The European Parliamentary elections are right around the corner, and throughout Europe parties are mobilising to campaign. How do young people see the green future of Europe? In this series you’ll meet political youth parties from all over the continent: from Spain to Slovenia. Today we are speaking to David Ling, vice chair of Grön…
Category: Green Politics
Green ideals in election time – Igor Jurišič from SMS-Zeleni
The European Parliamentary elections are on their way, and throughout Europe parties are mobilizing to campaign. How do youngsters see the green future of Europe? In this series you’ll meet political youth parties from all over the continent: from Spain to Slovenia. Today we’re speaking with Igor Jurišič, partyleader for Stranka mladih – Zeleni Evrope…
Inside #COP24: insight on gender topics
December 6th – While FYEG’s delegates are fully occupied defending the green youth voice of Europe at COP24, we had the opportunity to talk with Becci Morsch specialised on gender topics. EEB: What is your impression about the COP24 so far? In the light of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°, we see that this moment…
Inside #COP24: Issues at stake and negotiations
December 4th 2018 – COP24 began on Sunday and FYEG’s delegates are in Katowice to represent the green youth voice of Europe. Yesterday, we talked with Antoine Tifine, our treasurer, about his first two days at COP. He explained how everything was organised, what was the role of delegates and what were the issues at stake especially…
Inside #EGP29: The search for a difference between the lead candidates
The 29th EGP Council, the last Council of the European Green Party before the decisive European Election in May 2019, took place in Berlin from November 23rd to 25th. 100 Delegates from all parties of the European Green Family came together to elect their lead candidates and vote upon the EGP Common Manifesto and Campaign…
Meeting the Spitzenkandidaten
PETRA DE SUTTER 1. When did you decide to get into politics and why? I have been an ecologist since forever. I read Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” somewhere in the nineties and got worried and angry. I voted green for a long, long time but decided to get actively involved in the party some twelve…
Call for a special online edition: How to be a good activist?
During the year, the (young) greens all across Europe organized successful actions. As the European elections are coming soon, and we are all excited about it and doing our best to support the candidates, EEB wanted to hear your story, your story of activism. How did you decide to become an activist, what does activism…
WE ARE THE GREEN WAVE – The “sustainable” option
Last week-end, a very exceptional and unprecedented phenomenon submerged Europe. A green wave gently made its way in three different regions of the continent. It wasn’t about a reforestation of urban areas, but about chronologically coordinated green political victories in three different regions. Various green politicians won local elections in Belgium, elections in Bavaria (Germany)…
The largest General Assembly in the history of the Dutch Greens
Over the past weekend, the annual General Assembly for the Dutch Green Party (‘GroenLinks’) took place in Utrecht (The Netherlands). Due to their new, immensely popular leader Jesse Klaver – as well as the general abysmal state of the world – the party has been growing for months. This causes unprecedented situations: 3000 attendees made…
After Super Tuesday: What’s Your Plan B Mr. Sanders?
#USElections #SuperTuesday #FeeltheBern #BernieSanders #HillaryClinton #Clinton #Sanders #Trump #DonaldTrump #DNC #GOP It is time to prepare for post-Sanders Left politics in the US. On a discursive level, he contributed a lot to shifting the epicenter of Democratic politics and he will likely continue his campaign after. But the question to raise is today, what will…