29th Council, European Green Party 23-25 November 2018, Berlin, Germany
Venue Telekom Hauptstadrepräsentanz Französische Strasse 31a-c
Adopted Minutes
Friday, 23 November 2018
Welcome Words 13:00 – 13:30
Speakers: • Monica Frassoni: Co-chair of the EGP • Antje Kapek: Co-chair of the Green Group in the Berlin state parliament • Annalena Baerbock: Co-chair of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Germany
Monica Frassoni welcomes the participants to the 29th EGP Council in Berlin. She starts by informing the participants that the two Turkish Greens co-leaders, Eylem Tuncaelli and Naci Sönmez, had their passports confiscated by the Turkish authorities and were not allowed to travel to Berlin. She then salutes the newly elected Green party leaders.
She states that this Council officially starts the Greens common European electoral campaign, and that for the first time Greens can be game changers in shaping Europe’s future. She claims that the recent successes of the “Green wave”, which includes electoral and civil rights victories, stem from the fact that Greens have a European character and are seen as an alternative to both status quo mainstream parties and nationalist forces. Monica Frassoni calls for the Greens to transform the Green wave into more votes and garner support for their policies even across party lines, in a moment when the fight against climate change is visibly lagging behind. She also argues that Europe is not a doomed project and stresses the role that Greens have in this battle as the most cohesive pro-European parties.
Monica Frassoni warns that Green policies for an ecological transition must be perceived as rooted in solidarity and equity, if they are to be widely supported. She continues by underlining the urgency and importance of taking immediate action to save the planet.
She concludes by paying homage to the late Savvas Philippou (Cyprus Greens) and Tony Cooreman (Groen) and gives the floor to Antje Kapek.
Antje Kapek starts by highlighting the historical and political links between Berlin and the history of Europe. She states that, against the extremist and populist governments across Europe and in the US, the Greens stand in defence of the European project and European
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values, such as peace, fundamental rights and decent standards of life. Antje Kapek claims that only a united and more democratic Europe can tackle today’s challenges, such as climate change and digitization, which can only be solved on a global level. She calls on the EU to take on a leadership role in energy transition. She concludes with the wish that Greens will elect the largest possible number of MEPs, as a sign against those forces which strive to destroy Europe.
Annalena Baerbock opens her speech underlining the need for a strong Green force to defend and protect peace in Europe. She claims that the European Greens stand for both climate protection and a just transition that includes social security and jobs. She continues by arguing that a Europe that delivers requires a higher budget, and that therefore stronger countries such as Germany should financially contribute more. She continues by stating that Greens support the Global Compact on Migration as a benchmark for the European project itself, which is based upon the notion of free movements of people.
Annalena Baerbock argues that the shift to the extreme right happened because democratic parties refused to debate on Europe fearing they would lose the argument; on the contrary, she calls on Greens to engage in these debates in order to uphold democracy and protect the European project. She concludes by inviting participants to engage in discussions and in the Council activities.
Monica Frassoni closes the session by giving the floor to Reinhard Bütikofer, moderator of the opening plenary.
Opening session "The European Union can do better - what makes us hopeful for the future of the European Union?" 13:30 - 14:30
Moderator: • Reinhard Bütikofer, Co-chair EGP, MEP, Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
Speakers: • Daniela Schwarzer, Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations Research Institute • Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts • Jordi Vaquer, Regional Director for Europe of Open Society Foundation
Daniela Schwarzer emphasizes that Europe is challenged to stand up for its own principles and values and has to ask itself how to defend and spread those outside of Europe. While many political forces are trying to re-nationalise, the truth is that the big questions and problems
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cannot be solved on a national level anymore. This is true for climate change but also the security challenges. Answers to security threats have to be as encompassing and multi- facetted as the challenges themselves. To do that, the EU has to build resilience by consolidating itself internally. The EU has to build consensus - so answering the challenges has to start from within. The EU has to get a joint analysis of the challenges and then once we have that, we also have to revise our common instruments of how to address them.
