Local Elections: Greens advance in Scotland; Challenge now set for the left at Westminster
The Green Parties in England, Wales and Scotland had an encouraging day following local elections across Britain. Emily Durrant, elected in Powys, became the Party’s first councillor ever elected...
To pact or not to pact: the Northern Ireland Green dilemma
From the moment when Theresa May, contradicting every previous promise, brought our Easter to an abrupt end with her announcement of a snap election, the talk has all...
Bristol Greens launch crowdfunder to elect Molly Scott Cato
Bristol Greens are crowdfunding to help elect Molly Scott-Cato as the UK’s second Green MP. The local party are trying to raise £11,000 through crowdfunding site FundSurfer, with the...
Macron wins gruding support of French Greens as Presidential runoff looms
The French green party has endorsed Emmanuel Macron for French President in the May 7th runoff vote. Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) have given their support to the...
With a historic election looming, what should Green strategy be?
For Greens, the snap election has in a way made things easier. The biggest debate in the party in England and Wales of late has been around the...
Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next referendum
At the end of March, the Scottish Parliament did the political equivalent of a two-finger salute to Westminster – by voting for a second independence referendum. While they don’t...
GPEW at the Global Congress – What was achieved?
Earlier this month the Green Party of England and Wales helped host the Global Greens Congress in Liverpool, the largest meeting of Green parties and politicians in...
Winning second MP in Bristol West is ‘number one’ Green priority, says source
Electing South West MEP Molly Scott-Cato to become the Green Party’s second MP will be the party’s ‘number one’ priority for this election, a senior party source has told...
Confirmed: Caroline Lucas WILL vote for early General Election
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas will vote in support of Theresa May’s motion for an early General Election tomorrow. A spokesperson for the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion told...
Dutch Greens face temptation of joining pro-austerity coalition
Following their success in the March 15th Dutch parliamentary elections, left-wing green party GroenLinks are in talks with four other parties to form the next coalition government. The talks...