After seven years of growth, membership in the German Green Party declined for the first time in 2023 but is now showing a marked recovery, the party said in Berlin on Friday. At the turn of the year, the number of members stood at 125,991, several hundred fewer than the 126,451 recorded at the same time last year. The Greens are one of the three members of Germany’s coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The party lost 9,591 members last year, either through deaths or resignations. Including new members, the total number of members fell minimally by 0.36%. Since the beginning of …