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The EGP on its way to Athens!
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The Individual’s Supporters Network (ISN) of the European Green Party (EGP), together with the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) and the ENGS (European Network of Green Seniors), is doing its way to the EGP Autumn council (Athens, 9-11...
All the (train)roads lead to Athens
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The European Green Party has chosen Athens to host its second 2012 council. This meeting, which put together delegates from all european green parties, will happen between the 11 and the 13 of November. I am actually delighted with the choice of loca...
Fifty Shades of Green
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(Guest post from Pink Prosecco) The Green Party held out against the whole concept of leadership until 2008, when Caroline Lucas was elected with an overwhelming majority, but seems now to have adjusted to the idea, as four candidates have put themse...
French Greens obtain 18 seats in National Assembly
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Great success to the French Greens in the parliamentary elections of June 17. ‘Europe Ecologie – Les Verts’ obteined 18 seats in National Assembly. They only had 4 seats so far. Thus, the French Greens have now their own independen...
The Polish Green Party and the Upcoming Elections
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An interesting interview in English with Bartłomiej Kozek from the Polish Green Party can be found here...
Supporters’ Network on Tour: Groen! Zomerweekend
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Not only did we go to France, we also travelled to the Belgian seaside to attend the Groen! Europees Zomerweekend. The bad weather did not remind us of the summer, and it prevented us from enjoying the seaside to the fullest, but we had a wonderful t...
Supporters’ Network on Tour: Journées d’été
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In case you were wondering what we have been up to the last few weeks, we can tell you that we have been busy visiting Summer Universities. We went to the Journées d’été in Clermont-Ferrand, where we were present with a stand and gadgets. Th...
Finland – Greens back in game despite election loss
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In spite of a stinging setback (Helsingin Sanomat) in the elections, the Green League is back in the game. Prime minister designate Jyrki Katainen (National Coalition) has asked Vihreä Liitto to join the coalition talks after the True Finns pulled o...
Focus on digital strategy
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During the EGP Council meeting in Budapest, webmasters, press officers and digital strategists gathered to exchange best practices and learn about the differences in social media use and relevance across Europe. Under the guidance of Willem Dudok (@W...
Green Party anti-semitism
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“Fundamentally, therefore, not only is the Green Party institutionally anti-semitic, but for deep-seated political and emotional reasons it is incapable of dealing with this” - Toby Green Over at Bob from Brockey’s consistently exce...
‘Pourquoi j’abandonne – Why I resign’
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Paris, 7 December – With Jean-Paul Besset resigning as co-president, the French party Europe Écologie-Les Verts has taken its first blow only three weeks after it was founded. According to the Green MEP and former journalist the marriage betwe...
I keep meeting people who will vote Green, and I know why.
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In the last week, I’ve met three people who did not vote Green in the last election, but will this time. They have a variety of reasons, but all hinge on the same thing. The Greens are actually doing things. One quoted forestry. Another mention...
Wanted: a Future for the EGP
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The Supporters’ network participates in one of the most ambitious projects of the European Green Party: the design of the structural outlines of its own future. Hereby the network invites all EGP supporters – and others who’d like to...
PHILLIPS ANTI-REUSE CAMPAIGN
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My Phillips razor is 15 years old and still perfectly working. When I bought it the only thing I asked for is that I wanted a machine that works and lasts, for this I paid some extra money which has been largely paid off by not having to buy a new ra...
The cost of living
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An interesting article on Spanish website Cotizalia.It looks at recent Eurostat data, which shows that, since the euro came into force, Spain and Greece have seen the highest increases in the cost of living throughout the EU. In comparison to the res...
My 2010 Green manifesto
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I have decided to join the Green movement. It took me 13 years to take this decision. Decision to join a political party. If you are born in a Communist party lead country party does not necessarily mean something good. Now I am ready.Back in 1997 I...
Kenya’s horticulture sector hit by the Greek debt crisis
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The raging Greek debt crisis has filtered into Kenya’s horticultural industry, causing foreign exchange losses running into billions of shillings as the country reassesses its overdependence on the turbulent European Union market.Players say the cr...
MEP News Bulletin - February-March 2010
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Read all about Caroline’s recent work in her role as an MEP here.