Peter Bofinger says that the crisis makes him hopeful since every crisis presents an opportunity. There are two crises: One external crisis of the old trading system that Trump is now challenging and Brexit. This makes people realise how small the member states are compared to China or the US and also the Brexit vote makes people realise how valuable the EU is and that a political integration is now easier to achieve. Bofinger moreover thinks that Europe needs to protect both its citizens and the environment. Areas where Europe can do this are trade policy, industrial innovation policy, competition policy, tax policy and environmental policy. In regard to the tax policy, only the EU can speak out against this outbidding between countries and only they can step up against tech-giants, such as Amazon or Facebook. Lastly, only the EU can introduce a successful EU carbon tax, which should be supplemented by a carbon border tax. The challenge ahead is to give globalization a human face and to share the benefits and limit the negative ones.
Jordi Vaquer sets out the scene by stating that what makes him hopeful is for example the Sargentini report on the state of law in Hungary. Yet, there are many negative things happening and he sometimes wonders whether Europe helps national democracies or whether it fuels their crises’. He recognises that Europe has the right tools in its toolbox to overcome the challenges put to democracy, but that no state alone can face those challenges to our democracy because they cannot make the big companies pay taxes or deal with the automotive industry. Only if European countries work together, they can overcome those challenges. Europe is the only way to take back control over air or water. The reason why populists hate the EU is because they sense that it is an obstacle to their authoritarian goals. However, national parliaments and governments have to step up for European’s rights and show solidarity with opposition forces to Orban or Salvini.
Reinhard Bütikofer thanks the speakers and the audience and closes the session.
Plenary session Manifesto Plenary Session "The road to the European elections: It is time for a Green change!" 15:00 – 17:00
Moderators: • Oras Tynkkynen, EGP Committee Member • Thomas Waitz, EGP Committee Member, MEP Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
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Juan López de Uralde (former Co-chair of the Spanish Green party EQUO) speaks about how Spain is very much affected by climate change, having to face and manage droughts, forest fires and floods. He highlights how fighting emissions is about defending cities. He demands further work to be done on water and air pollution and plastics contamination in order for people to live healthier lives and climate change be fought.
Eamon Ryan (Co-chair of the Irish Green Party) thanks his fellow Europeans for the amazing solidarity that ensures there will be no border on the Irish border, highlighting how Europe protects even the smallest country. He is inspired by what is happening in Europe (Green wave), giving him a sense of hope. He further elaborates on how people need to be focused on local community and local actions in order to reaffirm their sense of place and community in the fight against climate change.
Amelia Womack (Deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales) sends solidarity from the UK to other Greens in light of the Brexit. She demands action to be done on climate change and how people and movements have been taking it upon themselves to hold their governments accountable. She questions media for its lack of input on the environment. She believes there is much opportunity to make sure that an environmental agenda is at the heart of politics in the future.
Katri Ylinen (Co-spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens) speaks about how the Green wave was carried by young people, being the first to challenge the far right and their politics based on fear and exclusion. She calls for a Europe that is feminist, sustainable and where people are fairly paid for their work.
Gustav Fridolin (Co-spokesperson of the Swedish Green Party) highlights how the Green movement tackles inequality in society, and that societies will progress when ensuring politics serves people not corporations.
Brigitte Foppa (Co-spokesperson of the Green Party of South Tyrol) speaks about how women all over the world are being shamed for what they were wearing. She explains how fighting for more female representation in politics, gender quota in boards of companies and work and fight and more justice in our language. She also points out that the Green Party is a truly feminist one.
Meyrem Almaci (Chair of the Belgian Green Party Groen) elaborates on how cross border challenges demand strong multilateral solutions. She emphasizes that there is no migration crisis, as since 2014 the number of migrants has plummeted, while the debate became more fierce.
Jesse Klaver (Party leader of the Dutch Green Party GroenLinks) speaks about why the rule of law is important and how these values are difficult to define. Europe is facing a situation where democracy and the rule of law are being threatened and this results in disappointment.
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Małgorzata Tracz (Co-chair of the Polish Green Party Zieloni) speaks of how Greens stand up for values that are inclusive and hopeful, and how politicians need to engage the public better in terms of how they see and agree with EU politics and policies.
Thomas Waitz thanks the panellists and closes the session.
