Now it is back at the front line of gargantuan bail-out packages, wrangling over government spending andtaxreform, and attempts to stop sovereign defaults further disturbing the jittery global financialsystem.
Green group leader Rebecca Harms said that there needed to be wide ranging reform of Europe's banking system such as banning hedge funds and introducing a financial transaction tax, a call echoed by Lothar Bisky, the leader of the far-left group.