Green MEP Helps Launch International Parliamentarians For West Papua In Euro-Parliament
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27 January 2010 - Green MEP for the South East Caroline Lucas played host to a group of human rights [...]...
Caroline Lucas MEP To Host Launch Of International Parliamentarians For West Papua In The EP
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26 January 2010 - Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas will host a reception this evening to mark the launch of [...]...
Oppose Ivory Sale To Save Elephants, Say Green Euro-MP
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Commenting in the Independent today on a proposed ‘one-off’ auction of ivory which conservationists fear could lead to more elephants [...]...
MEP News Bulletin - Autumn 2009
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Read all about Caroline’s recent work in her role as an MEP here.
Tory Plan For ‘Supermarket Ombudsman’ Short On Substance, Says Green Euro-MP
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06 January 2010 - Caroline Lucas welcomes focus on destructive supermarket monopolies, but warns new regulator needs real teeth to [...]...
The Greens need to learn the O’Malley doctrine.
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Unlike many, I haven’t given up on the Greens yet. I still think that Gormley and Ryan are men of honour and duty, who want to do the best they can for the country. However, they need to watch that Fianna Fail “reasonable” thing. Wh...
Caroline Lucas To Speak Out Against Climate Chaos At London Rally
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04 December 2009 - Green Party leader and Euro-MP will join ‘Wave’ rally to call for strong commitment to an [...]...
The EU in German blogs (8): The priorities of the Greens in the European Parliament
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New MEP Ska Keller reports about the discussions around the priorities of the Greens in the European Parliament as well as about her own priority (own translation; links added):"Last week there was a meeting of the group in which the priorities for t...
Painting Westminster green | Caroline Lucas
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The Green party puts the environment and economic justice first. Voters tired of the usual suspects are ready to make us MPsThe Green party's conference this week has begun with a genuine sense of excitement.In this year's European elections, while t...
UK Green MEPS Urge Halt To ‘Inhumane’ Mass Deportation Plan For Afghan And Iraqi Refugees in ‘Jungle’ Camp
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- British and French governments’ plot to deport asylum seekers breaks EU human rights law, say MEPs in letter to [...]...
We now know what sort of people the Greens are.
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This is, I hope, my last posting on this issue. I know, I’ve been gnawing away at it like a dog with a leg of lamb, but I’m so livid at the Green Party. Just before the European elections, I got an email from Deirdre de Burca. This is w...
Will the Greens pay YOUR €25,000 Blasphemy fine?
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Come on Ciaran, there’s an easy way out of this! Three pieces of nonsense are doing the rounds with regards to the blasphemy section of the defamation bill: 1. The government have been saying that no one will be prosecuted under it. Really?
This is the moment the Greens need to stand up.
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Don’t get me wrong. Coalition government is about give and take, and people who expect the junior party in government to not concede on absolutely anything are being naive. But the Green position on blasphemy is different, for two reasons. 1. T...
The Green Party are Women and Men of their word, right?
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Blasphemy: “It is incorrect of you to say that my party will vote for the proposed measure.” The Defamation Bill is working its way through the Oireachtas, including in it a €25,000 fine for blasphemy. See here. Yet last May, in a qu...
Stop Barroso! It's still possible
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit, thanks to the strong showing of the greens in the recent elections, and...
Re-election - and a boost for the Greens :)
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I am delighted to have been re-elected to the European Parliament for the third time! The Green Party of England and Wales [...]...
Greens - Down But Not Out
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The Green Party sufffered what is been known as a “wipeout” in the elections at the weekend. They were reduced from 18 seats in the 2004 to three seats. What it has shown for the Greens is that they now know their core vote. Which is 2.3%...
Toasted Greens? It’s actually worse.
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There are pieces of toast wandering around the country at the moment going “F**k me, but I’m glad I’m not a Green Party candidate” such is the dire state of the party. 18 councillors to 3 is a wipeout in anybody’s book...
Greens offer a serious alternative to the busted political system | Response
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Our positive vision of the future has struck a chord with disillusioned voters, says Caroline LucasWhy would John Harris write of the Green party in terms of "ascetic idealism" (The Fundi-Realo split, 28 May)? I would have thought tackling climate ch...
Kent’s Green Euro-MP Calls For End To Captive Animal ‘Entertainment’ As Circus Comes To Tonbridge
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01 June 2009 - Kent’s Green Euro-MP has called for an end to the exploitation of wild animals kept in [...]...
