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The Class of 2009: Green Visions for Europe

February 14, 2010 - To the surprise of many opinion pollsters and political commentators it became clear late in the evening of 7 June 2009 that the real winners in the European elections were the Greens. They were the only political group in the European Parliament that had managed to increase their number of seats. Few would have forecast this even a few days before. The European Union office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung has invited eleven new Green Members of the European Parliament from five different countries to write about their ambitions for Europe. What are the goals of the new Greens and how do they want to achieve them? more»

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Confined party club

- How do the European Parliament election and its results in Poland differ from those in other EU countries by Maciej Gdula more»

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Hungarian Elections: New Green Party Achieves Unexpected Success, But so Does The Radical Right

- June 17, 2009 - Barely three months after its official formation Hungary’s new green party, LMP (Lehet Más a Politika / Politics Can Be Different) has managed to entrench itself on the country’s political map. Standing in coalition with the small Humanist Party, LMP obtained 2.6 % of the votes, coming in fifth place, well before the liberals, who have reached an historic low and may well disappear from the political landscape. Kristóf Szombati more»

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Unfortunately, no EP mandate for the Czech Greens

- The Czech Greens (Strana zelených, SZ) were not counting on such a poor result in the recent EP elections. SZ won just 2.06 % of the vote and ended up in ninth place. Eva van de Rakt more»

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The results of the European elections from the green perspective

- From 4 – 7 June, EU citizens were called to the polls to elect their European Parliamentary members for the next five years. The results of the Greens/European Free Alliance club at the EP are more than impressive, but also alarming, given that the expectedly low voter turnout was only 43.09 %. Claude Weinber more»

European Shades of Green

conference

Europe in Transformation

On behalf of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament we would like to cordially invite you to the international conference Europe in Transformation that will take place on the 3-4 March 2011 in Poznań. more»

Publication

Polish shades of green.

- The publication of the European Green Foundation attempts to find answers for the question about the future of Green politics in Poland. The publication stems from the research ordered in 2008 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and coordinated by Przemysław Sadura. The research concerned the prevailing reception of Green ideas and perception of Green political powers by the Polish society. On its bases, the Author analysed the Greens’ chances of finding a permanent place on the Polish political scene.
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Debate

European Shades of Green. Green Ideas and Political Power in Europe

- In Western Europe Green political parties have been present in politics for a few decades now and they shape the politics on both, a national and European level. The weakness of Green political forces in “new EU member states” is often explained by the means of the “post-socialist syndrome”. In spite of the fact that the acceptance of “green” values such as ecology, equal rights or democratic freedom is growing in the post-socialist societies, most of the Greens in this countries have not managed to enter politics. In this context, the weakening Green representation on the European level can also be seen as a consequence of EU enlargement. more»

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