Alliance 90 / The Greens Baden-Württemberg

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Alliance 90 / The Greens Baden-Württemberg
Sandra Detzer
Sandra Detzer 		Oliver Hildenbrand
Oliver Hildenbrand 		Alliance 90 - The Greens Logo.svg
Chairperson Sandra Detzer
Oliver Hildenbrand
Treasurer Wolfgang Kaiser
managing Director Andreas Hamm
Establishment date September 30, 1979
Place of establishment Sindelfingen
Headquarters
Koenigstrasse 78 70173 Stuttgart
Landtag mandates
58/154
Number of members 15,016 (as of April 2021)
Website www.gruene-bw.de
Winfried Kretschmann

BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN Baden-Württemberg is one of the state associations of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party . With over 14,900 members, the regional association is the third largest of the green party in Germany after North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria .

history

The state association of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg was founded on September 30, 1979 in Sindelfingen. Precursors were several citizens' movements that can be counted as part of the anti-nuclear power movement . The movement against the planned Wyhl nuclear power plant in southern Baden was particularly strong . In the state elections on March 16, 1980 , the first entry into the state parliament of Baden-Wuerttemberg was achieved with 5.3 percent of the votes , which also represented the first entry into a state parliament of a German state. Since 1980, the Greens have passed the five percent hurdle in every state election . The Greens have been the strongest group since 2016.

On March 5, 1983 , the Greens entered the Bundestag for the first time. From 1983 to 1985, Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf , Wolfgang Ehmke , Willi Hoss , Christa Reetz and Walter Schwenninger were members of the Bundestag through the state list of Baden-Württemberg . Because of the rotation principle in effect at the time, they resigned from their mandate halfway through the legislative period and were replaced by five successors.

From the beginning, the regional association had a high proportion of realpolitical protagonists compared to other federal states . The realpolitical core formed the leaders of the parliamentary group. From 1980 to 1984 these were Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever and Winfried Kretschmann , then in particular Fritz Kuhn and Rezzo Schlauch . During the 1980s, this strategic center around the parliamentary group was involved in some disputes with the partly fundamentalist state executive and the fundamentalist-dominated federal executive.

At the state delegates' conference in Asperg in July 1986 , the Fundi-Realo conflict came to light in all sharpness. The pending political issues in the areas of peace , Chernobyl , women's politics, agriculture and finance took a back seat to the question of which candidates should be placed on the state list for the 1987 federal election . Jutta Ditfurth failed in her attempt to get a promising place on the list. At the end of the decade, the Realos had finally prevailed against the Fundis. This development was also promoted by the fact that the Greens have been strongly represented in many municipal councils and district assemblies in Baden-Württemberg since the mid-1980s.

In a position paper in September 1987, Fritz Kuhn considered whether the Greens could support a possible CDU minority government after 1988 through partial tolerance in changing majorities and thus politically more green content would be achieved than in the previous opposition role. In the state election on March 20, 1988 , the CDU was again able to defend the absolute majority of the mandates, so that Fritz Kuhn's considerations were invalid.

Fritz Kuhn

From 1988 to 1990 the parliamentary group under the leadership of Birgitt Bender stepped up with environmental issues, for example in 1989 with guidelines for an eco-tax. In the election campaign for the state elections in 1992 , the Greens were dominated by women’s policy, and in 1996 by education and university policy. After the CDU collapsed in the state elections in 1992, a black-green coalition would have been mathematically possible, but talks on this failed, so that Prime Minister Erwin Teufel only had the option of forming a grand coalition .

Cem Ozdemir

In 1996 the Greens in Baden-Württemberg achieved their best result in the state elections with 12.1 percent. It is noteworthy that Erwin Teufel was allowed to give a speech at the state delegates' conference of the Greens in Bruchsal in April 1997 . In 2000 the regional association organized its first virtual party congress. In 2010 the party played an important role in the protest against Stuttgart 21 and, with 24.2 percent, emerged as the second strongest party in the subsequent state elections in 2011 . On May 12, 2011, Winfried Kretschmann was elected Prime Minister for the first time and the first green-red state government in Baden-Württemberg was formed. In the Kretschmann II cabinet , the Greens led a green-black government from 2016–2021. In 2016 they were voted the strongest party in Baden-Württemberg with 30.3%. In the state elections in 2021, the Greens increased their result to 32.6% and again became the strongest force in the country.

In Baden-Württemberg, several cities and municipalities are also ruled by green mayors. Prominent examples are the Lord Mayor Horst Frank in Konstanz (1996–2012), Dieter Salomon in Freiburg (2002–2018) and Boris Palmer in Tübingen (since 2007). In 1996, Rezzo Schlauch just failed in the second ballot when attempting to become Lord Mayor of Stuttgart . In the local elections on June 7, 2009, the Greens in Stuttgart became the strongest parliamentary group in the municipal council of a state capital for the first time, with 25.3% of the vote and 16 seats. On October 21, 2012, Fritz Kuhn succeeded in becoming the first green mayor of a German state capital with his election victory in Stuttgart. On February 4, 2018, Stefan Belz managed a surprising victory against the incumbent in the first round of the mayoral election in Böblingen. On November 8, 2020, Alexander Maier was elected Lord Mayor of Göppingen.

