The Greens have as many members as never before – and seen for the year 2018, the largest growth since its founding. Especially in East Germany, the interest in the party is great.
The height of the flight of the Greens is also reflected in the number of members on The party lists for the past year, the best members of the development since its start-up phase and an all-time high in the number of members.
“Disciple, female, East German”
the national Director of the Michael Kellner told the newspaper “The world”, his party had entered 10.246 new entries and counting now 75.311 members. “We are younger, female and East German.” Particularly strong growth was, therefore, in the former East Germany, where the Greens have so far had great difficulties. So have located in Brandenburg, the growth rate at 26 per cent, in Saxony, at 23 per cent and in the East overall, excluding Berlin, at around 19 percent, said the national Director of the waiters.
national Director of the Michael waiter announced to pay the members.
proportion of women increases, average age decreases
nationally, the number rose to 15,75%. The proportion of women had increased in the case of the Green is traditionally higher than in the case of the other parties, “even slightly, from 39.8 to 40.5 percent,” said the waiter. In addition, the average age had dropped by the many entries from 49.5 years to smooth 49 years.
waiter led back to the inlet in Eastern Germany on the rise of the AfD. “The Emergence of AfD and Pegida has shaken the people awake. They want to work for democracy, for openness to the world.” In addition, there is also in the Eastern countries of the “great longing” for a clean environment, to nature conservation, preservation of species diversity, after a other agriculture, and to climate protection.
by group Chairman, Göring-Eckardt is open to a coalition with the Union.
preparing for the election
in Front of the state Parliament elections in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Saxony in the autumn and in the European elections in may, the Greens showed themselves to be group chief Katrin Göring-Eckardt, and the CDU-Chairman, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in a joint Interview in the “Bild am Sonntag” open to a black-green coalition at the Federal level.
Göring-Eckardt sees in the Alliance of Greens and the Union is a Chance for Germany: “That Green and Union are in the political spectrum further and further apart as the SPD and the Union, could be good for the country because it leads to more cohesion. Because the citizens see If they can agree on something, it may work better our country.”
