In the first of a new monthly column on the German Greens in government, Inge Jooris unpicks the messy result of a messy election.

Amid deepening crises, ideological divides between Germany’s ruling parties on the country’s future are surfacing in a bitter struggle.

Coalition compromises make it harder for the Greens to commit to their climate policy goals.

Criticised for their disruptive demonstrations, Letzte Generation climate activists find few allies in their uphill battle for climate.

The culture wars around climate policy seem set to become the new normal, as the heating law debate in Germany exemplified.

With the AfD on the rise, Christian Democrats are shifting to the right, threatening to break the cordon sanitaire.

As conservatives and the Far Right continue to rise in Germany, progressive parties are moving to the right on migration policy to maintain support.

The younger generations of German Greens are at odds with the pragmatic approach of the party’s leadership on migration.