Here is the best article I could find on this.
The Greens' surge in popularity comes after the party on Monday named co-chair Annalena Baerbock, 40, as its first candidate for chancellor. The nomination of Ms Baerbock, a centrist who advocates a greener economy and a tougher foreign policy stance on Russia and China, has been widely praised.
Hopefully the Christian Democrat Union won't be on top any more.
I was closely associated to a mandated person of the SPD during 1998 to 2005, you ought to listen to the people who are affected and know stuff. Surely we could talk about the history of the countries that now form Germany from 1848 over 1871 over 1914 over 1945 over 1972 over 1990 over 1994 over 1998 over 2001 over 2005 to today if you like, but one sentence is enough: The SPD of 2000 is not the Social Democratic movement of Marx or Lasalle.