This was an historical and hectic year for Malta. In the space of 5 weeks Malta held a referendum on EU accession, local elections and national elections. Malta is heavily polarised and divided because of two big political parties; the Christian Democrat Nationalist Party and the Malta Labour Party. Unfortunately these two parties have managed…
Beyond the eyes
Referendum in Hungary, April 12 The referendum on the accession in Hungary did not bring a surprising result: more than 80% of the voters were in favour, just as predicted according to the polls. Several other aspects of the voting and the preparations however remain obscure. First of all, there was an unexpectedly low rate…
EU referendums
The Greek part of Cyprus (together with the other candidate and member countries) signed an EU accession treaty on 16 April. Of course the north-south divide in Cyprus is far more serious than that in the UK. Since the Turkish backed invasion, Northern Cyprus is unrecognised internationally except by Turkey. The southern part of Cyprus…
The Slovak Referendum – a test of Optimism
On the 16th and 17th of May, Slovak voters will express their will to join the European Union. The referendum represents the last step of the accession process and thus can serve as a welcomed occasion for recapping past events related to the process. Here, I would like to interlink events on Slovak political sphere…
Editorial
Dear friends, we meet once again through FYEG’s bi-montly publication ecosprinter to see what is happening in the green world. In this issue you will find many interesting articles, including one from Danielle Vella regarding refugees and asylum seekers. A few pages are dedicated to the EU referendums which are currently taking place in the…
Sweden’s Green Youth General Assembly 2003
Last weekend, on the 7-9th of March, as Sweden’s Green Youth, we had our General Assembly (GA) in Lund, in the south of Sweden. Around 120 members showed up in order to make decisions on the future managing of the youth party, the election of a new board, and the election of a new male…
Find your green lifestyle!
Two times a year the members of the GRUENE JUGEND (green youth) meet for the general assembly to debate on current issues, present new actions and have a great time together. The 20th federal assembly took place from March 8th to March 9th 2003 in Muenster (Westfalia). The main topic of the weekend was the…
FYEG statement on Iraq
This was the appeal to all the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) members to stand up against USA unilateral actions against Iraq. The opposition against a new war in Iraq is growing and the 15th of February was marked by demonstrations in all European capitals and around the world. Many of our member organisations…
Henry Kissinger : peacemaker or war criminal?
One major war criminal still walks free, says Michael Schmitt. But efforts to bring Henry Kissinger to justice are making headway. “It was at that moment that satire died. There was nothing more to say after that.” (The musical satirist Tom Lehrer, when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. Lehrer decided he…
The US war for oil agenda
The US has brought no evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Eleven weeks of inspections by the United Nations have still not brought any evidence, either. At the same time the unholy warmonger trinity, the US, UK and Australia, keep insisting that Iraq destroy its weapons of mass destruction. But when did rationality…