DWARS is having a good time of it What is happening in the Netherlands? Well, our cute little rightwing government is making life easier for organisations like ours by taking all kinds of dreadful measures. Immigrants, nature, the sick and the poor all have a lot to fear from our national leaders, but idealistic organisations…
Month: September 2003
News from Belgium
This summer, Jong Agalev was still recovering from the big blow Agalev – our mother party – got on May 18th. But by now we’re back on our feet and getting ready for the crucial regional and European elections in June 2004 (they are held on the same day). An influx of new members since…
News from Serbia
The campaign of Green Youth for the year 2003 mainly deals with public debates in order to raise public awareness on certain issues and also to introduce the Greens and the ”Green idea” on the Serbian social and political scene. The issues which we introduce in our debates are : The ecological problems in transitional…
News from UK
Young Greens UK organised presence at various summer festivals, such as Glastonbury and the Big Green Gathering. The next event will take place in London protesting against Europe’s biggest Arms Trade fair. Main focus at the moment is the main yearly conference of the Green Party in Lancaster mid-September, and which will also be attended…
News from Finland
Vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat (ViNO), or Finnish Young Greens and Students is doing well. The board of ViNO changed in spring, and the new board is now preparing a new set of rules and better network of local groups to make our organisation even more democratic. ViNO’s special character and tight connections with grassroot organisations…
News from Macedonia
From 19 till 25 of August the workcamp Strumica 2003 was organised in city of Strumica,Macedonia. It was about organic agriculture.We had 20 volunteers from Macedonia and abroad.They saw how organic food is produced here and all potential that Macedonia has for organic agriculture. They were working at fields in the near area of Strumica…
News from France
The French organisation Chiche ! had its Banquet (general assembly) this summer. We gathered at the plateau du Larzac not far away from Millau. We spent three days discussing politics and the role which Chiche ! can play to change the world !!!?? … Then we participated in the international event « Larzac 2003 »…
FYEG’s campaign for the European Elections 2004
European parliament elections will take place in June 2004. These elections are really important, and also difficult for greens. The reason being that the EU is enlarging, and in new member states greens are not very strong. A lot of work is needed if greens would like to keep their position in European parliament! For…
Jahorina Statement 2003
The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) met in August 2003 in Jahorina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, for its yearly summercamp. The aim was to work on reconciliation, peace and development in the Balkans. There were 90 young people, brought together from 30 countries to discuss, exchange ideas and experiences and plan projects. FYEG concludes that…
Šumava 2003 – Final declaration
We, the participants of the summer camp “ŠUMAVA 2003 – No forest, no future”, spent a week in the beautiful Czech mountains discussing the ways to help forests, working in the forests and hiking in the mountains. We were 37 people from 8 countries – Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the Czech…