With double-digit scores across Europe's biggest countries, the Greens bagged record gains in EU elections on Sunday with younger voters leading calls for action to halt global warming.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's journey to Congress representing an urban, diverse district in New York City began in a freezing-cold protest camp in North Dakota.
Angela Merkel's party and the Social Democrats agree the 40% emissions cut will not be achieved until the early 2020s, coalition negotiators told newswires.
