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'''Fundis''' is short for [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]s. The term was used for a [[political faction|faction]] within the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|German Green Party]]. The faction was formed in conflict to the '''Realo'''-faction within their party. The term has also been applied to similar conflicts.

The abbreviation '''Fundi''' is a label applied to members who tend towards a ''fundamentalist'' interpretation of its common ideology (e.g. 'green' values), as opposed to the more " pragmatic [[Realism (international relations)Realpolitik|realism]] " of the Realo alternative. Other terms for green Fundis are [[Wild Greens|wild greens]] or [[Deep ecology|deep greens]]. They tend towards [[veganism]],{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} a strong [[animal rights]] approach{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} and an aversion to traditional political methods, preferringrejecting tomore maintaincentralized decentralizedsystems [[grassroots]]of organizationgovernance. overMany aFundis morebelieve centralizedthat economic growth and industrialism are the root of ecological problems, and therefore advocate for an end to modern industry, instead proposing a system of governancedecentralized rural communities driven by post-industrial economics.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Heywood |first1=Andrew |title=Political ideologies : an introduction |date=2003 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-0333961780 |edition=3rd}}</ref>

In the 1980s and 1990s, a conflict between the Fundis and the Realos with the German Green Party arose. While the Realos, the group around [[Joschka Fischer]], were in favour of moderate policies and [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] cooperation, the Fundis opposed cabinet cooperation. The Fundis were composed of deep greens and [[Eco-socialism|eco-socialist]]s. They did not only oppose cabinet cooperation, but were also in favour of strict [[term limit]]s.{{cn|date=June 2021}} In addition to disagreements on party business, the conflict can be traced to ideological disputes. While the Realos were in favour of moderate policies and the notion of '[[sustainable growth]]'–regulated economic growth within the limits of ecological sustainability–the Fundis took a more radical stance in dismissing the notion of economic growth altogether, seeing it as necessarily polluting.<ref name="auto"/>

The term was first used within the [[Hesse|Hessen]]n Green party. In the 1982 state elections the party gained 8% of vote, and neither the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] or the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] had a majority of their own. In their program Hessen Greens had claimed that there was a "fundamental opposition between the anti-life and anti-democratic politics of the SPD, CDU and FDP." Those who had opposed a coalition with the SPD were called Fundis. The Greens tolerated an SPD-[[minority government]] for three years and in 1985 they entered the coalition, a victory for the Realos. Joschka Fischer became their minister.

During the party congress on 22-2322–23 June 1985 in Hagen, the Realos won a victory on the federal level when they adopted a motion, saying that the Greens could "use the full bandwidth of parliamentary possibilities, ranging from opposition to single-party government". At the end of the 1980s the Fundis founded the Left Forum. In 1990 a group of prominent eco-socialists left the party, in 1991 a group of deep greens also left. Some of those joined the [[Left Party (Germany)|PDS]] and others founded their own party.{{specify|date=February 2024}}

In 1998 the Greens joined the federal cabinet, a final victory for the Realos. In the following years the division between realos and Fundis became less important.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

In an article on the [[Greens/Green Party USA]]’s website, the organization characterized the split between itself and the [[Green Party of the United States]] (GPUS) as akin to the fundi–realo split in the German Greens, with itself being the fundi wing and GPUS the realos.<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.webcitationgreenparty.org/query?why.php|archive-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww://web.archive.org/web/20140523095726/http://www.greenparty.org%2Fwhy/why.php&|url-status=dead|archive-date=20152014-05-3123|title=Why are there two Green Parties?|website=greenparty.org|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref>

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