Photo by Joan Carles Claveria – Own work Mar Garcia Sanz is a Catalonian and Spanish politician. As Secretary General of the European Green Party, she notably fought for gender equality and equal rights for LGBTQI+ people and, regarding environmental policies, divestment from fossil fuels. She is an enthusiastic European fighting for social and environmental…
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“Generations that come after us should also live well, not only survive”
Interview with Lucie Hammecke (22), member of the state parliament of Saxony.
Interview with Mina Tolu, FYEG’s newly elected co-spokesperson
We talked to Mina Tolu, newly elected co-spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens during the Federation’s General Assembly in Istanbul.
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…
Green Check-in: Hungary
From Serbia to Norway, the Ecosprinter has done a quick check in with some of our Greens and Young Green friends around Europe to see what they are doing and what we should look out for! Makádi Balázs, Hungarian Greens “The Greens are chaining themselves to trees and want to save the whales and these…
Would You Say No to a Free Trip to Jersualem?
“The trip lasts 10 days. The memories last a lifetime. Join more than 360,000 Jewish young people from 65 countries who have received the gift of a free trip to Israel.” The following is the headline for the website of Taglit-Birthright Israel- the biggest global organization planning “birthright trips”. “Birthright” is a free trip…
The Ecosprinter European Tour – Next Stop : Belgium !
From the 22 to the 25th of May, 27 countries and over 500 million inhabitants will be given the choice to elect their 751 representatives at the European Parliament. But ow is it happening all over Europe ? Are campaigning, political issues, and Euroscepticism the same in Spain and Belgium, Lithuania and Great Britain ?…
Meet Maarten Coertjens
What are your most marked characteristics? I doubt everything, from the existence of god till what haircut I should get. What is your most treasured possession? My friends and my library Which of your character traits would you change if you could? My atheism, I think it is great to be able to completely and…