Why has Support for the German Greens Collapsed?

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In this video we’re going to look at the German Greens meteoric rise to power, and how it all went wrong.

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Sources:
Germany polling
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/

⅓ of Germans don’t want greens in next government
https://unherd.com/newsroom/support-for-german-greens-plummets-poll/

Green Party context
https://institutdelors.eu/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2021/08/PB_210908_What-are-the-ambitions-of-the-German-Green-party_Maillard_EN.pdf

Greens popularity post-Fukushima
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/world/europe/02greens.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

2021 German election results
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-election-results-facts-and-figures/a-59343789

Green party membership figures
https://www.statista.com/statistics/957296/green-party-membership-development/

Green party EU election results
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/climate-and-energy-high-agenda-2024-eu-parliament-elections

Why young people are abandoning Greens
https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-young-german-voters-abandoning-the-greens/a-69354030
https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/10/mass-exodus-of-young-german-greens-from-party-over-shift-too-far-right/

Issue of climate change in Germany/EU 2019vs2024
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germans-consider-climate-change-top-issue-facing-country
https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3216

Controversial heat pump law
https://www.politico.eu/article/heat-pumps-exploded-germany-ruling-coalition-green-law/

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