Green Party Is Germany on the verge of electing its first Green chancellor? In Depth Polls put the left-wing party just behind Angela Merkel’s CDU In Depth What is behind the EU election’s ‘green wave’? Speed Read Europe’s Green parties surged unexpectedly in last week’s elections, squeezing the centre and confronting the populist nationalists By William Gritten Last updated 29 May 19 Speed Read 1 2