31st European Green Party Council: Securing a Green Recovery from COVID-19
From June 10 to 13, the Council of the European Green Party (EGP) came together for its 31st meeting, which took place online for the first time. During three days…
The grassroots green revolution is why I’m proud to have represented the South East in the European Parliament
It sometimes feels at the moment like the world is a dangerously depressing place. Fires continue to rage, air pollution is still killing thousands of Brits a year and many…
The Green Party’s radical conscience – an interview with Alex Phillips MEP
Often political interviews are dull affairs. A politician runs through a series of rehearsed points, refusing to deviate from them. In some instances, they will have a staffer present, lingering…
What did the Green Wave in the European elections tell us?
Image credit: YouTube screengrab Cautiously high hopes powered the campaigns of Greens across Europe in the European elections. Since October 2018, the world has seen a veritable explosion of environmental…
The government is fiddling while the planet burns
As a new MEP representing the North West, it’s been a fascinating and hugely positive start. Being part of the larger European Greens group has made so much more seem…
The post-Brexit challenges facing the Greens
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons There is considerable discussion of how the Green Party should position itself following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as…
Jean Lambert MEP: the refugee crisis demands a coherent and strategic response
We can either throw our hands up at overwhelming human misery, or we can rally and do something – quickly. On Monday Britain announced meagre plans to accept refugees from…
Beginning of the end for anti-Gypsyism?
Last year, on the 70th anniversary of the largest mass killing of Roma, on August 2, 1944, hundreds gathered at a commemoration event in Krakow and Auschwitz. Photo by Artur…