As Young Greens, we often get the reputation of being a bunch of teenagers who like get high and talk politics. Despite that this is largely an incorrect stereotype for many Young Greens across the world, it does speak true about one point. It has long been Green parties and their youth counterparts across the…
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…in bed with the conservatives!
Imagine the president of a country, who by name singles out a member of your organisation, asking for why that person is attending a conference on climate change. Then imagine that your mother party is in a coalition government, led by the party of that president. Imagine further a prime minister who attacks a minister…
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…
we want YOU for the FYEG european election campaign!
As you all know, there will be European elections in June 2004. Some of you are strong proponents of European integration and believe that the European Parliament could play a crucial role in overcoming the so-called ‘democratic defecit’ of the European Union. Others would love nothing more than to blow that very same European Union…
Elections in Finland
In the elections for the Finnish parliament on 16 March, the Greens League increased its seats from 11 to 14 (8,0% of votes, 28 000 new votes). This is a victory for the party: we were able to grow from the category of around 10 seats (the result in the three previous elections 1991, 1995…