European Greens is the name of the European Green Party. It was founded at the Fourth Congress of the European Federation of Green Parties on February 20-22, 2004 in Rome in a party convention with over 1,000 delegates. Thirty-two green parties from all over Europe joined this new pan-European party. The foundation of the new party was finished with a signing of the treaty constituting the party in the Capitol of Rome. [1]
The European Greens are the first real European political party organization, in so far as every member of the member parties is also a member of the European party. Until February 21, 2004, only federations of party organizations existed, such as the European Federation of Green Parties and similar federations of conservative, social-democratic or liberal parties.
The program of the European Greens emphasizes typical green topics such as nuclear energy, consumer safety and women's liberation. In the area of Internet politics, the EFA/The Greens parliament faction became famous for the strong support of proponents for a free information infrastructure in 2003.
The first goal of the newly founded European Greens is the election campaign for the European Parliament in June, 2004 (see European Parliament Election 2004), which will be the first election campaign in Europe that features similiar motifs and slogans in all EU countries.
Members
Member parties
- Groen (Belgium)
- Ecolo (Belgium)
- Bulgarian Green Party (Bulgaria)
- De Grřnne (Denmark)
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Germany)
- Eesti Rohelised (Estonia)
- Vihreä Liitto (Finland)
- Les Verts (France)
- Georgia Greens (Georgia)
- Ecologists Greens (Greece)
- The Green Party of England and Wales (United Kingdom)
- Scottish Green Party (United Kingdom)
- Comhaontas Glas (Republic of Ireland)
- Federazione dei Verdi (Italia)
- Latvijas Zala Partija (Latvia)
- Déi Gréng (Luxembourg)
- Alternattiva Demokratika (Malta)
- De Groenen (Netherlands)
- GroenLinks (Netherlands)
- Miljöpartiet de Grřnne (Norway)
- Die Grünen (Austria)
- Os Verdes (Portugal)
- Federaţia Ecologistă din România (Romania)
- The Interregional Green Party (Russia)
- Miljöpartiet de Gröna (Sweden)
- Grüne / Les Verts (Switzerland)
- Strana Zelenych na Slovensku (Slovakia)
- Confederación de Los Verdes (Spain)
- Strana Zelenych (Czech Republic)
- Ukraine - Partija Zelenych Ukrajiny (Ukraine)
- Zöld Demokraták (Hungary)
- Cyprus Green Party (Cyprus)
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