Greens on the abyss: Habeck criticizes campaign chaos and treason!

Greens on the abyss: Habeck criticizes campaign chaos and treason!

In Germany, the Greens, under the leadership of Chancellor candidate Robert Habeck, made some serious mistakes in the recent election campaign against Friedrich Merz. Despite the possibility of choosing Merz as a chancellor under certain circumstances, many voters do not understand how this point of view can be reconciled with the current opposition. This unclear is critically questioned by the Greens after they have suffered a significant loss of election, which illustrates the need for a profound analysis of their strategy.

Habeck raised the question of whether the Greens can actually contribute to stabilizing the polarized liberal democracy. His answer is negative. In the middle of these considerations, former party leader Ricarda Lang emphasized the need to actively tackle conflicts and build bridges, while the new party leader Felix Banaszak demands "fortificance".

sporting election campaign and political consequences

The Greens tried to win Union voters, but this led to a decline in support from their own regular voters. This throws up the topic of contradiction in the behavior of Habeck, which is generally perceived as an expression of the green failure. His unclear communication about political will has led to the suspicion in his own camp.

In this election, which took place seven months earlier than planned, the opposition conservatives among Merz won with a weak result of around 28.5%, such as AP news reported. The Greens received only about 12%, while the AfD obtained a remarkable doubling of its support to around 20.5% and thus achieved the best result for a right -wing extremist party since the Second World War.

The Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democratic Party (SPD) took third place with over 16%, admitted the defeat. This is the worst result for the SPD since the war. Merz now has the challenge of forming a coalition capable until Easter, while Scholz and other leading politicians condemn the success of the AfD.

campaign strategies and their effects

The campaign planning for a federal election often begins after the last election. Usually top candidates are selected and election programs are prepared, in phase 1 about a year before the election date. In the subsequent phase, the parties mobilize their followers to carry central campaign messages to the population. The communicative highlights, such as a "TV duel" between the top candidates, take place a few weeks before the election, which could also have been crucial for the Greens in this election, as Bundestag election-BW .

Overall, it remains to be seen how the Greens can work out of this situation and whether they will rethink their strategies in order to be able to better meet future challenges.