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Thriving in German car region, Greens set sights higher
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11/03/2021 - 03:02 You know me says Baden-Wuerttemberg state premier Winfried Kretschmann, the Green s candidate for re-election THOMAS KIENZLE AFP 4 min
Stuttgart (Germany) (AFP)
At first glance, the affluent southwestern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg with its booming automobile industry might look like an unlikely stronghold for the Green party.
But the Greens, who have headed the government in the conservative industrial region for ten years, are set to consolidate their grip in the state, opinion polls in the run-up to the next state election on Sunday show. We have proven that it can work, even if it is complicated at times, said Winfried Hermann, Baden-Wuerttemberg s transport minister a key post in a region that Mercedes, Daimler and Porsche call home.