Joschka Fischer on the Greens

Joschka Fischer was the German Foreign Minister for seven years, and Germany’s most popular politician during that time.

Like many Greens he started off as a communist.

Reason Magazine reports that his recent memoir he “has bitterly attacked the party, warning it would face collapse if it returned to its left-wing pacifist roots.

Since losing power in 2005, the Greens have become a minor opposition party. In an attempt to regain a higher profile, the party has shifted leftwards and begun a heated debate about the country’s military role in Afghanistan.

But Mr Fischer warned yesterday that the party would face “complete political collapse” if it continued on such a course. “If the Greens think they can restore their profile as a leftwing protest party without paying a heavy price, they are deluding themselves. Our support comes from the centre ground,” he said.

Fischer convinced the Greens to support NATO action in Kosovo to protect the locals from Serbia.