Germany

Alliance 90/The Greens

Green politics

The most electorally successful green party in Europe. Its programme combines rapid decarbonisation and a nuclear phase-out with civil liberties, liberal migration policy and strong European and multilateral commitments.

Founded: 1980
Positions as of: 2025 federal election programme
Last verified: 2026-08-21

What does it believe?

Environment and growth
Its defining axis: a legally binding emissions path, renewable expansion and the phase-out of coal and nuclear generation.

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

RedistributionMarket outcomes

Evidence: Well documented

The state in the economy

Active stateLimited state

Evidence: Documented

Personal liberty

Collective orderIndividual freedom

Evidence: Well documented

Tradition and change

ContinuityReform

Evidence: Well documented

Nation and the world

InternationalistNationalist

Evidence: Well documented

Religion and the state

Secular stateReligion in public life

Evidence: Documented

Power and its limits

Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism

Evidence: Well documented

Environment and growth

Production firstProtection first

Evidence: Well documented

Crime and punishment

PunishmentRehabilitation

Evidence: Well documented

Sources

Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.

Federal election programme · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen · 2025

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