The South Tyrolean Greens ‘Verdi-GrüneVërc’ were elected to become full members of the European Green Party in a vote today during our bi-annual Council* meeting being held in Tampere. They had been candidate members for the past two years.

Evelyne Huytebroeck and Thomas Waitz have been elected as the new European Green Party co-chairs following a vote by delegates gathered in Tampere, Finland on 10 November for our bi-annual Council meeting. They take over from Monica Frassoni and Reinhard Bütikofer who reach the end of their term.

The Green wave continues to roll on in Switzerland this weekend in the latest in a string of victories for Green parties across Europe. We congratulate the Swiss Greens on this emphatic victory for Green values, which has stemmed the rise of a toxic far-right political narrative.

Poland’s Green Party Zieloni won three seats in Poland’s national parliament following General Elections held on 13 October.  

The Austrian Green party ‘Die Grünen’ is projected to score a historic best of 14 percent in General elections on Sunday. This would mark a 10 percentage point increase compared to previous elections held in 2017.

Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet were elected this weekend Sunday 15 September with 92% of the vote as the new co-presidents of the francophone Belgium Green party Ecolo.

The Norwegian Greens Miljøpartiet De Grønne have scored historic results in local elections with a significant increase compared to the last elections four years ago. In the capital Oslo, they nearly doubled their vote share and now claim over 15% of the vote.

The German Greens, Bündnis 90 - Die Grüne scored their best ever result in two eastern state elections on Sunday 1 September winning 10.8% of the vote in Brandenburg and 8.6% in Saxony.

Follow the live stream with European Commission President nominee Ursula von der Leyen at the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament between 16:30 - 18:30 on Wednesday 10 July.