A Green cure for Britain’s political malaise - Guardian Comment is free, 15 May 2009
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From outside the Westminster bubble, there is a positive vision for the future – and some sensible rules on expenses...
“International Virus” of Europe [franziskabroich]
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Ska Keller is 27 years old and goes for the Greens in the European Parliaments. Why do you candidate for Europe? European politics have always fascinated me. You come together with other people who work together according to their political orientati...
Green Euro-MP For Milton Keynes To Talk Green Jobs And Sustainable Living In Wolverton
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Dr Caroline Lucas, Green MEP for Milton Keynes and the leader of the Green Party, will be in Wolverton tomorrow [...]...
Green Economics
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Caroline is working hard in the European Parliament to help create a greener, fairer and more sustainable global economy which [...]...
Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) with new leadership
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Last week, the Young European Greens (FYEG) have elected a new leadership team at their General Assembly in Maastricht.The new team includes:Eline van Nistelrooij (The Netherlands) - female spokespersonGordan Isabegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - mal...
Bart Staes… or how I interviewed my first MEP [Veerle VRINDTS]
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Finally, my first MEP! Last week I managed to interview Belgian Member of European Parliament Bart Staes at the Congres 2.0 in Brussels, a conference open for youngsters to give their opinions on the Green elections program. And there he stood: Bar...
Think Big - Vote Green?
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Image via Wikipedia (H/t Julien Frisch on twitter) This is the Campaign spot of the European Green Party. Its well made, but will it make a difference? How many people will actually watch it? Or will it be even shown on National Television? Also...
Green Success In EU Fight Against Illegal Deforestation As Parliament Backs Lucas Report
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22 April 2009 - Conservatives fail to support Green MEP’s call for outright ban on import and sale of illegally [...]...
Green MEP Joins Forces With Music Legend To Protest ‘Corporate Bully’ Copyright Proposals In Euro-Parliament
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21 April 2009 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas will take to the platform alongside legendary musician and activist Billy Bragg [...]...
Claims the social democrats are isolated on the EU issue
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Jón Bjarnason, an MP for the Left Green Movement, said yesterday on his website that the Social Democratic Alliance is getting isolated in the party's support for membership of the European Union. Bjarnason referred among other things to the results...
Facebook: Searching for Candidates… [tanjakovacic]
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Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS), a member of the European Greens, decided to look for their MEP candidates with a help of the Facebook. The reasons for such a decision are explained on their web site with the following words (my personal translation):...
European Parliament elections 2009 (75): The manifesto of the European Green Party (EGP)
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There we go. The European Greens head for the big thing, the Green New Deal, the revolution of the system.But let's slow down for a moment. I would like to start with an interesting quote from their manifesto:The current economic slowdown is an oppor...
A less-than-great debate
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Attendance was high, the microphones worked and the bar was open afterwards. That was all good. The debate, alas, was not. In fact, to call the stilted, off-topic, everything-but-policy exchange between Libertas founder Declan Ganley and Greens leade...
European Parliament elections 2009 (73): What MEPs face before becoming MEPs
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Franziska "Ska" Keller is a young German woman, member of the Green party, and number 7 of the Green Party list for the 2009 EP elections - a place that, with very high probability, will make her become MEP from July.In her blog she is writing about...
European Parliament elections 2009 (65): It's bloggers' time (or: the PR of the European Greens)
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After the Party of European Socialists (PES) (see here), now the European Green Party (EGP) is starting to target bloggers, inviting three of them - fully financed - to the EGP congress in Brussels at the end of this month.Yet, I think this goes one...
An opportunity not to be missed!
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Do you blog? Are you free on March 27th and 28th? Fancy covering the European Greens Congress in Brussels and have it all paid for? Then check out their blog and find out how!(H/T: Jan’s EUblog)...
South East Green Awarded ‘MEP Of The Year’ For Trade
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14 October 2008 - The South East’s Green Euro-MP Dr Caroline Lucas has been awarded a top accolade for her [...]...
Green party: New deal offers an alternative to global fatalism
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There's a received wisdom that Greens don't do well in a recession. As the threat of unemployment pushes the environment out of voters' minds, green issues take a back seat. So it has proved in every recession. Except this one.I became leader of the...
