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Newsletter

3 Oct 2019

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30th Council - Tampere [3]

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We will gather in Tampere together with our Finnish colleagues and
delegates from all over Europe to reflect on the Green Wave achievement and
discuss how we can spread it even further, shaping the direction of the
Green family at this critical juncture in Europe’s political landscape.
Are you joining the discussion?

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Austria’s Green party makes huge electoral comeback [4]

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We congratulate the Austrian Greens on this impressive political comeback!
These results are the latest in a string of Green victories sweeping across
Europe, proving that people realise that the only guarantee of more
effective Green policies is to vote Green.

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Global #ClimateStrike (20-27 September) [5]

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Last week we joined young climate strikers on the streets to demand world
leaders listen to our demands for climate justice and urgent action. Check
the FYEG thread on Twitter [6] to see how this was a truly global strike!

Read more [5]

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Tilt petition: Where does our food come from? [7]

Mandatory indication of origin on food labels would help prevent
falsification and unfair commercial practices that damage the health of
consumers and our national economies. [7]

Sign now! [7]

NEWS FROM OUR MEMBER PARTIES

Belgian Greens Ecolo elect new co-presidents Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc
Nollet [8]

Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet were elected as the new co-presidents of
the francophone Belgium Green party Ecolo on Sunday 15 September with 92%
of the vote.

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Polish Greens Campaign [9]

Partia Zieloni are campaigning on women’s rights, LGTBI+ rights and
nature conservation ahead of elections in Poland on 13 October.

Read more [9]

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Swiss Greens ready for elections on 20 October [10]

In the streets and in the Parliament, Greens are engaging on fighting for
climate action everywhere!

Read more [10]

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European Greens visit Turkey [11]

EGP co-chair Monica Frassoni and EGP committee member Evelyne Huytebroeck
met the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu to discuss how cities can lead
the way in tackling climate change by taking concrete actions.

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European Greens Committe member Thomas Waitz visits North Macedonia [12]

We're extremely proud of the work that the North Macedonian Greens DOM and
its two Members of Parliament - Maja Morachanin and Liljana Popovska - are
doing on climate issues, LGBTI and gender equality and women's rights

Read more [12]

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Annalena Baerbock on the German “Klimaschutzpaket” (Climate Package)
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The leader of the German Greens explained on Anne Will’s TV show how the
Climate Package proposed by the German government is not enough to reach
the climate objectives and reduce the consequences of climate change.

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The Green Party of Ireland launches the #CloseToNature forestry motion [14]


The motion, which aims to protect biodiversity and the future of foresters
and farmers, will be debated in the Dáil Éireann (Irish lower house). You
can watch the full press conference by clicking here. [15]

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PRESS RELEASES

Greens will push political boundaries to tackle climate destruction [16]

25 September 2019

A victory for the rule of law in the UK

24 September 2019

More press releases [17]

GREENS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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Green success on post-2020 EU budget [18]

The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament secured specific budget
lines for climate-related and youth-related investments.

Read more [18]

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Carola Rackete visits the European Parliament on the anniversary of the
Lampedusa shipwreck [19]

The sea rescue activist and captain of the Sea-Watch boat visited the
European Parliament for a hearing on the Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs about rescue at sea and a press conference with
the Greens/EFA group.

Read more [19]

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Greens/EFA call for urgent action on oceans and extreme sea-levels [20]

The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament will give the Climate
Commissioner-designate Frans Timmermans clear priorities and demand at
least a 65 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.

Read more [20]

UPCOMING EVENTS

3 Oct
19:00h UTC

Global Greens Climate Action Webinar

Implementing Ambition

More info [21]

8-10 Nov
Tampere

30th Council Meeting

Register now [3]

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

Pathways to Power: How Green Parties Join Governments [22]

Political scientist Simon Otjes looks to the paths to power taken by
governing Green parties in Finland and Sweden to consider what the Dutch
party Groenlinks and other Greens gaining ground across Europe can learn.

Call for Members of the Feminist Network [23]

Applications are already closed, but you can follow the Feminist
Network’s activities through several FYEG communication channels until
the end of their mandate in April 2020.

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