Alliance 90/The Greens : Strong growth in the East gives Green members record

The height of the flight of the Greens is also reflected in the number of party members: The party lists for the past year, the best members of the development since its start-up phase and an all-time high in the number of members. The national Director of the Michael Kellner told the newspaper "The world" from the Monday, his party had entered 10.246 new entries and counting now 75.311 members. "We are younger, female and East German."

with a Particularly strong increase was, therefore, in the former East Germany, where the Greens have so far had great difficulties. So have located in Brandenburg, the growth rate at 26 per cent, in Saxony, at 23 per cent and in the East overall, excluding Berlin, at around 19 percent, said the national Director of the waiters. Nationally, the number rose to 15,75%.

The proportion of women in the Green is traditionally higher than in the case of the other parties, be "increased slightly, from 39.8 to 40.5 percent," said the waiter. In addition, the average age had dropped by the many entries from 49.5 years to smooth 49 years.

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the CDU and the Green Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Göring-Eckardt is open for joint Alliance

a waiter led back to the inlet in Eastern Germany on the rise of the AfD. "The Emergence of AfD and Pegida has shaken the people awake. They want to work for democracy, for openness to the world." In addition, there is also in the Eastern countries of the "great longing" for a clean environment, to nature conservation, preservation of species diversity, after a other agriculture, and to climate protection. (AFP)

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