6th Congress of the European Greens: Special Edition Newsletter Wrap Up

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Dear John,

Last weekend’s European Greens Congress was the biggest gathering of the
Green family in the last years, and brought together more Green ministers
than ever before. We left Copenhagen with a lot of energy and motivation
for our European election campaign 2024.

"OUR COMMON VISION TO SHAPE AN INCLUSIVE EUROPE, WHERE THE RIGHTS OF ALL
CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED AND WHERE INEQUALITIES ARE SHRINKING, HAS THE POWER
TO MOBILIZE AND RESTORE CITIZENS’ CONFIDENCE IN A TRULY PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATIC EUROPEAN PROJECT." – MÉLANIE VOGEL, CO-CHAIR

At the Congress, the Green family agreed on a first strategic direction for
the 2024 European elections campaign [6]. The time has come for the Greens
to be at the centre of a progressive majority in Europe – and the fight
for this mission has started last weekend in Copenhagen!

"OUR GREEN FAMILY GATHERING IS SENDING A STRONG SIGNAL: OUR POLITICAL
FAMILY IS AS UNITED AS EVER, AND WE ARE READY TO LEAD THIS FIGHT TOGETHER
AHEAD OF THE 2024 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS." – THOMAS WAITZ, CO-CHAIR

The 900 participants of the Congress discussed, negotiated, and voted.
Their enthusiasm, engagement, and cooperation is the engine of a successful
start of our 2024 election campaign.

In this email, we share with you the resolutions that were adopted,
election results, the video recordings of our plenary sessions and keynote
speeches, as well as the link to the Congress photo album.

Your EGP team!

PS CURIOUS WHERE THE NEXT CONGRESS WILL TAKE PLACE? FIND THE ANSWER AT THE
BOTTOM OF THIS EMAIL!

NEW FULL MEMBER: CONGRATS TO URA!

The Green party from Montenegro is now a full member of the European
Greens! We look forward to continue our work with URA to fight corruption
in Montenegro and build a European future for the country.

 

Adopted Resolutions

The European Greens passed 19 resolutions, on topics such as the 2024
European Elections, social solutions to the energy crisis, safe and legal
abortion, solidarity with the women of Iran, Ukraine, and trade. You can
find all resolutions ON OUR OVERVIEW PAGE [7] or when you click on the
title in the list below.

* Hope in challenging times: Let's make a green future possible in the
2024 European elections [8]
* Green and social solutions to the energy crisis [9]
* On women's rights, gender and climate change in Europe [10]
* Restore and protect nature and climate [11]
* The EGP calls for a new binding legal regime to protect the Arctic [12]
* Help the Odra river revive and make it free-flowing again [13]
* Tackling current challenges hindering animal welfare in the EU and
beyond [14]
* Establish a red and a social taxonomy: stop unsustainable finance [15]
* Defending Democracy, Delivering Answers [16]
* Right to abortion is a human right. It is under attack, let's fight for
it! [17]
* On Human and political rights for the people with disabilities in
Europe: the Right for Independent Living all over Europe now! [18]
* Mental health is political: Addressing Europe's mental health crisis
holistically [19]
* European Greens continue to stand in undivided solidarity with Ukraine
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* Solidarity with and support for the people of Iran [21]
* Green Transformation of EU Trade Policy [22]
* Myanmar and the EU-ASEAN summit [23]
* No EU money for autocrats - protect Europe's rule of law! [24]
* Need to reduce tensions and build confidence in the North-Eastern
Mediterranean [25]
* White Paper Revolution: Solidarity with the Chinese protesters [26]

WATCH KEYNOTES AND PLENARIES ON DEMAND!

Opening Session

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OFFICIAL OPENING WITH:

* MÉLANIE VOGEL – EGP Co-Chair

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THOMAS WAITZ – EGP Co-Chair
* PIA OLSEN DYHR – Party Leader of our Danish member party SF

KEYNOTES FROM:

* PEKKA HAAVISTO – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
* KATRÍN JAKOBSDÓTTIR – Prime Minister, Iceland
* YOLANDA DÍAZ – Second Vicepresident and Minister of Labour and
Social Economy, Spain

PLENARY: GREENS IN GOVERNMENT WITH GREEN MINISTERS

WATCH OPENING SESSION [27]

Green and Social Solutions to the Energy Crisis

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Plenary organised by the GREENS/EFA GROUP WITH:

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MARIE TOUSSAINT – Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European
Parliament

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TERRY REINTKE – Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European
Parliament

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SARA MATTHIEU – Member of the European Parliament

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BAS EICKHOUT – Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European
Parliament

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BENEDEK JÁVOR – Head of the Budapest Representation to the EU,
biologist, and Former Member of the European Parliament

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ESTHER LYNCH – Acting Secretary General, European Trade Union
Confederation (ETUC)

WATCH PLENARY [28]

Food (In)Security: Green Solutions for Resilient Food Systems

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Plenary with:

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THOMAS WAITZ – Co-Chair of the European Green Party, Member of the
European Parliament

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VIRGINIJUS SINKEVICIUS – European Commissioner for the Environment,
Oceans and Fisheries

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PIPPA HACKETT – Minister of State on Land Use and Biodiversity at the
Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland

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ADENIKE TITILOPE OLADOSU – Climate justice activist and Director of
ILeadClimate Action Initiative, Nigeria

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MARIE-LOUISE BOISEN LENDAL – CEO and Founder Think Tank Frej, Denmark

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OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER – UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
rights

WATCH PLENARY [29]

Congress Photo Album

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Go to photo album [30]

Elections

We also voted on new candidates for our Financial Advisory Board,
Conciliation Panel and Global Greens coordination. The new members of the
Financial Advisory Board are CHRISTIAN KMIOTEK and NADIA VAN HUISSTEDE.

The new members of the Conciliation Panel are URSULA BERNER, TETIANA BODUN,
ED DAVITT, FRIEDA JANS, and IMANE NADIF.

The new members of the Global Greens Coordination are EVELYNE HUYTEBROECK
and ELEANOR MORRISSEY, as well as PAULINE NALES as a first alternate member
and BODIL VALERO as a second alternate member.

Congratulations to everyone who was elected!

AND THE NEXT EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS WILL TAKE PLACE IN…

We are happy to announce that we will once again reunite at an
EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS being held in Vienna, Austria, on 2-4 June. Looking
forward to seeing you all again soon.

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