Green liberalism
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| 2025 | The party chose Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck as their Chancellor candidate for the federal election. |
| 2025 | Alliance 90/The Greens continued their coalition with SPD, winning 11.0% of constituency votes and 11.6% of party list votes, securing 33 seats in the Bundestag. |
| March 19 2025 | As of the current date, the party maintains diverse regional support, with vote shares ranging from 3.2% to 18.5% in different German states and 11.9% at the EU level. |
| 2024 | The traffic light coalition collapsed, ending the Greens' government participation. |
| 2024 | The party faced challenges in Brandenburg and Saxony, obtaining 4.1% and 5.1% of votes respectively, which resulted in limited representation or no parliamentary seats in these states. |
| 2024 | The party's representation slightly decreased, winning 11.90% of votes and losing 9 seats compared to the previous election. |
| 2024 | Alliance 90/The Greens sees continued variability in regional election results, with performances ranging from 3.2% to 18.4% across different states. |
| November 2024 | Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak become co-leaders of the party. |
| September 2024 | Lang and Nouripour resigned as party leaders following heavy defeats in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg state elections, and a poor performance in the European Parliament election where the Greens lost 9 seats. |
| January 2024 | Emelie Nyman begins serving as a substitute for Niels Paarup-Petersen in the Swedish Parliament from January to June 2024. |
| January 2024 | Mona Smedman begins serving as a substitute for Daniel Bäckström in the Swedish Parliament from January to May 2024. |
| 2023 | Alliance 90/The Greens secured notable electoral results in multiple states, including Bavaria (14.4%, 6 seats in opposition), Berlin (18.4%, 2 seats in opposition), Bremen (11.9%, 5 seats in SPD–Greens–Left coalition), and Hesse (14.8%, 7 seats in opposition). |
| 2023 | Muharrem Demirok becomes party leader, continuing to present. |
| 2022 | Alliance 90/The Greens continues to perform strongly in regional elections, with notable results including 18.2% in one state and maintaining 20.5% at the EU level. |
| 2022 | The party successfully entered coalition governments in Lower Saxony (SPD–Greens) and North Rhine-Westphalia (CDU–Greens), demonstrating their growing political influence across different German states. |
| 2022 | A study by Magnus Bergli Rasmussen highlighted that farmers' parties and representatives historically resisted welfare state expansion. |
| 2022 | Annie Lööf resigned her position as Leader of the Centre Party, concluding her leadership tenure. |
| December 2022 | The party reached 126,451 members, becoming the fourth largest party in Germany by membership. |
| January 2022 | At a party conference, Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour were elected as new party leaders, succeeding Baerbock and Habeck who stepped down due to party statutes preventing leaders from holding government office. |
| 2021 | The Greens finished third in the federal election with 14.8% of votes, their best-ever federal election result, but considered a disappointment given previous polling. |
| 2021 | During the election, the party proposed capping rent hikes at 2.5% per year as part of their housing policy platform. |
| 2021 | During the federal election, the WZB Berlin Social Science Center classified Alliance 90/The Greens as the most centrist of Germany's left-wing parties, marking a significant shift in the party's political positioning. |
| 2021 | The party achieved a significant electoral breakthrough, securing 14.0% of constituency votes and 14.7% of party list votes, winning 118 seats and joining a coalition government with SPD and FDP. |
| 2021 | The Centre Party concludes its confidence and supply arrangement with the Löfven II cabinet. |
| December 8 2021 | The Greens entered a traffic light coalition with the FDP and SPD, taking office under Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with five ministers including Robert Habeck as Vice-Chancellor and Annalena Baerbock as foreign minister. |
| June 12 2021 | Annalena Baerbock was formally confirmed as Chancellor candidate with 98.5% approval. |
| April 19 2021 | Annalena Baerbock was announced as the Greens' Chancellor candidate. |
| March 2021 | The Greens improved their performance in Baden-Württemberg (32.6% of votes) and Rhineland-Palatinate (9.3% of votes). |
| 2020 | Alliance 90/The Greens maintains its EU vote share at 20.5% and sees a significant rise to 24.2% in one regional election. |
| 2020 | The Centre Party began its mandate in the European Committee of the Regions with one full and one alternate member in the Renew Europe CoR group, serving until 2025. |
| 2019 | The Centre Party begins providing confidence and supply to the Löfven II cabinet. |
| 2019 | Strong performance in European Parliament elections with 10.78% of votes, ranking 5th and gaining 1 seat in the Renew Europe group. |
| May 2019 | In the European Parliament election, the Greens achieved their best-ever national election result, placing second with 20.5% of the vote and winning 21 seats. |
| 2018 | Alliance 90/The Greens achieves notable electoral performance, with significant vote shares in various German states including 19.8% in Baden-Württemberg and 8.9% nationally. |
| 2018 | Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock become co-leaders of Alliance 90/The Greens, marking the start of their joint leadership. |
| October 2018 | The Greens saw a major surge in support during the Bavarian and Hessian state elections, becoming the second largest party in both states. |
| January 2016 | The Centre Party proposed mandatory civic education for immigrants, focusing on both rights and societal expectations as part of their integration approach in response to the European migrant crisis. |
| January 1 2015 | The minimum wage of 8.50 Euros per hour, previously advocated by the Green Party, was implemented nationwide. |
| 2014 | The party maintained strong representation, winning 10.69% of votes and 3 seats in the European Parliament. |
| 2013 | The Green Party advocated for a minimum wage of 8.50 Euros per hour in their party platform. |
| 2011 | Annie Lööf becomes party leader, serving until 2023. |
| August 2011 | Polling data indicated that one in five Germans supported the Greens. |
| March 2011 | The Greens made significant gains in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, with Winfried Kretschmann becoming the first Green Minister-President in Baden-Württemberg. |
| November 29 2010 | The Hamburg coalition between GAL and CDU collapsed, resulting in an election won by SPD. |
| June 14 2010 | A red-green minority government was formed in North Rhine-Westphalia with Hannelore Kraft elected as minister-president. |
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