Europe

“We want to encourage all readers of Green World, who are French nationals themselves or who have French friends, colleagues or neighbours, to take interest in the upcoming consular elect...

“We should be wary that the economic fallout of Brexit will be used as a reason not to further improve the rights and entitlements afforded to pregnant women and working parents.” Charlot...

“Surely this is the time to act to reign in the power of the pharmaceutical industry. And, instead of fuelling vaccine nationalism, to foster vaccine solidarity.” Francesca Gater of Frien...

“Europe is not just a threat but also an opportunity.” Ahead of the Spring Conference, former MEP Catherine Rowett considers the aspects of the Green Party’s approach to the EU that need ...

With the EU ban on neonics no longer applying to the UK after Brexit, Professor of Theory of Science and Ethics of Natural Sciences Jeroen van der Sluijs from the University of Bergen out...

As the UK leaves the EU without new laws recognising animal sentience, James West, Senior Policy Manager of Compassion in World Farming, emphasises the importance of the UK enshrining thi...

With the end of the Brexit transition period upon us, two Young Greens – Marie Stadtler and Eleanor Morrissey – reflect on what the end of free movement means to them.

“Support for women came thick and fast both domestically and further afield, with opposition to the judgement coming from groups not typically associated with women’s rights, such as farm...

“In Bulgaria and in the EU it is above all the Greens who are passionately fighting against corruption. Greens are perceived as pioneers for clean politics – free from corruption.” Daniel...

In June 2020, the French Greens (Europe Ecologie/Les Verts) swept to power in a number of large cities and towns in France on a wave of public support for climate and environmental action...

“In a tweet about the protests in Belarus, former Green MEP Molly Scott Cato said ‘They are demanding something better – why aren’t we?’.” Student and Green Party member Matthew Staton ar...

Green World talks to Hazel Chu about her first few months as the 352nd Lord Mayor of Dublin, only the 9th woman and first person of colour to do so, what difference the Greens can make in...

“It’s clear that the EU needs to be stronger in its fight against discrimination in Poland.” Matthew Staton, student and member of the North Staffordshire Green Party, considers the EU’s ...

“We should want a world where everyone can move – make choices – as they choose.” Green Peer Natalie Bennett calls on the House of Lords to stop a tragedy and make amendments to the gover...

France’s Green Party has swept up votes in eight out of 10 of the country’s major cities in its second round of municipal elections, following a first round of similar success from Green ...

“The conviction that there would be ‘no going back to business as usual’ was palpable”. Evelyn Leslie, member of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) International Committee, discu...

As the 31st Council of the European Green Party (EGP) begins today (10 June), former Green Party MEP and member of the committee of the European Green Party Jean Lambert explains how the ...

“Climate change and loss of biodiversity are still the biggest threat to our society and planet. It's increasingly clear that everything is connected to our unsustainable model, and that ...

“If the house is burning down, it has to be rebuilt. But we don’t need to rebuild it in the same way. We can rebuild it sustainably.” More than 2,000 Greens from across Europe joined an o...

“Asylum seekers and refugees are already some of the most vulnerable people in our society. With Europe now the epicentre of the virus, it is vital that we now pull together to take care ...