For all levels there are executive committees with 7-12 members. Usually two members are elected as the spokespersons. In most of the party's sections MPs are not allowed on the committees. There is an obligatory quota for woman in all bodies and on the lists of candidates for parliamentary elections. At least half of the available seats must be reserved for women.
Exceptions are possible within certain restrictive rules.
An explicit campaign to win new Green members has been launched recently. Only 4 out of 16 regions do not have Green parliamentarians. Overcoming the difference in performance between East and West is one of the major challenges in the near future. In 1998 and 1999 all of the East German regions will have elections. Gr nen will have to show that they do not only succeed in West Germany.