Welcome to Beyond the Borders, your lowdown of the international news you've missed over the last week. This week, we're going green, Green Party as a matter of fact. What is it about the German Greens that people are openly wondering whether they might lead the next government come September. It would be the first Green-led government in German history and a watershed in European politics. But what's fuelling the rise? And how possible is it?

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