Questions tagged [green-party]
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Blackmailing green parties by promoting coal or nuclear energy, can it work? [closed]
Greens are quite vehemently prefering non-ecomonical, ideological ways in their communication, but how does it work in their actual deeds?
I think, having such ideas, which do not lead directly to ...
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Why would Canadian Green party members be highly supportive of the Freedom Convoy's demands to drop covid restrictions?
The Freedom Convoy are truckers and supporters who are protesting (and blockading) in Ottawa against covid measures. Ostensibly it started out with cross-border truckers getting a vaccine mandate, ...
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What are "original struggles" according to the Belgian Ecolo party?
The name of the Belgian green party "Ecolo" stands for "Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles" (Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes ...
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Why does Germany's traffic light coalition seem more likely than ever before?
Even though the parties of the Germany's grand coalition - CDU/CSU and SPD regained majority support in this year's election, according to the commentators, the traffic light coalition has the ...
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What are some of the biggest differences between Germany's SPD and The Greens?
At glance, the SPD and green party in Germany seem to pursue agendas too similar for me to see the difference. What are some of the most prominent ones?
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Is overturning Citizens United part of the Green Party Platform?
Is over turning Citizen's United v. FEC officially part of the Green Party's platform? Does it include other mentions changing campaign finance laws?
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What would a Green Party's position be when their country is under military invasion? [closed]
This question is referring to political parties that advocate green politics in general, rather than any specific party in a particular country.
While I understand that pacifist and anti-war policies ...
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How has the US Movement for a People's Party engaged with existing parties?
Over the past several years, a "Movement for a People's Party" has gained some traction in the US. As it seems to be a popular-front-type initiative, its attitude towards existing non-...
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What was the invitation of running for the Green Party in 2016 for Sanders?
In 2016 election, Bernie Sanders declined an invitation from US Green Party to run as a candidate representing the Green Party.
Was that an invitation for the general election?
Did that ...
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Brighton Pavilion and the Green Party
The sole Green Party MP in the House of Commons is Caroline Lucas, who has continuously represented the seat of Brighton Pavilion since 2010, prior to which it was held by Labour.
East Sussex, like ...
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Is there any country other than Austria with a conservative-Green government?
Austria is now going to have a coalition government between the right-wing People's Party and the Greens.
This is interesting; the parties are, from a US perspective, pretty much opposites of each ...
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Why are green parties so often opposed to nuclear power?
As far as I can tell, green political parties worldwide are almost all opposed to nuclear power.
Considering nuclear power is a low-carbon source of electricity (in fact, in terms of the total-...
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What supposed dynamics within the US Green Party prevent its growth?
In this recent interview, journalist Chris Hedges (the interviewer) says that:
The Green party is largely dysfunctional. I've spent a lot of time with the Green Party and I won't support the ...
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Are there currently sensible differences between european socialist and green parties?
In Belgium, they both have almost the same ideas. They want to stop nuclear power plants in 2025 and change to renewable energy , promote public transport, affordable health care for everyone,...
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Did a Green party ever come first in national elections?
In Opinion polls for the Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017, the Vinstrihreyfingin – grænt framboð (Left-Green Movement) is leading in most polls, with recent polls giving it 22%–30% with a 0%–8% ...
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