German Greens in the US

Germany's Green party elects new leaders | News | DW | 27.01.2018

Two refreshing kind of characters! Congrats!

dw.com Germany's Greens have chosen lawmakers Annalena Baerbock and Tobert Habeck to lead the party. The vote comes as former co-chairs Cem Özdemir and Simone Peters step down from their positions.

German elections coming up. Our co-founder Arne explains what's at stake

On Sunday Germans elect a new parliament. The scope of the next government’s ambition for the Energiewende depends on the new coalition (although the shift to a renewables-based economy is not at stake). In an interview with Clean Energy Wire, Arne talks about controversial issues, voter mobilization and red lines. http://arnejungjohann.de/ignore-red-line-campaign-talk-on-energy-and-climate/

Germans abroad who are not registered any longer in Germany need to do so by September 3rd in order to vote in the upcoming Bundestagswahl. Find your online registration link by using our Briefwahl-Search Tool.

Briefwahlunterlagen mit einem Klick: Die Briefwahl-Suchmaschine des OV Washington führt zum Antrag-Link bzw zur entsprechenden Email-Adresse des Wahlbüros... http://network.gruene-washington.de/SitePages/briefwahl2017.aspx

K. Göring-Eckardt on Twitter

great tweet from today's Green Party Convention in Berlin!

twitter.com “Dear , when you say stop, we say fight! 🌎🌍🌏”

Grüne Washington

Participating in the People's Climate March - short stop at the White House and now headed to the National Mall to join everyone else marching for climate, jobs, and justice today.

German Greens pick Göring-Eckardt and Özdemir to lead party in national election

We agree: "This is the right duo for this time!"

dw.com The two party leaders have been nominated by grassroots members. Özdemir's election signals a potential Green coalition with Merkel's Christian Democrats.

our response to yesterday's "speech"

Gegen Populismus ist ein Kraut gewachsen: Engagement. Heute ist ein guter Tag, Farbe zu bekennen. Für unsere Demokratie, für die Umwelt, für ein offenes und soziales Miteinander. Heute ist einer guter Tag, grünes Mitglied zu werden. www.gruene.de/mitglied

Announcing our Exploratory Committee

Jill Stein of the U.S. Green Party is announcing her intentions for the presidential election in 2016. She was the party’s nominee in 2012.

jill2016.com Jill Stein for President

“Lock your office door and stay away from the windows...” | Green Party of Canada

: comment by Elizabeth May, Leader of Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada & Member of the Parliament of Canada: "... We must ensure that this appalling act of violence is not used to justify a disproportionate response. We must not resort to hyperbolic rhetoric. ..."

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European and Canadian Greens write joint letter on CETA | European Greens

Check out the joint letter from the European Greens Co-Chairs and the leaders of the Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada to President Barroso and Prime Minister Harper on CETA.

europeangreens.eu Broad participation and transparent decisions are core values of our democratic systems. CETA is being negotiated without opportunity for meaningful public input. We strongly urge that public access to documents of ongoing negotiations are provided.

Neues Gutachten: Diskussion um Quecksilber-Gefahr durch Kohlekraftwerke - SPIEGEL ONLINE

EPA cited in study by German Greens to be an example for German regulatory agencies to increase mercury emission standards for coal plants:

spiegel.de Kohlekraftwerke stoßen große Mengen CO2 aus - und Gifte wie Quecksilber. Die Grünen legen dazu nun ein neues Gutachten vor. Als Vorbild für eine Verbesserung der Situation führen sie ein unerwartetes Vorbild an: die USA.

The Greens are the Bogeymen! | frogblog

Yes, New Zealand Greens, still valid – ‘The Greens are neither left nor right, but in front!”

blog.greens.org.nz Yesterday's editorial in the Northern Advocate offers some intriguing observations about the launch of the political (i.e. election) year. Noting that the PM

Give Snowden Asylum in Germany

today's NYT op-ed by two German Green Party politicians on and . What do you think?

nytimes.com We are indebted to him and should grant him permanent residence.

