Green Parties

Portugal heads to the polls in a week. For years an outpost for successful progressive government in the European Union, Portugal’s Socialist-led government lost its majority in late 2021. What can we expect from the snap elections? What role will Portugal’s green political forces play in shaping the country’s future?

Inês de Sousa Real explains how unemployment, corruption, and short-sighted policies are holding Portugal back from a greener future.

MEP Alviina Alametsä explains what the results of June 2021 local elections mean for Finnish politics and the country’s place in Europe.

An interview with political scientist Vanessa Jérome analysing what motivates activists to mobilise and campaign for the French Greens.

We asked Mohssin El Ghabri how ECOLO is navigating the current Belgian context and the party’s political ambitions.

Green MP Urszula Zielinska discusses issues shaping political debate in Poland and the prospect of the 2023 elections.

Green MEP David Cormand explains how the Greens can challenge the neoliberal and far-right duopoly in the French presidential elections of 2022.

French politics are honing in on the 2022 presidential election – and there is a way for Greens to stay in the race.

The recent local elections in Croatia, and in particular Zagreb, have been marked by the overwhelming success of the Green-Left coalition.

Jonathan Piron discusses Benoît Lechat’s contribution to ecological thinking about democracy.