Although the state association was not involved in any government in the state of Baden-Württemberg until 2011, it played an important role in federal politics from an early stage, especially through people who have their political roots here, such as Fritz Kuhn, Rezzo Schlauch, Reinhard Bütikofer or Cem Ozdemir .

structure

organization

The regional association is organized in local associations, which are grouped into 46 district associations. The state board is at the head of the state association. The state executive consists of the three-member executive state executive (GLV) and the 17-member party council. The GLV consists of the two equal state chairmen and the state treasurer. The state board is usually re-elected every two years at a state delegate conference.

In April 1991, a youth association ("Green Alternative Youth") that was initially independent from any party was established. It was not until 1999 that the Green Youth Baden-Württemberg became an official sub-organization of the party.

Members

After the establishment of the regional association in 1979, the number of members grew rapidly from a few hundred to around 4,000 members in 1983. By 1987 the number rose steadily to up to 7,000 members. Against the background of the escalating disputes between Fundis and Realos in the party at the federal level and the general political weather around German reunification , the number of members of the regional association fell slightly after 1987 and fell to around 5,500 members by 1992. In the last few years of the Kohl era , the trend was reversed and the number of members rose again. In 1998 and 1999 the number was well over 7,000. During the time of the Schröder government , the number fell again and in 2009 was around 6,800 members. In September 2010, the number of members exceeded the record level from 7,378 to 7,390. In October 2011 there were 8,700 members, at the end of 2015 there were 8,900. In October 2017, the Greens celebrated their 10,000 member at the state party conference, and in July 2019 there were already over 12,500 members.

Chairperson

The state chairmen elected in 2009, Silke Krebs and Christian Kühn after their election.

From 1979 to 1980 Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever was the first state chairman of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg. In 1980 Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf took over the chairmanship of the state board. At the state delegates' conference in Baden-Baden from June 26th to 27th, 1982 , a state executive committee consisting of five people with equal rights was elected with an additional four assessors. Spokespersons for the state boards from 1982 to 1991 were, for example, Christine Muscheler-Frohne , Jürgen Gneiting (1985–1987) until 1984 and the later spokeswoman for the federal board Heide Rühle , who was elected to the executive state board from 1987 to 1990.

The following list names the speakers elected since the regional delegates 'conference in Freiburg from March 15 to 17, 1991 and the two chairmen of the regional association elected since the regional delegates' conference in Bruchsal from April 11 to 13, 1997:

Period Spokesperson or chairperson
March 1991-July 1992 Dagmar Dehmer and Fritz Kuhn
July 1992 – April 1993 Dagmar Dehmer and Winfried Hermann
May 1993-April 1997 Barbara Graf and Winfried Hermann
April 1997-April 1999 Monika Schnaitmann and Reinhard Bütikofer
April 1999 – June 2001 Monika Schnaitmann and Andreas Braun
June 2001 – June 2003 Renate Thon and Andreas Braun
June 2003 – December 2005 Sylvia Kotting-Uhl and Andreas Braun
December 2005 – November 2006 Petra Selg and Andreas Braun
November 2006 – November 2009 Petra Selg and Daniel Mouratidis
November 2009 – October 2011 Silke Krebs and Christian Kühn
October 2011 – November 2013 Thekla Walker and Christian Kühn
November 2013 – November 2016 Thekla Walker and Oliver Hildenbrand
since November 2016 Sandra Detzer and Oliver Hildenbrand

For the chairmen of the green parliamentary group, see: Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

State election results

State election results
in percent
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Results of the state elections
year Share of votes Seats
1980 5.3% 6th
1984 8.0% 9
1988 7.9% 10
1992 9.5% 13th
1996 12.1% 19th
2001 7.7% 10
2006 11.7% 17th
2011 24.2% 36
2016 30.3% 47
2021 32.6% 58

Remarks

  1. ↑ Green Baden-Württemberg: [1] , accessed on April 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ a b Stefan Gänzle: Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , Stuttgart 2004, p. 131
  3. ↑ Stefan Gänzle: Alliance 90 / The Greens , Stuttgart 2004, p 138
  4. ↑ Stefan Gänzle: Alliance 90 / The Greens , Stuttgart 2004, p 132
  5. ↑ Stefan Gänzle: Alliance 90 / The Greens , Stuttgart 2004, p 136
  6. ↑ Master's thesis by Till Westermayer on the first virtual party congress (PDF; 1.2 MB)
  7. ^ Official final result of the state elections in 2016. Accessed on April 10, 2021 .
  8. ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 2010 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-72910-4 , p. 151
  9. ↑ Victory in runoff election: Grüner Kuhn wins mayor election in Stuttgart. In: Spiegel Online . October 21, 2012, accessed June 9, 2018 .
  10. ^ Heinrich Böll Foundation: Stefan Belz - KommunalWiki. In: KommunalWiki. October 21, 2012, accessed August 21, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Germany's youngest mayor soon rules Göppingen. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .
  12. ↑ Stefan Gänzle: Alliance 90 / The Greens , Stuttgart 2004, p 134
  13. ↑ Stefan Gänzle: Alliance 90 / The Greens , Stuttgart 2004, p 125
  14. ↑ History of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (See 6th LDK Schornbach: November 8/9, 1980; PDF; 169 kB)
  15. ^ Results of the state elections in Baden-Württemberg
  16. ↑ Final result of the state elections on March 27, 2011 with comparative information from 2006: State of Baden-Württemberg ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistik-bw.de
  17. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: election results in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate on FocusOnline ), accessed on March 27, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.focus.de

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