The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Alexia Delfosse Nicolas is a stage manager for film shootings in Paris. He works for the cinema and television…
Tag: France
European elections 2019: Young Green Heroes of Agricultural Policies
During this last week of the campaign, the Ecosprinter decided to give you some insights on a few European candidates that are trying to make the Green Wave a reality in their respective country. We let each candidate interviewed chose her/his favorite topic. Today’s article is about agricultural policies. Antoine Tifine is a green hero…
European Elections 2019: Young Green Heroes of Energy and Artificial intelligence
During this last week of the campaign, the Ecosprinter decided to give you some insights on a few European candidates that are trying to make the Green Wave a reality in their respective country. We let each candidate interviewed chose her/his favorite topic. Today’s article is about energy and artificial intelligence. Mathilde Tessier is a…
To abstain or not to abstain?
This question is accompanying me since the first day of my Tour de France. I heard it in Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Toulouse, Marseille and Rennes, in the back of a bus, in the supermarket as well as on demonstrations, my interviews with politicians and late at night in leftist bars. In the beginning, it was…
Meet Nils: On the Trail in France for the Presidential Elections
I’m Nils, a young European German Francophile. After living a year in France for Erasmus and an Internship, learning the language, being active at Les Jeunes Écologistes (French Young Greens) and making new French friends, I still have a problem: I don’t understand “The French”! How can a country with such a revolutionary potential, such…
French Young Greens on NATO
As young greens, we share many common beliefs and values. Yet as individuality and independence are some of our most cherished values, we also have some different positions on some issues. In order to explore these differences and understand where other young greens are coming from around Europe, we have asked different FYEG member organizations…
Tribune of “Les Antigones”, a French “feminine” movement
REMINDER : This tribune has raised controversy among readers of The Ecosprinter. The Ecosprinter is an independant participative online newspaper, powered by FYEG. The articles and their content do not reflect FYEG views and are only engaging their authors, in the aim of empowering freedom of speech and public debate within European youth on striking…
France: change is now…for the Greens!
The year 2012 has been important year for French politics bringing long-awaited presidential and legislative elections. For the left, the results have been better than the expectations. The Greens could take advantage of this socialist wave, but the price for change was very expensive for Europe Ecologie – les Verts (EELV). Here are a few facts to help you understand the political change happening for the Greens in France.
News from France
This first part of 2003 was the occasion for Chiche ! eco-alternative youth to participate in two actions that we like. First the European car-free day in September and then the Buy nothing day, with actions on consumption in commercial areas. As editors our activity is very slow, but we now have several issues of…
Meet la Souris Verte
La Souris Verte -Le Forum des Jeunes Verts ! ! was born in July 2001. Though it is still young, it has members all over France in almost every main city and in more rural zones. We are an association, not a political party. But we are more than that, we are the youth movement…