Congratulations to Ska Keller and José Bové, who have been selected as our leading candidates for the European Elections in May. Here's a short biography of each of these impressive politicians.

Live from 11h00 CET!

Please join us as we annouce the results of our innovative Green Primary, and introduce our two Green leading candidates to Europe!

At 11h00 CET tomorrow, we will announce our two leading candidates for the upcoming Green European election campaign. This duo will head our campaign across the EU, and present our vision for Europe's future. Europe needs Green change, and the change we will bring is a more sustainable, fairer and democratic EU.

The Czech Green Party (Strana zelených) held its Congress in Prague on January 25-26. After the early national election in October the board of the party announced that they would resign, to give way for new voices. Delegates chose the party's new leaders on the first day of the Congress. Outgoing Chairman Ondřej Liška was re-elected for the fourth time since 2009 with a substantial majority.

"The sharp escalation in the current political crisis, that has manifested itself in large and disproportionate use of force against protesters by Interior Ministry special forces in Kiev (during negotiations with representatives of the leaders of the opposition) is due to a stubborn unwillingness by the authorities to listen to the people, on whose behalf it runs the country."

Today, the European Commission released a communication outlining its proposals for Europe's 2030 targets – the centre piece of Europe’s climate and energy policy after 2020. The proposal is totally unsuitable for tackling the new challenges presented by climate change, with a target of 40% CO2 reduction, a low voluntary target for renewables and no target at all for energy efficiency.

On Wednesday January 22, we're hosting the fourth and final live chat with one of the Green Primary Contenders!

With: Rebecca Harms
When: 18h00 - 19h00 CET
Where: the EGP Facebook Page

The four contenders in the Green Primary will be taking part in two separate debates this week, in Rome and Paris. The Rome debate, hosted by Green Italia – Verdi will take place on Monday 20 January. The Paris debate, hosted by Europe Écologie - Les Verts will take place the next day, on Tuesday 21 January.

As populist parties push an anti-immigration, anti-European, eurosceptic message, along with driving the reemergence of nationalism across Europe, these Green Primary debates are a vital opportunity to show that the Greens reject this philosophy and have a better, more coherent and inclusive vision for Europe's future. Europe isn't just a group of separate nations - We Are Europe.

The Scottish Green party are in with a strong chance of a seat in the European elections in May, after polls put them within 1% of snatching victory from the United Kingdom's populist Eurosceptic party, UKIP.