If the German Greens moved towards the actual centre they’d end up further left than they are. I support this plan.
If they move towards the centre they won’t stand for anything anymore and become irrelevant.
They are already in the process. This is what Özdemir and other “realos” want. A party for people who would vote FDP or CDU but make sure their groceries are “bio” labeled and “compensate” the emissions of their holiday flights.
Ok, so I despise the “realos” in the German Greens and think the Greens have already moved far to the right in recent years, but personal opinions aside, who else is going to weaken the CDU so that a CDU+AfD government becomes impossible?
The SPD is maybe able to capture a bit of it if they stop being completely brain-dead, but there is a large centrist wing of CDU supporters that would never vote for them, but have shown to be willing to vote for the Greens under certain circumstances.
All the anti-green rhetoric of the right-wing part of the CDU/CSU is precisely because they know that the Greens are their main competition for voters.
I certainly wouldn‘t vote for them if they move more towards the center (meaning right).
