German Greens deputy leader calls for windfall tax amid fuel price surge

Andreas Audretsch, deputy leader of the Green parliamentary group, publicly advocates a windfall tax on energy companies in response to rising fuel prices, and floats coalition options with Die Linke and SPD. This signals a leftward shift in Green policy positioning ahead of elections, potentially complicating coalition arithmetic. The proposal is at the rhetorical stage; no legislative text or government backing is confirmed.