Green Party faction (Bundestag)

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The

election threshold in the December 1990 German federal election
.

10th Bundestag (1983–1987)

Scoring 5.6% in the federal parliamentary elections in 1983, the

Greens entered the Bundestag for the first time with a total of 28 seats. Faction members were rotated after two years in 1985 (with the exception of Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian), but the concept was abolished in May 1986 again. The executive board, elected by faction members on 3 April 1984, consisted of Annemarie Borgmann, Waltraud Schoppe, Antje Vollmer, Christa Nickels, Heidemarie Dann and Erika Hickel
.

The members of the faction were:

11th Bundestag (1987–1990)

In the 1987 parliamentary elections, the

Green Party managed to increase its share of votes to 8.3%, gaining 44 parliament seats in the process. When the East German parliament, the Volkskammer, which was freely elected on 18 March 1990 for the first time, was disbanded in the process of the German reunification, another 7 seats were added as 7 members of the 21-member Volkskammer faction of the Green Party, elected by their peers, entered the Bundestag
.

The members of the faction were:

12th Bundestag (1990–1994)

In 1990, elections were held separately in former

Green Party did not manage to gain enough votes to enter parliament, only scoring 4.8% instead of the necessary 5%, but in East Germany, the Greens gained a 6.1% share of the votes and 8 seats in the Bundestag
. While a green presence in the 12th Bundestag was thus secured, the Greens could not form a faction, instead remaining a "group" (with less rights and a smaller budget).

The members of the faction were:

13th Bundestag (1994–1998)

4 years later, in 1994, the Greens managed to recover from their losses again, achieving 7.3% and entering the parliament with 48 seats.

Vice President of the Bundestag with the help of the CDU
faction.

The members of the faction included:

14th Bundestag (1998–2002)

In 1998, the

Green Party suffered slight losses, dropping down to 6.7%, but still managed to gain 47 seats in a larger parliament. For the first time it was possible to form a red-green government coalition with the election-winning SPD
.

The members of the faction were:

15th Bundestag (2002–2005)

While the ruling

Green Party
gained 1.9 points compared to the 1998 elections, for a total of 8.6%, yielding 55 seats.

The members of the faction were:

16th Bundestag (2005–2009)

The ruling

the Left Party
.

The members of the faction were:

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