change the constitution to include the goals of the Paris Climate Accord. https://www.thelocal.de/20180815/green-party-seek-to-cement-c02-reduction-in-constitution Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:21:35 +0200 green-party-seek-to-cement-c02-reduction-in-constitution Green Party co-chairman Robert Habeck has weighed in on the debate surrounding Mesut Özil's retirement from the German national football team, saying that interior minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) must shoulder some of the blame. https://www.thelocal.de/20180725/seehofer-at-fault-in-ozil-affair-says-green-party-leader Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:17:30 +0200 seehofer-at-fault-in-ozil-affair-says-green-party-leader Germany's Greens party, after years in opposition, has a shot of returning to power and promoting its leftist and pro-environment agenda as junior coalition partner to Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170925/green-party-to-flex-muscles-as-potential-merkel-allies-after-election Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:28:21 +0200 green-party-to-flex-muscles-as-potential-merkel-allies-after-election Germany's Green party has suggested drastic consequences for the US President after he ordered a temporary travel block for refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20170130/green-party-demands-travel-ban-for-trump-to-germany Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:22:35 +0100 green-party-demands-travel-ban-for-trump-to-germany A group of football hooligans "aggressively" attacked the Green party leader from Saxony as well as two of his colleagues on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161107/football-hooligans-attack-green-party-politician-on-train Mon, 07 Nov 2016 13:11:06 +0100 football-hooligans-attack-green-party-politician-on-train The environmentalist Green party has an ambitious plan for German cars to be petrol- and diesel-free within the next 15 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20160929/green-party-wants-only-electric-cars-on-german-roads-by-2030-autobahn-energy-renewable Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:28:44 +0200 green-party-wants-only-electric-cars-on-german-roads-by-2030-autobahn-energy-renewable Hamburg's deputy mayor Katharina Fegebank was groped on the dance floor at a party in Berlin this week, she told police. https://www.thelocal.de/20160901/drunk-partygoer-molests-hamburgs-deputy-mayor Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:43:27 +0200 drunk-partygoer-molests-hamburgs-deputy-mayor More than 1,600 crimes have been counted against refugees and their accommodation so far in 2015, new figures released on Tuesday have shown. https://www.thelocal.de/20151215/attacks-on-refugees-double-in-a-year-police Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:43:59 +0100 attacks-on-refugees-double-in-a-year-police The opposition Green Party claimed on Tuesday evening that the German government admitted to knowing about Volkswagen's emissions cheating software in July - and did nothing about it. https://www.thelocal.de/20150923/govt-knew-vw-was-manipulating-emissions-data Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:30:04 +0200 govt-knew-vw-was-manipulating-emissions-data Two thirds of highly-qualified immigrants in Germany from outside the EU want to live and work in the country long-term, a government survey has found. But those from wealthier countries are less likely to stay and politicians say more should be done to keep them here. https://www.thelocal.de/20141016/skilled-immigrants-want-to-stay-in-germany-long-term Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:10:00 +0200 skilled-immigrants-want-to-stay-in-germany-long-term