{"id":323048,"date":"2026-03-04T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-the-green-party-hold-on-to-its-one-stronghold-in-germany-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:00:58","slug":"can-the-green-party-hold-on-to-its-one-stronghold-in-germany-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-the-green-party-hold-on-to-its-one-stronghold-in-germany-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Green party hold on to its one stronghold in Germany? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zKx1IzCCLuw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Can the Green party hold on to its one stronghold in Germany? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKx1IzCCLuw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Greens have governed the most unlikely German state for 15 years \u2014 the wealthy car capital Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. For the first time in over a decade, the environmentalist party could lose their leadership there. What\u2019s happening in the state?<\/p>\n<p>The Green party in Germany was able to land its first \u2014 and only \u2014 leader of a German state, the equivalent of a state governor, in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. The state in south-west Germany is one of the wealthiest in the countries, and one of Europe\u2019s economic powerhouses. Much of the strong economy is driven by the auto industry and its suppliers, with world-renowned companies like Mercedes, Porsche and Bosch based in the state. Ever more surprising that the Greens have led Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg for 15 years, with the charismatic Winfried Kretschmann at the helm. But as state elections loom on March 8, the Greens are head-to-head with the conservative CDU, and risk losing power in their stronghold after almost a decade. What has led the Greens to lose relevance? DW\u2019s Giulia Saudelli traveled to the state to find out. <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens have governed the most unlikely German state for 15 years \u2014 the wealthy car capital Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. For the first time in over a decade, the environmentalist party could lose their leadership there. What\u2019s happening in the state? The Green party in Germany was able to land its first \u2014 and only \u2014 leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":323049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[149673,144826,129040],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-323048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-governed","tag-greens","tag-have"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can the Green party hold on to its one stronghold in Germany? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Can the Green party hold on to its one stronghold in Germany? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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