This article was written by Irene Vivas Lalinde with additions and edits by Stefanie Berendsen and Klāvs Veseļuns. I wake up in a foreign city that somehow feels familiar. I recognise the light of the Mediterranean periphery and the flowers on the terrace. In Cairo, new streets appear daily to accommodate the 21 million inhabitants….
Category: Green Politics
The EU is committed to helping Afghanistan, but not Afghans
“People should not come to Europe. People should stay in their region” “People should not come to Europe. People should stay in their region”. This sentence is probably the best summary of the current EU standing on migrants fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban have taken over in the country. Not only for its crystal clarity…
INTRODUCING COP26
The following article is an edited extract from Cass Hebron’s The Green Fix Newsletter edition of August 18th, 2021.You can subscribe to The Green Fix here. Interview conducted by Lisa Bergmann with Bradlie Luisa Ana Martz-Sigala. Climate Reality Project Leader, Bradlie Luisa Ana Martz-Sigala, introduces the year’s biggest climate conference. My name is Bradlie Luisa…
A World Made by the Rich for the Rich: Why Tackling Inequalities is Key to a Just Transition
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. The yearly Oxfam report on the state of inequalities1 always triggers a periodical uproar: how is it possible that we have reached such a…
Inadequate policy activates grassroots actions: The story of RE-PEAT and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a EU subsidy scheme for the farming sector which makes out about one third of the EU’s budget….
How are Green MEPs fighting for a Just Transition in the European Parliament?
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. With the new Commission of Von Der Leyen and the ongoing Green Deal talks put forward by it, the Commission has never seemed as…
“The most effective thing for solving the climate crisis is to adopt better policies and to hold the biggest polluters accountable”
Bas Eickhout is a Member of the European Parliament for the Greens since 2009. Currently, he is the deputy chairman of the Greens–European Free Alliance group, as well as the vice-chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of…
Clara Winkler: “It is important to not spend federal money on the big polluters”
In an interview with the Ecosprinter, Clara Winkler, member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), answered questions ranging from her visions for European policies, feminism and inclusivity, to her projects for her mandate. Besides of being a European climate activist fighting especially for feminism and inclusive structures, Clara studies…
Mina Tolu: “Be brave, be bold, say things that no one else is saying.”
In an interview with the Ecosprinter, Mina Tolu, Co-spokesperson for the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), answered questions ranging from their visions for European policies, their projects for their mandate, to their ideas to make FYEG even more inclusive as an organization. Mina are a trans, queer, and feminist activist with a yearlong experience…
Wanja Kaufmann: “We need to be active critics both on the barricades and even more important in the media and in parliament.”
In an interview with the Ecosprinter, Wanja Kaufmann, a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), answered questions ranging from her visions for European policies, her projects for her mandate, to her ideas to make FYEG even more feminist as an organization. Wanja Kaufmann has been active in the…