Germany’s Greens party has announced that they have gained more than 4,500 new members since the beginning of the year, their best month for gaining new members in three years. Party leadership said there was a connection between the relatively high number of new members and the protests against right-wing extremism and in favour of the protection of democracy that have been going on for weeks. “Once again this weekend, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany to send a signal against right-wing extremism and in favour of our democracy,” said the party’s political dir…