Europe's Green parties are looking for a new lease of life

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Europe's Green parties are looking for a new lease of life  After a string of disappointing election results, European Green parties appear to be in decline. More than 40 of their leaders recently met in Brussels in an attempt to revive their fortunes.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/16/europes-green-parties-are-looking-for-a-new-lease-of-life  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Europe's fading green parties met in Brussels to learn from their electoral setbacks and prepare for a comeback.

00:11The party wants to focus on a just transition that addresses citizens' concerns.

00:16To achieve this, the ecologists want to support a green investment plan.

00:20What definitely we need is to give concrete responses to the daily concerns,

00:26to the cost of living of the citizens, and this is what we try also to discuss this afternoon

00:32with an investment plan that we would like to promote at the European level.

00:37We believe that it is very important not to put in confrontation the defence and security budget

00:44with the just transition and the cost of living in a more social Europe.

00:49But that requires investments and political courage to go through.

00:54Meanwhile, at a time when simplification is the watchword of the European Commission,

00:59the party's co-president is concerned about the future of the Green Pact,

01:03the EU's roadmap for achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

01:08I'm concerned. You know, that phrase, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, comes to mind.

01:15In other words, if we simplify European legislation, we cannot lose sight of why those laws are there.

01:24So, for instance, on corporate sustainability due diligence, this is to try and stop modern-day sweatshops in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

01:34The ecologists have suffered electoral setbacks in the European Parliament in Germany and Austria.

01:41According to Kieron Koff, this was due to the party's inability to grasp the issue of defence.

01:47On Friday, the Greens insisted on the need to look at security not only in terms of defence but also in terms of food and environmental security.

01:56The European Union and Australia

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