Politics

Greens Back German Coalition Deal With Large Wing Still Unhappy

The Green Party had to make major compromises to its climate agenda, underscoring the decarbonization challenge ahead

Robert Habeck, co-leader of the Green Party.

Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg
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A hard-won agreement reached by Germany’s new coalition government puts climate change at the center of policy making — an outcome made possible by unprecedented support for the Greens. But divisions within the party underscore the challenge of turning that momentum into action.