Green boss Felix Banaszak: "I can understand the feeling of fainting"

At Easter Green boss Felix Banaszak talks about the deep uncertainty in society and hope in times of great crises. He does not leave a good hair on the new coalition between the Union and SPD – and still sees the Greens as a "constructive and powerful" opposition.

According to Green Party leader Felix Banaszak, the democratic parties are still at a loss in how to deal with the rise of right-wing extremist forces. "It's obvious that we as democrats have not yet found a good way to deal with this development," Banaszak told the "Rheinische Post" (Saturday edition). "Right-wing extremist forces dominate the agenda, and we're like a rabbit in front of a snake. The public debate oscillates between scandalizati…