Ska Keller

This year's anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights highlights the "four freedoms" and the situations that still need us to act worldwide

This year’s anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights highlights the “four freedoms” and the situations that still need us to act worldwide

The European Parliament adopted a resolution that demands swift and resolute action from the Member States, to put an end the humanitarian catastrophe in the Mediterranean.

Commenting on the results of the European Parliament elections, Ska Keller, leading candidate of the European Green Party says: “The outcome of these European elections reveals how the Greens are once again a strong group. We saw enthusiastic Green campaigns and encouraging results from many corners of Europe. I travelled to more than 30 cities in more than half of all EU member states. And everywhere people were motivated and enthusiastic in fighting for our Green ideas.

Green leading candidates Ska Keller and José Bové have released their proposals for the Green EU Commission Presidency. The proposals highlight that the direction Europe will take is the choice of the European people, and theirs alone. Europe can't continue with the same old policies – it is time to reclaim the European project.

The Eurovision Debate, which was the final televised presidential debate, took place in Brussels last night. It was broadcast across 49 TV stations, 39 websites and 10 radio stations across the world, and saw Green leading candidate Ska Keller impress with how she presented our vision for how Europe can and must do better.

European media broadly agree – Ska was one of last night's stand out appearances. Here's a short selection of what people are saying.

An explosion and a fire have killed hundreds of workers at a coal mine in the city of Soma in western Turkey - hundreds are still trapped in the mine. Green leading candidate Ska Keller commented on the events, "We are deeply sorry to hear about the tragic accident in Soma and the death of hundreds of mine workers."

Yesterday 14 more people died off the coast of Lampedusa, after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank off Europe's southern border. On Sunday, a further 36 migrants died on their way to Europe. Commenting on these events, Green leading candidate Ska Keller said, "It is shameful that day after day migrants perish on their way to Europe. This must be a wake up call for the European Union to fundamentally change its migration policy."

The European Greens have reacted with disappointment on the outcome of discussions on the Financial Trade tax, calling it unambitious and token. The agreement between the European countries no longer resembles the ambitious approach suggested by the Commission. For it to be truly effective, a solid agreement must have an ambitious tax rate, and not be delayed until 2016. It is now simply a stock-transfer tax on share transactions, that misses the point of the tax in the first place. 

Greens from all over Europe came to take part in the Green Campaign Kick-off Café Europe in Berlin, with the Green candidates sending out the same message: Europe can and must do better. We Greens are fighting for an ecological, more democratic Europe with more solidarity.