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    Parliaments around the world are going Green - by frog



    The New Zealand Green Party is proportionally the second biggest Green Party in the world. We’re just a fraction behind the Luxembourg Green Party. Overall, the German green party Alliance ‘90/The Greens has the most number of MPs in a Parliament, with 68 out of 622 (10.9%). Proportionally the Luxembourg green party, The Greens, has [...] read more
    December 15, 2011 11:47 am - 5 Comments
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    Greens could lead Government in Germany, and here… - by frog



    The Greens are now the largest opposition party in Germany, according to a poll commissioned by news magazine Stern. Support for the center-left environmentalist party has risen to 28 percent, seven points higher than in the previous survey. The Social Democrats (SPD), traditionally Germany’s largest center-left party, are polling at 23 percent. Add up the numbers! read more
    April 8, 2011 6:46 pm - 9 Comments
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    German Greens say ‘Yes, we Cem!’ - by frog



    Germany’s Green Party on Saturday elected Cem Oezdemir as one of its co-leaders, the first time one of Germany’s major parties has elevated a child of Turkish immigrants to such a high position. The German Greens, probably the world’s oldest and largest Green Party (depending on whether you count the Values Party as part of [...] read more
    November 18, 2008 2:46 pm - 12 Comments
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    Science solves global warming - by frog



    Every once in while someone comes up with a nifty new idea that’s going to save us from facing up to global warming and solving it the old fashioned ‘hard work’ way.  Last week we had Helen Clark’s Emissions Trading Scheme that exempts most major polluters.  Previously some of you may remember proposals for giant [...] read more
    May 15, 2008 9:26 am - 4 Comments
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    Germany’s Green-Conservative alliance - by frog



    Following on from Kiwiblog’s promotional efforts on behalf of the New Zealand Greens yesterday it is interesting to note that in the port city of Hamburg Germany’s Christian Democrats and Greens have just signed regional coalition agreement. The Christian Democrats are led nationally by chancellor Angle Merkel and are Germany’s largest Conservative Party.  The Christian [...] read more
    April 18, 2008 1:53 pm - 3 Comments