Overview

• The Heinrich-Böll Foundation commissioned Arne Jungjohann to assess the Greens’ post-election performance and recommend reforms
• The report identifies unclear leadership structures between the federal party, parliamentary group and cabinet ministers as a primary weakness
• It highlights that FDP and SPD parliamentarians outpaced the Greens in publicly framing key coalition negotiation outcomes
• Authors note that a lack of structured exchange among traffic-light coalition party leaders weakened the Greens’ influence on shared narratives
• The study calls on the Greens to adopt a communication strategy that is faster, clearer and more to the point to reclaim narrative control