NSA/SWIFT scandal EU's data agreement with US must be suspended says EP

European Parliament calls for suspension of EU-US bank data transfer agreement because of privacy concerns after NSA activities

greens-efa.eu The European Parliament today adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US agreement on the exchange of SWIFT bank transfer data, following the revelation that the US secret service NS

Germany's Greens rule out further coalition talks with Merkel

no Conservative-Green coalition in Germany this time

reuters.com BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens decided after almost six hours of talks with Angela Merkel's conservatives that they did not have enough common ground to consider a coalition government, leaving the

Greens slip in German elections, poll 8.4 percent | News | DW.DE | 22.09.2013

The Green party is likely to remain in the opposition after Germany's national elections.

dw.de The Green party is likely to remain in the opposition after Germany's national elections. A coalition with the Social Democrats was a long shot, but neither party pulled in enough votes.

How D.C. blazed the bike path

"Embracing bike-friendly policies [in DC] ... was seen as a frivolous pursuit. Now it is regarded as visionary" ...

washingtonpost.com The ambitious bike plan has redefined the city.

Germany election ad uses viral video to comic effect - video

federal elections in Germany: German metalworkers union puts out this very funny campaign ad

theguardian.com A German ad campaign video by the German metalworkers union, IG Metall

Harris/Decima - Green Party leader Elizabeth May leaves a favourable impression

new poll in Canada: Elizabeth May, leader of Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada, more favorable leader than either the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition

harrisdecima.ca Harris/Decima also delved deeper into opinion on Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair, asking which of these three leaders is best suited to a series of attributes.

Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him.

Malte Spitz, German Green Party Board Member, in this NYT op-ed on privacy and state surveillance after leaks: "The challenge we face is to once again find shared values, so that trust between our countries is restored."

nytimes.com Germans don’t take kindly to state surveillance.

Spy scandal to impact talks on EU-US data treaty

transatlantic data protection after revelation: "Common rules will only be possible if the principles of data protection will be accepted in the US. The foreseen, but struggling EU-US umbrella agreement, would be a good chance to show that this is the case," German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht told EUobserver

euobserver.com MEPs say new revelations that US authorities spy on people who use Google or Apple should make the EU take a tougher line in data security talks.

EU-US trade negotiations EP majority keeps heads in sand on major concerns with Commission mandate

The European Parliament (EP) today adopted a resolution endorsing negotiations on an EU-US free trade agreement . The Greens in the EP expressed regret at the resolution, which ignores major concerns with the EU Commission's draft mandate

greens-efa.eu The European Parliament today adopted a resolution endorsing negotiations on an EU-US free trade agreement (1). The Greens expressed regret at the resolution, which ignores major concerns with the Com

Jane Sterk will stay on as leader of B.C. Greens after historic election breakthrough

election breakthrough for Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada: first Green elected to a provincial legislature! Congrats!!

vancouversun.com The leader of B.C.'s Green party says she plans to stay at the helm after an election breakthrough that saw the first Green elected to the provincial legislature.

Fifty Shades of Green: How the German Green Party Established Itself in Mainstream Politics - Utrike

the Swedish online magazine Utrikesperspektiv.se on the German Green Party

upflund.se Party Co-leader Cem Özdemir. Photo: Wikimedia commons. Who votes green? The environmental...

At Issue Interview: Reinhard Bütikofer

in this video interview, German Green Party member Reinhard Bütikofer discusses the state of the Green Party as it prepares for Germany’s general election in September 2013

aicgs.org In this latest installment of the AICGS At Issue Interview Series, AICGS President Jack Janes sat down with Green Party member Reinhard Buetikofer to discuss the state of the Green Party as it prepares for Germany's general election in September. Which do...

Reinhard Bütikofer: Step up to the plate

Negotiations will shortly commence on a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement between the EU and US . Some claim such a deal will create 2 million jobs, but MEP Reinhard Bütikofer warns that reaching agreement will be difficult and to succeed the EU needs to identify what its priorities are.

greeneuropeanjournal.eu Following President Obama's State of the Union, negotiations will shortly commence on a Free Trade Agreement, a so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), between the EU and US. Some claim such a deal will create 2 million jobs, but Reinhard Bütikofer warns that reaching agreem...

