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Dutch railways will stop exploiting the existing intercity service between Roosendaal and Antwerp as soon as the HSL (high speed train) is ready. This means that people from Zeeland have to travel 20 minutes longer to Antwerp, just across the dutch-belgian border. Last week dutch Minister of Transport Eurlings promised to do his best to continue at least some time the intercity service. He answered questions of the opposition in the dutch parliament (GroenLinks and SP).
This example shows that cross border public transport has to be an important issue on the green agenda for the European elections in 2009.

Jos van Dijk

Vienna - The very day Al Gore and the IPCC were awarded the Peace Nobel Prize, satisfaction was tangible at the European Green Party’s Council opening in Vienna. Most participants were very pleased at the world-wide attention the Greens’ (not any more) unique selling proposition is now getting even in the most polluting countries. But as Greens always beeing avant-garde , especially on climate protection, they went a step further at once: for a thriving economy, combat climate change! More »

Vienna – By announcing it will actively encourage Individual Supportership within its member parties, the European Green Party committee has, for the first time, recognised the added value  individual participation might have. The Heerlen Group, having campaigned for this participation since 2002, has been invited to help to make the expectations come true. If it will have enough space to do this without loosing its grassroots ideals and energy, it might in time merge into the EGP structures. More »

Both French and English-Welsh Greens are divided over party leadership since the summer. But whereas in the UK the fight the fight in the Green Party of England and Wales is about improving already good chances for a national breakthrough, at the other side of the Channel the very existence of the party is at stake. More »