The 35th European Green Party Council in Riga, Latvia, is only one week away! Now is the perfect time to compose your programme (we offer livestreams!) and get to know our special guests.
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During the Council, European Green Party delegates will elect a new Committee, decide on the application of two candidate member parties, and vote on resolutions. It is also a great opportunity to network with green leaders and changemakers from all over Europe and get starstruck by our special guests. What are you looking forward to the most?
- During the plenary sessions, we will debate on foreign affairs and security, and on a just transition.
- Dritan Abazović, the new prime minister of Montenegro, is holding a keynote speech on Friday, and so is Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Foreign Ministry of Germany.
- On Saturday, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner of Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, will be our keynote speaker.
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You can follow the opening session, plenary sessions, and keynote sessions from home, as they will be livestreamed.
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We are living through unprecedented times. Not only have we faced the COVID-19 crisis and more alarming news about the climate crisis this year, but we are now facing war on the European continent. The Council brings together our Green family to decide on a joint political trajectory for the next period ahead. This Council's resolutions, which put into writing our common positions and are voted on at the event, tackle topics that are on the forefront of the Green agenda.
The draft resolutions, tabled by member parties and groups across Europe, will be debated and voted on by delegates during the Council. The final resolutions, which will represent a united Green position on the issues, will be published after the event.
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The Green Screen: 'My Favorite War'
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The Green Screen is coming to the Council! This month’s film is ‘My Favorite War’, an animated documentary recounting the personal story of its director, Ilze, who grew up in Latvia during the Cold-War USSR. It is an exciting coming-of-age story about finding one’s own identity, truth and loyalty.
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The movie screening will be followed by a discussion with Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen, director and scriptwriter of ‘My Favorite War’, and Kaspars Vanags from Progresīvie. The debate will explore Latvia’s struggle for its own independence and identity through the lens of memory politics, and how this relates to Ukraine’s own fight today for freedom and self-determination.
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