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few ideas and ways forward ...

Gabriel Cohn-Bendit,
President of Friends of Europe Ecology




1) Europe Ecology new force on the political spectrum still gestation.

Currently Ecology Europe is a name. The operational structure is the Green Party.
This is not to continue. The apparatus of the Green Party has done everything that Europe Ecology has no independent existence. The Green Party control the finances, checking out the site and files, checked up the lists and monitor the discussions with partners especially with the PS for the second round of regional elections.

There will be disappointments comrades who believe themselves eligible positions will be eliminated. He will fight to enforce the order of candidates on the lists.
The PS will lend itself to this game, the Green Party is less dangerous for them and they will do qu'EuropeÉcologie to break Europe Ecology. Apparatchiks Greens like Jean Vincent Square will be more concerned about their future Senate seat by building a force that can compete effectively with the PS in the first instance and in more than a second.

2) What to do?

We, the Friends of Europe Ecology, have agreed not to appear publicly during the campaign. But we do not say we did not think about what needs to change as Europe Ecology becomes a force that no longer depend on the apparatus of the Greens. I distinguish the party, the Green unit, activists of the Greens as the basis of many elected officials.
I think even a majority of activists Greens no longer support their unit or its symbol in the flesh and bone Jean Vincent Place.

a) The dual membership.

Ecology Europe must become a political force that accepts among its adherents from other political parties, the Greens, of course, but also activists MEI, GE, PS, PC, Cap 21 MODEM and the last but most importantly all those who belong to no political structure. All must accept the common charter, whose main lines have already been developed during the European elections, which were identified during the regional elections and that we will identify even before the convention of establishment Europe-Ecology, which could take place in May 2010.

b) contributions or money the sinews of war.

Europe-Ecology to determine its membership dues of X euros. Those who are or want to join the Greens or any other political party will pay another fee to those parties that these parties set independently. Yes we are to allow for dual membership to those who want it. But Europe-Ecology we know only of members from Europe-Ecology. And at the cantonal elections and legislative elections of 2012, the name under which the candidates will arise Europe-Ecology, or name the founding convention will be, and it is this political qu'iront funds. So we have a year to prepare the cantonal and two years for the legislation. Yes I know it will not be alone.

3) activists.

In the traditional parties, including the Greens, called activist men and women who meet at least once a month from 20h to 22h and sometimes much later in the evening if the retransmission a great game of football or rugby or evening when the canal + happening masterpiece of one of the greatest filmmakers. And all this for sessions very boring and it does not say much, but onse or made known to participate in the race for the nomination, trying to be part of good team, and so on of the best.

But today there are tens of thousands of young and young at heart (and I) do not want to play these games. They are willing to participate in all discussions by the internet to promote themselves to the internet to vote online and physically participate in major events and putting up posters and mobilize for elections, and even scandal oh to be a candidate . Some actively campaigning in associations of environmental protection, international solidarity, human homeless etc. .... Be enrolled in a party, yes, lose his time at the expense of practical action, no.

Yes there will be in Europe a new kind of ecology activists in their own right but not masochists. I already see and hear traditional activists cry foul, someone who does not come to meetings have the same weight in decision making than them always present.

4) decision-making bodies elected.

a) steering and animation yes but elected.

Everyone can arise, and is based on texts they have or will be elected by electronic voting. Transversely but there will be national networks that are particularly interested in a particular sector to work together and will have performances at the national level. For me it would be a network that addresses the problems of education in France, but especially in Africa. Some work
economic problems at local, national, European and global levels. We all benefit from their thoughts as they benefit from ours. On all issues we will use "experts" to help our thinking. Again, we will have to keep closing way party that promotes sectarianism.

b) A charter membership.

We must develop a charter that will be the basis of membership. I said we already have the main axes. It is on this basis that the accession will not the "where are you from? "Whether you come for the Greens, Cap21 MEI GE PS PC Left Front (Yes Martine Billard has its place in Europe Ecology). But as activists modem that will accept our charter, and not just Ben and Yann Wehrling.

I know some grab the buttons to the idea, but these rashes can be treated. I had the same when I am talking about the Greens, and today in Europe Ecology I'm not the only one, but we treat, with shock therapy but it must be achieved. During this campaign where we chose independence in the first round, some fellow environmentalists have chosen to form an alliance in the first round with the PS. Greens speak of exclusion. In Europe Ecology these comrades will have their place. It will not be easy for them, but again we must make the effort. They have long since proved that they were environmental activists.

Conclusion any provisional texts to discuss and not to take or leave.

I would like to recall the brief history Ecology in Europe. When Danny told me about his desire to make a final European campaign in France, I told him OK but certainly not as head of the Green Party list. "You remember the night the results, Dominique said" we pay him a ticket to Frankfurt and they leave us alone. " And when Danny proposed its TGV "left the third green, he was booed auxjournées Summer Lorient. It was

rewrite this bad scenario.

"If you drive a list that will a list of open environmentalists Greens but not even list Green open to other environmentalists. For the Green Party, as once the PC and like all parties, fellow travelers. Some Greens like Jean Vincent Place have spread the rumor that Danny wanted to come to France because he would not be allowed to appear in Germany. Disparage, defame, there will always be something. Yes

Jean Vincent acknowledges that he had bad information, but the arrangement
so well.

Only the situation of the Greens in the opinion was so bad that they had no alternative but to accept. The divorce between awareness of environmental issues in public opinion, we could measure the success of Nicolas Hulot and low electoral scores of the Green party was crying, and many greens, such as Yves Cochet, Marie-Hélène Aubert and others posed clearly.

The apparatus Green accepted the deal Dany, a list of half-green half not green. It was a daring direction for the Green Party, with 10% because there were three green 8 elected, including Danny and five non-green. With 16%, the result was 7 green and 7 non-Greens.
It's just after things went awry. Green for the device, it was not about building a new political force.

Jean Vincent Place was made clear during a meeting of the Friends of EuropeÉcologie.

Greens remain the spine, nervous system and it goes without saying the brain in Europe Ecology. The Greens, great body sick, thin to frighten, needed by Jean-Vincent a little flesh and fat to be presentable. The nongreen were therefore a bit of muscle and fat. We had to be the desire of the Green Futures.

Everything is decided elsewhere. This also is the Green Party.

for European

If the weight was sufficient to Dany impose a number of choices, it was quite different for the region. Here, the unit has played Green background. He decided that without intervention of any order of Green candidates, but he also decided that the order of non-green. That is what must change and change for Ecology that Europe continues to live.

This is just the beginning continue the debate.


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