The congress of European environmental parties opens in Lyon this Friday, February 2. Four months before the European elections, the Greens intend to put themselves in battle order to try to advance their presence in Parliament but also to maintain environmental concerns at the heart of European Union policy,
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“ This is the most important election of the decade » according to environmentalists. Because the fear is great to see the right and the extreme right join forces to form a majority in Parliament at the end of the 2024 European elections. This would notably signal the end of Green Deal, believe the Greens. It is therefore necessary to make themselves heard during the campaign and the common program that they will adopt this weekend is one of the ways for them to achieve this.
A political family united »
Among the priorities already set: an organization which Mélanie Vogel, vice-president of the continental environmental movement, welcomes, “ we are the most united of European political families », Judges the French senator. A legitimacy that the Greens intend to strengthen by welcoming new members this weekend, from Lithuania and Croatia.
“ Our diagnostics are at the heart of the news »
The common candidate for the presidency of the European Commission will also be chosen on this occasion from four candidates including the German Terry Reintke, who currently chairs the parliamentary group in Brussels. But the battle promises to be particularly tough, the Greens recognize: “ Environmentalists are all the more attacked as our diagnoses and solutions are at the heart of the news », explains Mélanie Vogel, “ they inevitably become the object of political conflicts “.
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