Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere celebrated big gains
 

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Europe Wakes up to Climate Concerns After Green Wave in Vote

BERLIN (AP) — Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere celebrated big gains in elections for the 751-seat European Parliament amid growing voter concerns over climate change, expressed in large-scale student protests over recent months.

Provisional results Monday showed the left-leaning Greens' bloc coming fourth in the election with 69 seats, an increase of 17 compared with 2014. If confirmed, the results could put the Greens in a position to tip the scales when it comes to choosing the next head of the European Commission.

The rise of the Greens, with their distinctly pro-European Union stance, marks a counterpoint to that of the far-right, anti-migrant parties that have been growing in popularity across Europe in recent years.

"Whoever wants legitimacy from us and the legitimacy of the many who went onto the streets will need to deliver now," said Sven Giegold, a leading candidate for the German Green party that scooped up more than 20% of the vote nationwide, an increase of almost 10% compared with 2014.

The drift from the traditional heavyweight parties to the Greens in Germany was particularly pronounced in large cities such as Berlin, Munich and Hamburg, and among young voters, where the party beat its bigger rivals among all voters under 60, according to the Infratest dimap research institute.

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc, called the outcome "a wake-up call for politics."

In neighboring France, 25% of voters aged 18-25 voted for the Greens, compared with 15% for the far-right National Rally and 12% for President Emmanuel Macron's Republic on the Move, according to the Ifop polling organization. Overall, the French green party EELV received almost 13.5% of the vote, coming third.

Yannick Jadot, lead candidate of EELV, welcomed the "great green wave" in Europe.

"The French sent us a very clear message: they want environment to be at the heart of our lives, at the heart of the political game and that message has been spread across Europe," he said.

"The very good score of the greens in Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and France sends a signal that the center of gravity of the European politics is shifting, that in addition to the populists and the pro-business (parties), there are the Greens," Jadot said.

Green parties also polled strongly in Austria, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands. In Britain, the Greens — a largely insignificant force nationally — took 11 seats in the European Parliament vote.

"This was kind of a vote for all europhile and pro-integration positions the Greens have championed," Martin Florack, a political scientist at the University of Duisburg-Essen, told German public broadcaster ARD.

The enmity was reflected in comments by Alexander Gauland, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, who declared the Greens "our main enemy" on Monday.

"The Greens will destroy this country and our job must and will be to fight the Greens," said Gauland, whose party has claimed climate change isn't a man-made phenomenon but instead caused by factors such as solar activity, a theory most scientists dismiss.

A senior member of the anti-immigration and euroskeptic Danish People's Party, Kenneth Kristensen Berth, said the issues of the climate and the environment were "a bit hysterical" during the election, but insisted that Denmark's second-largest political group "is not a climate-denial party."

Among those celebrating the Greens' rise was Biggi Tran, a 26-year-old in Berlin. She attributed the result to young people's fears about global warming.

"The climate issue is super important at the moment," Tran said.

Manuel Rivera, a Green party member in the Germany capital, said the European Parliament was the right place to tackle climate change.

"I think people realize that there are issues you can't solve at the national level," he said.

Giegold, the German Greens' lead candidate, said voters expect the party to deliver on its environmental pledges, not secure powerful posts in the executive European Commission.

"Across Europe this was a vote to protect the climate," he said. "People didn't take to the streets to elect or kick out a party, but for these problems to be solved."

Green lawmakers in the European Parliament plan to scrutinize the bloc's 200 billion euro ($223.7 billion) agriculture budget, which environmentalists say places too much emphasis on large-scale farming and not enough on eco-friendly agriculture, he said.

The Greens also want every law passed at the EU-level to undergo a climate check. The party has strongly backed scientists' calls for the bloc to end all greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

Achieving this goal would require a drastic shift in Europe's economy, away from fossil fuels to clean energy and low-carbon lifestyles. Some measures proposed for cutting emissions have already faced strong headwind, including Macron's plan for a fuel tax hike in France that triggered protests from workers even as environmentalists accused the president of not doing enough for the climate.

^^^ Getting a kick out of welcoming rapists and criminals to Europe now completely unable to understand simple facts. You need to check results for France, U.K. Hungary and italy, you lost big!

Bosa you rave over immigrants but how much are you actually doing yourself? I can hook you up with 19 year old Achmed from Syria, he needs a home and someone to take care of him. Great if you have a daughter to show him around as well and teach him how things works in his new country...:2 cents:

LOL.



This video sums up Bosa quite well. See he preaches diversity and inclusion because he lives in a virtually all white country. Reality is tho he would never want them in his neighborhood..

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I am for the (Greens) environment in EU. I am for Diversity and Equality in the US.

Green lawmakers in the European Parliament plan to scrutinize the bloc's 200 billion euro ($223.7 billion) agriculture budget, which environmentalists say places too much emphasis on large-scale farming and not enough on eco-friendly agriculture, he said.

