Editing Fritz Kuhn (section)

=== Member of the German Parliament, 2002–2012===
Fritz Kuhn first became a member of the Bundestag in the [[2002 German federal election|2002 federal elections]]. In the immediate aftermath of the elections, he was part of the Green Party's team in the negotiations with the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]] on a coalition agreement for the second [[Second Schröder cabinet|government]] under the leadership of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Gerhard Schröder]].

In the Bundestag, Kuhn specialized in the fields of the economy (fighting for "a green market economy"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html |title=Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen – Fritz Kuhn |access-date=14 June 2010 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717140552/http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>) and employment, and foreign policy. From 2002 until 2005, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Between 2005 and 2009, Kuhn was one of the two leaders of the Green parliamentary party (together with [[Renate Künast]]), from 2009 he served as deputy leader.

For the [[2005 German federal election|2005 federal elections]], Kuhn was the campaign manager of Alliance 90/The Greens. At the 2009 election, he unsuccessfully contested the single member constituency of [[Heidelberg (electoral district)|Heidelberg]].

Between 2007 and 2009, Kuhn was one of 32 members of the [[Federalism commission (Germany)|Second Commission on the modernization of the federal state]] (''Föderalismuskommission II''), which had been established to reform the division of powers between federal and state authorities in Germany.