All smiles in Saarland

Or why it's going wrong for the Greens

Beautiful Saarland. credit: Mary R. Smith/Pixabay

Dear Reader,

A video went viral on social media last week that aptly encapsulated the Green party’s woes since they took the lead in polling back in April.

Recorded at the party conference of the Saarland Greens, it shows one of the candidates for the party list for the national election.

The woman in the video was running for the second list seat and was taking questions from delegates.

“What is your position on bicycles?” the moderator asks at the start of the video. The candidate smiles and says “positive, very positive” to hearty applause. A silence then ensues before she adds “what do you want me to say to this question?”, apparently asking for help.

To the next question on how to combine social equality and climate protection, she smiles for a while before asking “can I have some time to think?” Another awkward silence is ended by the moderator, who poses a third question. Asked where she stands on C02 certificate trading, she just st…