Politics · Germany · 8 hrs ago
Mona Neubaur chosen as Greens’ lead candidate for 2027 NRW election
The North Rhine-Westphalia Greens chose Mona Neubaur as their lead candidate for the state election on 25 April 2027.
Neubaur, 49, is the state’s economy minister and serves in a coalition with the Christian Democrats led by Hendrik Wüst.
She received about 85% of the votes cast by delegates at a party meeting in Essen, with no rival candidate.
In 2022, she led the Greens to their best-ever result in a state election there, winning 18.2% of the vote and entering the state’s first coalition between the Greens and the Christian Democrats.
Neubaur says the coalition has delivered results without her party giving up its principles.
Recent polls put the Greens at 15% to 18%, and the latest suggests the coalition could lose its majority.
If that trend continues, a three-party coalition involving the Social Democrats could become an option, but the election outcome is not yet known.
Mona Neubaur was chosen as the Greens’ lead candidate for North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2027 state election.
She won about 85% of 271 votes at a party conference in Essen, with no opposing candidate.
The election in Germany’s most populous state is scheduled for 25 April 2027.
Neubaur, North Rhine-Westphalia’s economy minister, said the Greens had not become quiet in their coalition with the CDU.
Recent polls put the Greens in the state at 15% to 18%, and the latest poll suggested the CDU-Green coalition could lose its majority.
- Who
- Mona Neubaur, North Rhine-Westphalia’s economy minister and a Green Party politician.
- What
- She was chosen as the Greens’ lead candidate for the 2027 state election.
- When
- 13 November 2026. The state election is scheduled for 25 April 2027.
- Where
- At a Green Party conference in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Why
- The party chose her to lead its campaign; the sources do not state a specific reason for the selection.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Greens won 18.2% in their best-ever result in a North Rhine-Westphalia state election, according to the articles.
Neubaur was elected to the top of the Greens’ state list for the 2027 election.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s state election is scheduled to take place.
- Vote share
- About 85% of 271 votes
- Votes
- 230 in favour, 32 against, 9 abstentions
- Election date
- 25 April 2027
- Recent polling
- Greens at 15% to 18% in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Current Green representation
- 39 seats in the state parliament
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What people are saying
We have not become quiet in this coalition.
We are not about posing, but about results — about impact without show.
Dear CDU, dear SPD, if you want to take on Mona in the election campaign, be prepared.