German Greens election lead at risk amid mutiny over use of word Germany in manifesto At the heart of our politics are people in their dignity and freedom, not Germany, said one grassroots staffer behind the rebellion
7 May 2021 • 2:49pm
Robert Habeck, left, and Annalena Baerbock, right, leaders of Germany s Green party, are potentially on the cusp of an historic victory
Credit: Kay Nietfeld /DPA
The German Green Party may be leading in the polls, but it is facing a bizarre grassroots revolt over the use of the word “Germany” that may yet prove its undoing ahead of September s elections.