The co-leaders of the German Green party, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang, are to resign, following the party’s dismal performance in elections in east Germany. The two said they and the party’s whole executive would stand down in November.

The German Green Party's co-leaders, Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour, announced on Wednesday that the entire party executive is resigning in November following a string of poor results in regional elections.

The leaders of Germany’s Greens, one of three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s troubled coalition government, announced Wednesday that they will step down after the latest in a string of disappointing election results.