a mouthpiece in, another out. On Friday began the congress to mark the start for the Green Party after four say the least chaotic weeks. Two of the six ministers have been forced from their posts and within the party smoldering dissatisfaction at not having succeeded better in office.
With 229 votes for Isabella Lövin and 200 for Gustav Fridolin – of 263 representatives – elected the both as expected the new spokesperson savings.
at the subsequent press conference thanked briefly and said that they are “tagged” for future missions – but had a great hurry to start talking politics.
Full Friday reminded leading ecologists that the party is about to push through two of the three (out of 221) electoral promises and the couple Fridolin / Lövin was no exception.
the two also took the to present an initiative on strengthening efforts for peace in the world. The idea is that the so-called peace package will enhance the synergies between policies and concrete aid efforts.
– We are already doing a lot of peace and conflict building, but want to sharpen the work even more. In today live half of the poorest people in conflict-affected countries, said Minister for Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin.
Both she and Gustav Fridolin, as well as outgoing spokesperson Åsa Romson, spoke repeatedly about the party must becoming better at marketing the success the party feel they have achieved in office.
However, if the new spokesperson couple’s appearance was brief and to the point – Speaking hold the latter during the Congress – was Romson the more emotional on stage.
Åsa Romson expressed pride in the changes her party received to the Government – including the successes she mentioned is a new climate change bill, more charging stations, more biogas, repaired rail and more homes – but also reminded that it is spoken party had A few years ago no longer go home the same way.
in just four weeks then signed her new UN global climate agreement, the climate minister’s words, “makes climate efforts may change in the whole world. “
– For me the importance of the contract clear in the Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary general comment was that” our chances of survival are still there, “she said.
Åsa Romson leaving the government when she resigns as mouthpieces are known. On Friday, she had not yet decided whether she will retain his seat in parliament, but noted that she has some “very strong case” for further work in the house and that she has some comp to take out.
Romson is not only to leave after the congress. After five years as party secretary leaves Anders Wallner – who hopes to train as police – over to Amanda Lind.
– The toughest challenge for me personally was the migration agreement last fall. We got to finally accept a politics that goes in the wrong direction on issues for many of us among the most important, said Wallner and lifted after the success in the European elections as the biggest success.
this year the MP Congress is the theme of sustainable global development, which means that agents motions may only touch on that topic. The refugee issue is central and on Saturday is expected a number of members to fight for a refugee amnesty for undocumented, something the party has opposed.
One of the biggest challenges of the Green Party British relaunch gets ahead of elections in 2018 will, according to Gustav Fridolin, to tell how much of it is happening related to environmental problems:
– An example is the refugee situation today and how it is related to the long drought in Syria, he said.
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