Opponents of the controversial Mosel Bridge project are hoping the German Green Party’s spectacular recent successes at the polls will swing the debate their way. Sarah Washington, spokeswoman for opposition grouping Pro-Mosel, said federal transport minister Peter Ramsauer might use the new balance of power to drop the project. The four-lane, 1.7km bridge has attracted vehement opposition from prominent Mosel producers like Ernst Loosen, to veteran wine writers such as Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, who say it would desecrate ancient vineyards.