Dutch Greens face temptation of joining pro-austerity coalition
GroenLinks campaigning in Amsterdam. The party may feel they have earned a place in Government after the hard-fought gains they made in the 2017 election. Photo by Roel Driever, Flickr.…
How PR ‘completely transformed’ New Zealand politics: Metiria Turei, Green Party co-leader
Metiria Turei, Green party Co-leader. Photo credit: New Zealand Tertiary Education Union used under Creative Commons license: In 1996, New Zealand introduced the Mixed Member Proportion (MMP) voting system…
Dutch elections: A big Green win against a bleak backdrop
Jesse Klaver led GroenLinks to a breakthrough result Left-leaning media in the UK and elsewhere have been teeming with jubilant headlines hailing the success of GroenLinks in the Dutch parliamentary…
Greens celebrate two seats as unionists lose grip on Stormont
Celebrations at the Titanic Center in Belfast as Claire Bailey and Steven Agnew keep their seats. Image courtesy of GPNI. Claire Bailey and Steven Agnew have been reelected to the…
Northern Ireland: high turnout drives Sinn Fein vote as Greens stay #Awake4Bailey
After the election Sinn Fein may pressure Arlene Foster to step aside as First Minister. Image: DUP Photos. As the results of the NI Assembly election filter through, it is…
Greens rake in more donations than UKIP in second half of 2016
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Caroline Lucas MP The Greens brought in more money than UKIP in the last quarter of 2016, new figures from the Electoral Commission reveal.…
The North of Ireland needs Greens and Northern Irish Greens need your cash
This week, the Northern Irish Assembly has collapsed in the midst of a corruption scandal, triggering an election. In the context of Brexit and deepening austerity, and with the…
Reasons to be cheerful: 6 Green highlights from 2016
As we eke out of our sherry dens and back into non-festive life, the image of 2016 as a terrible year is setting itself in stone. But as fashionable…
Global Greens LGBT+ Network to launch at Congress2017
European Queer Greens at Baltic Pride 2016 | Image Source: European Green Party At the Global Greens Congress, being held in Liverpool from the 30th of March, to the 2nd…
Mayoral Candidate Deyika Nzeribe Passes Away
Bright Green are sad to report that Deyika Nzeribe, Green Party Mayoral candidate for Manchester, has passed away. Deyika Nzeribe 1966-2017 (image: North West Green Party) Deyika joined the Green…