Three and a half months before the federal election and shortly before the start of the federal party congress, the Greens chairman Robert Habeck admitted mistakes in the election campaign.
"We did not succeed in generating the tailwind ourselves," said Habeck in the ARD morning magazine.
Rather, the party faced a strong headwind.
The polls of the Greens had recently fallen - the party was behind the Union in most polls.
When asked whether strict demands on environmental protection could deter some voters, Habeck said: "That has been our recipe for success, that we take a clear edge, that we set up ambitious program items and also speak the truth." At the same time, it is necessary to expand the Addressing society. "We know that it is not the Greens who create the change, only the majority of the people."
Meanwhile, the Fridays for Future movement criticized the climate protection efforts of all established parties as inadequate - including those of the Greens. In an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, spokeswoman Carla Reemtsma said: "The fact that even the largest green party in the world has no plan to adhere to the 1.5 degree limit is devastating." In order to achieve the goals of the Paris climate agreement, Germany must be climate neutral by 2035. "The Greens are not presenting a climate target or measures that are sufficient for this," said Reemtsma.
She announced that Fridays for Future would accompany the election campaign and the subsequent coalition negotiations with large demonstrations. The school strike on Friday as a form of protest should also be resumed with the falling corona numbers. "The urgency of the climate crisis requires consistent action as well as massive protest," said Reemtsma. Nobody should be afraid of prohibitions or commands that serve climate protection. These are part of every functioning democracy. “Nobody wants an eco-dictatorship. We neither."