With growing fears about global warming, deadly floods linked to climate change and a new political landscape as Angela Merkel leaves the stage, it should have been the German Greens' year.
After launching their campaign for Sunday's general election in the spring with a youthful, energetic candidate in Annalena Baerbock, the sky seemed to be the limit -- perhaps even taking the chancellery.
It is now widely expected to play a key kingmaker role in the coalition haggling to form a government."We made mistakes but we have a clear mandate for our country and we will respect it. This country needs a government that will fight global warming -- that's the voters' message." He said the Greens' rivals "want to continue the Merkel era in the campaign, as shameless and complacent as possible".Critics sought to portray the Greens as a "prohibition party" that would lead to rises in petrol, electricity and air ticket prices.
"The Germans have decades of prosperity and growth behind them -- there were hardly limits and that burned its way deep into the public consciousness," Spiegel said.
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