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The Greens’ new basic program no longer has much to do with the original idea of the game: the rough edges have been smoothed out. That is logical, because the Greens want to rule.
A comment from Nina Barth, ARD capital studio
“We can no longer afford to be a middle party,” Green Party leader Robert Habeck said recently. And if the Greens want to achieve their goal of co-governing after the federal elections, they are right.
So this new core program, the fourth in the history of the Greens, makes sense. Constantly grinds corners and edges. He constantly addresses other voters as environmental and climate activists. The result is that this new basic program no longer has much to do with the original idea of the Greens 40 years ago.
Commitment to the market economy
But that is also consistent with the logic of the two party leaders. How did Annalena Baerbock say it in her keynote speech at the party congress? “New times, always the same answers, that doesn’t work.” New responses from the Greens now include: no stricter rejection of genetic engineering, a clear commitment to the market economy, or even that a deployment of the Federal Armed Forces without a UN mandate is no longer fundamentally excluded. Instead, they only talk about a dilemma. In addition, there is a clear commitment to the state and the police. That can bring tears to the eyes of the original Greens.
No battle vote on the weather
But have greens become implausible with these sanded corners and edges? No, they are extremely credible in their quest for power. It is also fitting that the party leadership avoided a battle vote on the issue of climate protection. Behind the scenes, they agreed to a clearer commitment to the 1.5 degree cap for increased global warming. Baerbock and Habeck reached out to their critics, for whom the original version was not ambitious enough. Apparently, the party leaders did not want to risk losing a fighting vote.
Don’t knock on the doors
That’s not particularly brave, but somehow also consistent, and it also shows that Habeck and Baerbock keep the party together. While Baerbock and Habeck were initially ridiculed for wanting to participate in government after the federal elections, parts of the Union have already declared the Greens the main political opponent for some time. The Greens are not closing doors in either direction with this program. But it is a principle, not an electoral manifesto. A basic program that should last for the next ten to 15 years.
But regardless of whether it is a basic or electoral program, the Greens want to address the middle of society, and not be a middle party. And that is exactly what they constantly implement.
