German Greens choose moderate path in bid to reignite election hopes
by Reuters from on (#5JYHN)
Poll on eve of conference shows support for party has fallen away after fuel price debate
The leaders of Germany's Greens will resist a push by party activists this weekend to adopt more ambitious climate policies, balancing their ecologist message with care to ensure poorer voters are not left out of pocket after September's election.
The Greens, aiming to win the chancellery for the first time at the 26 September federal election, surged ahead of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) in polls in late April after picking Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to run for chancellor.
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