German Greens seek backing to beef up coalition climate commitments

German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, November 3, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens urged activist groups to lobby their would-be government coalition partners to accept stronger climate protection measures, after supporters of the party expressed dismay that a draft deal did not go far enough.

In the undated letter, seen by Reuters, the party's leaders admitted they had failed to win enough commitments from their Social Democrat (SPD) and liberal (FDP) partners and asked the activist groups, including WWF Germany, to help put their case.