Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

The Swedish Green Party has just formed a government with the Social Democrats blocking right-wing extremists from power. This will be their second time in government after having been elected in 2014. It will include 5 Green Ministers.

The European Green Party has elected Ska Keller of the German Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Bas Eickhout of the Dutch Greens GroenLinks as the leading candidates (spitzenkandidaten) ahead of the European elections in May. The vote was held at the European Greens’ Council in Berlin.

European Green Party co-chairs Reinhard Bütikofer and Monica Frassoni comment on the successful European Parliament vote on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment