Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Greens" produced 34 items.
| 1. Democratic benefits | October 1, 2009 |
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Germany's Free Democrats have the power. Germany's Free Democrats became kingmakers in last Sunday's elections, scoring their best ever result with 14.6% of the vote and... |
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| 2. Green boost for Lisbon treaty | July 20, 2009 |
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Irish Greens reverse their position and come out in favour of the EU's reform treaty. The campaign for a ‘Yes' vote in Ireland's forthcoming second referendum on the... | |
| 3. UK Conservatives lose leadership of new group | July 16, 2009 |
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Renegade Tory kicked out of party and group as Michal Kaminski is elected leader of the ECR group. The UK Conservatives have lost the leadership of the new political group... |
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| 4. Czech movers and shakers | December 11, 2008 |
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The men (and woman) who will become the most familiar faces in Brussels and the EU. |
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| 5. Swedish Greens soften EU stance | October 6, 2008 |
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Party abandons opposition to EU membership, but continues to oppose adoption of the euro.
The Swedish Green party, Miljöpartiet, announced today that it will drop a... | |
| 6. Irish Greens decide | January 24, 2008 |
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The Irish government's attempt to sell the Lisbon treaty to voters suffered a setback this week. The Green Party, the junior coalition partners, held a convention at the... | |
| 7. Go tell the marines about energy policy | May 3, 2007 |
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Every third lamp in Europe is powered by nuclear energy, yet most politicians still want to close the remaining 400 nuclear plants down. And their voters pretend to take them... | |
| 8. The shining light of Europe's bright émigrés | January 18, 2007 |
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“To those who in their homeland have no freedom, and to those who in their freedom have no homeland.” That toast was drunk by countless east European... | |
| 9. Greens could change rules to keep leader Cohn-Bendit | March 9, 2006 |
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Green MEPs are debating a change to the statute of their political group to allow Daniel Cohn-Bendit to secure a third term as leader. The current rules only allow a Green... | |
| 10. MEP accused of insulting Turkish army | December 21, 2005 |
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Dutch MEP Joost Lagendijk is facing charges of insulting the Turkish army after comments he made about its behaviour in dealing with Kurdish armed groups in the south-east of... | |
| 11. MEPs "achieve" greatness | September 29, 2005 |
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Some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. The Belgian MEP Annemie Neyts was elected president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)... | |
| 12. Italian banking, German Greens and a live squid | September 29, 2005 |
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NOTHING seems as interesting this week as the news that scientists have finally photographed a live giant squid. Yes, a couple of big European banks merged and the Irish... | |
| 13. Different Voices | May 4, 2005 |
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“Don't bore yourself reading all 800 pages and just vote ‘Yes'. It's very important.”Vivienne Westwood, UK fashion designer, with a message about the referendum on the... | |
| 14. Dutch press on as the Poles stall over computer patent law | November 25, 2004 |
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THE Dutch presidency says it expects a hard-fought deal between member states on a draft law on computer-implemented patents to be approved next month, despite threats from... | |
| 15. Give the public a chance to get excited about Europe | September 9, 2004 |
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THE German Greens support a Europe-wide referendum on the European constitution to be held simultaneously in all member states, but not a German referendum within the... | |
| 16. Barroso considers ‘auditing commissioner' | July 15, 2004 |
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EUROPEAN Commission president-designate José Manuel Barroso told MEPs this week that he was considering establishing a new post of commissioner in charge of auditing.... | |
| 17. Let battle commence – parties plot power sharing after marathon vote | June 10, 2004 |
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JUST over 14,000 candidates representing 481 parties on 947 electoral lists are standing in the world's second biggest electoral contest after India – the European... | |
| 18. Greens proud of historic European party | February 26, 2004 |
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THE newly launched European Green Party wants to break through the 40-seat barrier in June's elections to the European Parliament. Lack of representation, and therefore... | |
| 19. Cohn-Bendit like Beckham | February 26, 2004 |
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Holding a football tournament is certainly one way of launching a political group. That's what Green members did in Rome last week to mark the launch of the new federal... | |
| 20. OBE Louise feels the force | January 15, 2004 |
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It's the time of year for awards, so step forward David Lange, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize 2004. Two days after Iranian Shirin Ebadi won the real Nobel Peace... | |
