Talk:European Green Party

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[edit] Name

Two things:

  • the second link doesn't work at the moment (maybe because it was a live stream and the conference is over?)
  • I have seen both "European Greens" and "European Green Party" in various announcements as name and wasn't able to find out which is the correct one. Does anyone know about this?

-- till we *) 21:28, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

European Left was founded in january, wasn't it? Secretlondon 21:37, Feb 21, 2004 (UTC)

Maybe it's only propaganda, but as far as I see, the difference is between "party" and "association of parties". Is European Left a party (or on the verge of becoming one), or is just an association like the other pan-european party-associations, which exist for quite a long time? -- till we *) 10:52, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It's a party as far as I can tell. Secretlondon 12:46, Feb 22, 2004 (UTC)

It's confusing: The Welt article on the PDS website listed as external link on European Left says:
"Ende März oder April, auf alle Fälle "noch vor der Europawahl im Juni" soll die Partei der europäischen Linken (EL) gegründet werden." (The party of european left shall be founded in the end of March or in April, but "before the European elections")
This would make European Greens the first founded party. On the other hand, [1] says it was the founding of a party. But this article also says:
"The meeting and the founding of the new alliance or party - unions of rightwing, Social Democratic, Green and other groups in the European Parliament already exist, did not hide sharp differences of opinion on the left in some countries." [2]
I interpret this as "they are the last to form a pan-European party association/alliance". What European Greens are doing, is one step further. -- till we *) 12:54, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
After thinking and googling a bit, my conclusion (see also [3]) is the following:
  • European Left isn't founded yet, the statutes are yet to be written down
  • European Left seems to be more like a classical pan-European umbrella organization (to get EU election support)
  • European Greens have signed a constituting treaty today.
  • They have decided about statutes etc. in November, 2003 in a meeting in Luxembourg
  • European Greens go a step further than the classical umbrella organization
Conclusion: It's okay to describe European Greens as the first true European party. -- till we *) 13:15, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)


I thought the Natural Law Party was first although I think they never won a seat. It was/is related to Maharishi Yogi's Transcedental MeditationAndries 20:51, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Technically that could be true, but I'm not so sure if a party that doesn't win seats ever counts. Maybe the page should be changed to say something like "first party with seats in the EP". -- till we *) 21:18, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] European Federation of Green Parties

I feel that this should be merged with European Federation of Green Parties any thoughts? --Ehouk1 14:38, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Absolutely not. Separate successor organization. -The Tom 17:31, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
    • The European Federation of Green Parties probally needs improving then as this does not seem clear, rather it seems that they are the same thing, if this is wrong it needs to be changed. --Ehouk1 20:55, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
    • I've attempted to clarify the other article, to stop it claiming the two are just different names for the same thing. I don't really know the details, though, so it may still be incorrect. - IMSoP 16:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Needs updating in 2006

Hi, it now appears obvious that the European Green Party is just an evolution of the Federation of European Green Parties. In 2005 new regulations were issued by the European Commission concerning the organization of national parties at the European level. All political tendencies represented in the European Parliament had to undergo the same reform, in order to continue receiving public fundings. To be even more precise, the European Commission decided public funds should not be given anymore to the political groups in the European Parliaments and then to the pan-European federations, but instead should be granted directly from the Commission to the federations.


Furthermore, for any political group, the Greens no more no less than others, the meetings can take place only between delegates of the national parties, i.e. not delegates from grassroots elections, grassroot individuals can join but in that case are only allowed to consult documents generally available to the public and certainly not to vote and make decisions, and the "party" is not allowed to participate in any electoral campaign in any member country. What the European Commission calls "European Parties" are only allowed to spend their money on meetings and information campaigns.

It seems to me the readership should be made aware of what the slightly unusual use of the word "party" here. Besides, 98% of Green European MPs will confirm that it is just an adaptation to new regulations, that those new regulations don't allow the formation of a an active party, and that there is no intention from the European Greens to override those regulations from the European Commission.

Consequently I think it is improper, now in 2006, to call it "first" or "true" whatever. It reads a bit like propaganda. Please contact me or write here if you object future changes in that direction. I wish to demote the importance of this organization, which is indeed only used as a consultative body by ALL European national Green parties.--Arnaudherve 12:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] According to status written by the European Commission

I have removed the following sentence, because it is simply not true: "The European Greens are the first real European political party organization, in so far as every member of the member parties is also a member of the European party. ". Such a clause may be part of a respectable project for the political future of Europe, but there is simply no legal possibility to implement it at the moment. Hence it doesn't exist. --Arnaudherve 15:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)