Renewing the Green Agenda

This past weekend, Germany's Green Party prepared for their upcoming election campaign for September at their party conference. Read this commentary by AICGS President Jack Janes

aicgs.org The Green Party in Germany geared up for the battle for Berlin this past weekend at their party conference. With the elections now less than five months away, the party is betting its chances on both its own platform and a commitment to form a government ...

Nicholas Lemann: What Happened to the Environmental Movement?

Tracing the history of the environmental movement in the U.S. and looks at why today it is less successful than ever

newyorker.com Today’s environmental movement is vastly bigger, richer, and better connected than it was in 1970. It’s also vastly less successful. What went wrong?

tomorrow, the DC chapter of the German Greens will hold their regular convention incl. board elections. And we will be celebrating our 5th anniversary!! Feel free to join us for the party. Those who are interested in attending should send an email to our FB profile - we will share location and time as long as we have enough space ;)

Iraq triggered a relative U.S. decline

Joschka Fischer, former Green politician and German Foreign Minister, on 10 yrs Iraq war: "the Middle East is at risk of becoming the Balkans of the 21st century – a decline into regional chaos that began with, and was largely the result of, the U.S.-led invasion 10 years ago."

dailystar.com.lb The United States has waged three wars since Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001: against Al-Qaeda, in Afghanistan, and in Iraq.

Dresden, N**i-Free: The New Politics of German Civil Disobedience

Dresden, N**i-Free: The New Politics of German Civil Disobedience

dissentmagazine.org This year the anti-fascist alliance Dresden N**ifrei (Dresden Without N***s) can look back on three years of successful campaigning against the largest annual N**i demonstration in all of Europe. In these years, the eastern German city and capital of Saxony became the site of an intense political st...

German Missions in the United States - Remembering Otfried Preußler

Good memories... “Robber Hotzenplotz” Author Has Passed Away

germany.info Preußler wrote more than 30 short stories, novels and plays – many of them award-winning. A few of his most famous titles were “The Robber Hotzenplotz,” “Krabat,” and “The Little Witch.”

Merkel's coaltion suffers setback in key state election | News | DW.DE | 20.01.2013

after today's state elections in Lower Saxony, it is expected that the Greens and Social Democrats will form the state government in Hannover

dw.de Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition has suffered a setback in a key state election. German public television has called the election in favor of the center-left opposition - by the smallest of margins.

A good choice: The German Greens have just elected their leadership for the upcoming elections. More than 36,000 party members voted - congratulations, Katrin Göring-Eckardt & Jürgen Trittin!

Die Mitglieder haben entschieden: Katrin Göring-Eckardt und Jürgen Trittin sind unser Spitzenduo für den Bundestagswahlkampf 2013

Stuttgart becomes first state capital to elect Green mayor

Congrats to Fritz and to the city of Stuttgart!

dw.de Stuttgart has become the first German state capital to elect a Green mayor. This is the first time in decades that the post has not gone to a candidate from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative coalition.

Interview with Economist Joseph Stiglitz: 'The American Dream Has Become a Myth'

wealth disparity is dividing America

spiegel.de The finance industry is to blame for the growing divide between the rich and poor in the United States, says Nobel Prize-winning economics professor Joseph Stiglitz. In an interview with SPIEGEL, he accuses the industry of preying on the poor and buying government policies that help them get richer....

we are looking for a US political journalist in the DC area who speaks German - any suggestions?

Bachmann: ‘We Must Ban Falafel’ in School Lunches

only in America... "jihadi foods" should be banned from school lunches...

dailycurrant.com Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other "jihadi foods" should be banned from school lunches in the United States. In an interview with local television station KSTP in Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that after visiting a ...

Convention 2012 | Green Party of Canada

the 2012 Convention of the Green Party of Canada starts today

greenparty.ca Elizabeth will deliver her keynote address at the Gumboot Gala on Saturday August 18th, at 5:30pm PST. This evening will include: local wine and a Wild Salmon BBQ, CBC personality Arthur Black, and live music from local bands.