The Greens also want every law passed at the EU-level to undergo a climate check. The party has strongly backed scientists' calls for the bloc to end all greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

Achieving this goal would require a drastic shift in Europe's economy, away from fossil fuels to clean energy and low-carbon lifestyles. Some measures proposed for cutting emissions have already faced strong headwind, including Macron's plan for a fuel tax hike in France that triggered protests from workers even as environmentalists accused the president of not doing enough for the climate.

What the fuck? Why do you care if the US is diverse or not?

You're an oddball dude :2 cents:

A confused individual...:2 cents:

Wants diversity but not in his own continent, yet Europe is the one western continent that takes in most immigrants.

This guy is full of shit. :1orglaugh

Oh and he tells me I'm wrong claiming he gets a kick out of flooding Europe with immigrants all while his avatar says "diversity".

Looks like Bosa will soon take Cruc place as gfy's Jester.

Yeah, diversity for the U.S. but not for his all white country. How come he isn't fighting for diversity in Japan or Korea? How about in China? Or any African countries? Why is it wherever the true minority of the world (whites) reside, only those places have to be flooded with "diversity?"

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The US needs to become more like Europe. More open minded more environmental more for the people. You need to stop Killing African Americans in the street Every day. You need to criminalize hate speech all white supremacist, nazis and KKK like in Germany. All these people should be in Jail forever. They are a danger to society.

Why is Mexico so poor? You need to help them. Just like the EU helps poorer countries in the EU build roads and infrastructure in those countries. If you helped them they would have no reason to come to the US for work or a better life. You should create a EU style Nation. Both the Americas come together as one One America. You would help each others economies and peoples. There would be no immigration or economic problem. Only rich tourist from these countries. It would benefit all people in the One America. Instead of building the wall you should give all this money to the South American Governments to help them. Build more plants and support more companies in south America. Just a thought.

forget it - this morons will never understand it.

The word "resist" makes a me cringe a little bit . . .

Because White Americans brought millions of African Slaves to America. America is one of biggest and one of the biggest country in the world that has the most Ancestors of African Slaves STILL abusing them jailing them and killing them to this day EVERY DAY. No other country does this.

There are NO American white slaves anywhere in the world. This is why.

Why do Asia or Africa need diversity. They never enslaved white people.

Interesting how Korea, China and Japan were never colonized europeans (expect for Hong Kong and they had to give it back to China) and are doing better than any of their neighbors or colonized countries of Africa and others. Maybe this is why they don't want diversity can you blame them.

More voting Green is a good thing. The problem with the Greens is what they support. More illegal immigration will produce more carbon making saving the world harder.

Please post proof of any green party supporting ILLEGAL immigration.

Please explain the physics behind whatever immigration producing more carbon.

Thank you.


PS: I did vote but I did not vote any green party.

1. If they don't commit crimes they don't go to jail.

2. There are no American slaves in the world because everyone knows the USA would take a hostile action.

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Here's your diversity in action.

I'm slowly being surrounded by Pakistani and Syrian Muslims. (I hear they're building a 4th mosque in my area)

They park in front of the fire hydrant, right on the corner and on most Fridays if there's a spot open in my driveway someone will park there too.

I have called.. called... called and called the cops. The damn police never show up and absolutely no one gets a ticket.

To be honest if in the 60s I had known what I know now... I would beat the shit out of every hippie I knew. Myself included.

i really don´t know what to say about that much dumbness !
it is unbelievable HOW dumb humans can be.

One of the largest threats to the planet is human-generated greenhouse gases. More people = more greenhouse gases. More immigrants with high birth rates like the people from shit holes that you love to import = lots and lots of more people and lots of more greenhouse gases.

What's so hard to understand about that, twink nazi?

It's being way overhyped.

Don't get me wrong I'm all in favor of everyone being responsible to clean up after themselves. But all this crap about the planet going to die is just another scam to make money

I agree, I'm just parroting back his own talking points to him.

Getting old has its obvious drawbacks. But if you live long enough and you don't have your head up your own ass then you tend to experience and see life for what it is.

I've lived through the bomb being dropped on Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc.
I've been a fucked up hippie, 70s druggie, etc.

So I've head all this WORLD IS GOING TO END bullshit many many times before and it never does.

In fact all that happens is a small group of people makes a shit load of money pretty much pulling the same kind of crap old school pornographers did. Only that small group of people screaming doom do it so much bigger and better than any pornographer could.

i really do not want to answer that as all of you seem to be same dumb.

do you know that carbon does not know borders?

do you belevee that they have LESS babies when they are in their homeland?

do you believe that they have enough options there not to burn their plasicwaste in the garden?

do you think that in their homelands they will get the education HOW to prevent waste and carbon?

tell me one single reason why that should INCREASE carbon you dumbfuck.

you guys have the head full of shit and you're an insult to the word intelligence.

in all my 62 years on this planet i have never seen more dumbs in one place than here on gfy.

They only did so well due to voter confusion.Everyone I know who voted for the 'Green' party, thought they were voting to legalise Cannabis in the UK... FACT!