Greens Party Meets At Cross Road Over Nuclear Energy

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 25: Co-Chairman Cem Oezdemir (L) and co-Chairwoman Claudia Roth of the German Greens Party attend an exceptional national convention of the party over nuclear energy on June 25, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Greens are facing an awkward moment in their history as two of their major political rivals, the German Christian Democrats (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP), have proposed a law to phase out nuclear energy in Germany by 2022. Ending nuclear energy production in Germany has been the major goal of the Greens Party, yet now the party faces the difficult choice of whether to support the bill and how while preserving its own political significance. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)