German Greens Ready for Coalition as Clean-Energy Becomes Focus
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Germany’s Greens party is open to talking to Chancellor Angela Merkel about joining her third-term government as it seeks to refocus on the switch to clean-energy sources to win over alienated voters.
The Greens are “ready to hold talks” with Merkel’s Christian Democratic bloc if the request were to come, Claudia Roth, the Greens co-leader, said today in Berlin. The party should focus on “core” issues such as sustainability and ecology after its vote share declined and it placed fourth in yesterday’s vote, fellow co-leader Cem Oezdemir said.