German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows

25 September 2024, Berlin: The German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang resign. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The joint leaders of the German Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang said they would step aside, making way for a new leadership to be elected at the next party congress.

The decision comes after a series of heavy election defeats for the party, which serves in Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition.

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