Germany's Greens open to almost all coalitions but price is gay marriage


Top candidate Katrin Goering-Eckart of Germany's environmental party Die Gruenen (The Greens) holds a speech at a party congress in Berlin, Germany June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens are open to working with any party except the right-wing Alternative for Germany after a September vote but will list gay marriage as a condition, which could make it tricky to work with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

The Greens, which also named climate protection as their price for participating in government, could be a kingmaker in three potential coalitions after the Sept. 24 election, although recent polls have shown their support slipping to between 6.5 and 8 percent after spending much of last year above 10 percent.

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