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Make Me Green, But Not Yet?

Jamie Dettmer

   From Britain to Germany, Europe's mainstream party leaders are
   scrambling to respond to the surge in support for Green parties -- and
   to the growing public anxiety about the possible consequences of global
   climate change.

   The Greens surged in last month's European Parliament elections with
   48% of voters identifying climate change as their top worry. Opinion
   polls in Germany now put the Greens ahead of Angela Merkel's storied
   Christian Democratic Party, which along with its junior partner in the
   country's governing coalition is racing to sharpen climate policies.

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