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#21:Green, conservative, esoteric

How did the Greens get so big in Baden-Württemberg?

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Maurice Frank
Mar 14, 2026
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Last Sunday, in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Green politician Cem Özdemir won the state election, with his party, Die Grünen scraping ahead of Friedrich Merz’s CDU. It looks like the Greens will be the senior partner in a coalition with the CDU, with Özdemir at the helm. The election was so close, the two parties w…

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