Yannis Paraskevopoulos was born in Athens in 1960. He has been active in the Green Cities initiatives, the climate movement, sustainable transport issues, as well as the anti-globalisation movement in the early 2000s. He is a founding member of Oikologoi Prasinoi, the Greek Greens, and was their party co- spokesperson from 2010 to 2011.
Articles
13.11.2020
Eastern Mediterranean Manoeuvres: Alternatives to Greece and Turkey’s Tensions
Peace, diplomacy and keeping fossil fuel in the ground can still prevail in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Read more19.12.2017
Bypassing Environmental Guarantees for Good: Constitutional Reform in Greece
Could reforms on the horizon in Greece mean the end of environmental protection?
Read more14.09.2016
Perpetuating Austerity : SYRIZA, the Greek Greens and the failed 2015 (re)negotiation project (part 1)
After a promising start, how did everything go so wrong in Greece for Syriza, with redoubled austerity imposed to the detriment of the Greek people and their environment? Yannis Paraskevopoulos analyses some key mistakes Syriza made and the role of the Greek Greens in the process. First of a two-part series.
Read more14.09.2016
Perpetuating Austerity: SYRIZA, the Greek Greens and the Failed 2015 (re)Negotiation Project (part 2)
After a promising start, how did everything go so wrong in Greece for Syriza, with redoubled austerity imposed to the detriment of the Greek people and their environment? Yannis Paraskevopoulos analyses some key mistakes Syriza made and the role of the Greek Greens in the process. Second in a two-part series.
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