Five reasons why the Greens are facing difficult times at traffic lights

The co-leaders of the Greens, Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour

In the dispute over the EU asylum procedure, Lang and Nouripour did not agree.

(Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen)

Berlin After the federal government approved the planned tightening of EU asylum rules, the Greens are in the traffic light coalition ahead of difficult days and weeks. Not only the decision in Brussels has triggered a heated discussion in the party, things are not going well for the Greens on other issues either. Read the most important reasons for this here:

Split on the asylum decision

This frustration should resonate in the comments on the asylum decision. No sooner had the EU interior ministers sealed the unification of their states in Luxembourg than the dual leadership of the Green party and parliamentary group spoke up, each with two different assessments.

This is how co-party leader Omid Nouripour reported with a series of tweets, with the result “that today’s agreement is a necessary step to move forward together in Europe”. Nouripour represents the Realo wing.

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