21 February 2012
Senegalese Green Party FEDES is part of a united opposition group of political parties and civil society organizations. They have been running a joint campaign for the presidential elections that are due to be held this Sunday 26th February. However FEDES and most of the opposition groups are now calling for the election to be postponed because they fear the situation has reached a point where elections cannot be held in a free and fair manner. If this call is not heeded...
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The third Global Greens Congress takes place in Dakar, Senegal, from Thursday 29 March to Sunday 1 April 2012. In the days beforehand, Global Young Greens will hold their third Congress, there will be a Rio+20 NGO forum, and side meetings of Greens from Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Together this is Dakar 2012.Greens and Green-minded friends from around the world are warmly invited to join in making Dakar 2012 the most most successful, inclusive and influential global Green event ever...
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Global Greens 2012 Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 29 March – 1 April. Update in English, French and Spanish. Register. Donate. Apply for support. Keep up to date with Dakar 2012.English: Dakar 2012 -- 100 days to go!The Global Greens is the network of the world's Green parties and political movements, the only global political family that stands up for the environment, peace, democracy and justice. From tiny beginnings in 1972 we have grown to 88 parties in 82 countries. Today elected Greens...
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In a breakthrough election that saw the Greens win 11.06% of the party vote, their highest percentage ever, the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand won 14 seats in New Zealand's 121 seat parliament on November 25.
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Green Party of Canada Deputy Leader Adriane Carr was elected to the Vancouver City Council on November 19th. Carr co-founded the first Green Party in North America, the BC (British Columbia) Green Party, in 1983 and has played a leading role in the development of the Greens in Canada ever since. Her election follows that of Elizabeth May, the first Green elected to the Canadian parliament, from the British Columbia riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in May of 2011.
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Over 40 delegates from 13 countries attended the African Greens Academy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on the 25th and 26th June. As well the strategic development of the African Green Federation (AGF) and the AGF’s contribution as hosts of the upcoming Global Greens Congress
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In the British seaside city of Brighton, Greens won 33% city wide and 23 seats in May 5th elections to achieve the first Green Party-led city council in UK history. The party's local manifesto "A Fresh Start for a Fair City" was headed by a pledge to resist the service cuts and privatisation imposed by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat national coalition government. This same area helped elect Caroline Lucas as the first Green to the House of Commons in 2010.
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In May 2011, Elizabeth May, Leader of the Canadian Greens, decisively won the seat of Saanich-Gulf Islands in British Columbia despite the archaic Canadian first-past-the-post voting system. She is the first Green elected to the House of Commons, a truly historic breakthrough.
Read "Elizabeth May and the Canadian Greens Make History" by Camille Labchuk, Green Party of Canada Federal Councillor and former Press Secretary to Elizabeth May and Jordy Gold, Elizabeth May Deputy Campaign Manager.
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On 27 March 2011, the Greens and Social Democrats (SPD) won a historic election victory in the Germany state of Baden-Württemberg. The Greens for the first time ever emerged as the senior partner in a coalition government. They won 24.2% of the vote against the SPD 23.1% to oust the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) after 60 years. Following the successful negotiation of a coalition agreement with the SPD, titled 'Change Begins', Greens leader Winfried Kretschmann is the new Governor. He...
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The extraordinary result obtained in the national elections in Brazil on Sunday the 3rd October by presidential candidate Marina Silva and the Green Party, demonstrates the increasing popularity of Green ideas and proposals in Brazil and around the world. Despite the popularity of outgoing President Lula, the Greens were able to obtain a sensational result and become one of the main political forces in this huge country.
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On Tuesday 5 August 2008, Ms. Saruul Agvaandorj, Leader of the Mongolian Green Movement, and Mr. Arslan Gombosuren, Leader of the Just Society Front, were arrested while taking part in a peaceful protest. They have been detained for 14 days but what happens after that is unknown. Saruul recently attended the Global Greens Congress in São Paulo, Brazil.
Background. The Mongolian elections were held on Sunday 29 June 2008. Violent clashes followed, with protesters alleging fraud, and on...
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The members of the Global Greens Coordination expressed their joy and relief after learning that Ingrid Betancourt, the former leader and presidential candidate of the Colombian Green Party (Partido Verde–Oxigeno), has been freed after being held hostage by the FARC Guerrilla for more than 6 years.
Ms. Betancourt participated in 2001 as leader of the Colombian Green Party (Partido Verde – Oxigeno) in the first ever Global Greens Congress in Canberra, Australia. In Canberra she expressed...
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By Thomas Dietz
Twenty years ago, in June 1979, the first elections to the European
parliament were held. The results for the few, at that time only loosely
organised green lists contesting the elections were already considerable, but
not good enough to send any representatives to the European Parliament. Ten
years later the greens could achieve an almost sensational breakthrough. In
1999, they could even top this success, although, after the mixed results in
1994, almost nobody had believed...
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