> I wouldnt trust the Greens at all. On social issues (taxes, pensions, social
> insurance) they are to the right of the SPD, because union influence is much
> stronger on the SPD. The electorate of the Greens is the well-to-do liberal
> middle class, even the 'lefts' within the Greens like Trittin have to take
> this into account.
Could you, or anyone else, say more on this? Some details on policy positions and the demographics of the Green support?
Doug