Mainstream Greens - how broad-based is Germany's Green Party?
Politics
November 15, 2012
The once-revolutionary ideas initiated by the Greens, such as the phase-out of nuclear power, have moved into the mainstream. They are now widely espoused by a well-educated, high-earning segment of the electorate. Take the southern German university town of Tübingen, for example. Boris Palmer of the Greens has been mayor there for years.