Plenary session Debate among the contenders for Leading Candidates 20:00 - 21:30
Moderators: • Monica Frassoni: Co-chair of the EGP • Xavier Vidal-Folch: Columnist for economy and European affairs, El País
Speakers: • Petra De Sutter: Senator, Belgian Green Party GROEN • Bas Eickhout: MEP, Dutch Green Party GroenLinks • Ska Keller: Co-president of Greens/EFA, German Green Party
Monica Frassoni opens the session by explaining that three rounds of questions will be asked via Facebook and Twitter, each round covering a specific theme.
Xavier Vidal-Folch introduces by stating that Europe is living through a time of fragmentation and insecurity, and that the European elections are an opportunity to improve that situation. He continues by arguing that Greens need to convince undecided electors and underlines the importance of the role of the European leading candidates in this process.
The three contenders elaborate on the topics of Green economic transformation, social justice and social responsibility, and rule of law and human rights.
Xavier Vidal-Folch concludes the session by thanking the contenders and the audience.
Saturday, 24 November 2018
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Plenary session Discussion on the tabled resolutions 9:00 - 10:00
Moderator: Mar Garcia, EGP Secretary General
Mar Garcia gives the floor to the member parties who have tabled draft resolutions.
- Save European forests!: The amendments tabled to this resolutions were dealt with in the Compromise Amendments Session (CAS).
- On the situation in Ukraine: All amendments were dealt with in the CAS.
- A ban on the American tactical nuclear weapons in Europe is introduced by Jocelyne Le Boulicaut from EELV. The alternative text is introduced by Monika Vana, MEP from Die Grünen Austria. A compromise text was agreed In the CAS.
- Nuclear phase out in Bulgaria without further delay! is introduced by Bobbi Sandov from Zelenite. All amendments to the draft text were dealt with in the CAS.
- For fair remuneration of creators and a free Internet is introduced by Antoine Tifine, FYEG board member, France.
- Let’s stop unpaid internships now! is introduced by Irene Vivas, FYEG board member, Spain.
Mar Garcia presents the proposals tabled by the EGP Committee:
- Measures in view of one EGP Council in Autumn 2019: One amendment from EELV was dealt with in the treasurers meeting, a compromise was found.
- Prolongation of deadline candidacies next EGP Committee (2019-2022)
- EGP membership list, annex B to the EGP Statutes.
Mar Garcia presents the three key documents for the EGP election campaign, developed together with the member parties through the respective EGP working groups:
- Common Campaign Plan and an Activity Plan for 2019 for the period after the elections: 2 amendments were dealt with in the CAS.
- Common Manifesto for the 2019 EU elections: 200 amendments were tabled; CAS work in progress at that point of time.
- EGP Priorities for the 2019 EU elections: 99 amendments were tabled; CAS work in progress at that point of time.
Max Andersson, MEP, Miljöpartiet de gröna, Sweden, compliments the work done so far for the Manifesto and Priorities.
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Mar Garcia ends the session.
Plenary session Meet the German Greens Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen 12:00 - 13:00
Moderator: • Jamila Schäfer, Vice-chair of the German Green Party, international and European Secretary
Speakers: • Robert Habeck, Co-chair German Green Party • Anton Hofreiter, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the German Green Party in the German Parliament • Aminata Touré, Member of the parliament of the state of Schleswig-Holstein • Ricarda Lang, Spokesperson of the German Youth Wing, Grüne Jugend.
Robert Habeck speaks about recent success of Greens in Germany. He points to the fact that the Greens do not focus on the right-wing agenda, different from other parties, but set their own priorities and agenda, giving people hope. This, together with convincing lead candidates, led to successful campaigns in Bavaria and Hesse, among others. He states that the Greens should stay humble in view of very good polls.
Aminata Touré from the state of Schleswig-Holstein speaks about the challenges of, as a young politician with a migration background, being part of the coalition government with the conservatives and liberals.
Anton Hofreiter explains the German Green’s strategy of how to deal with extreme right-wing parties in the German parliament. While many people thought that right-wing parties would temper themselves when in parliament, one can see that the opposite happened. He holds that Greens should not negate problems brought up by extreme right-wing parties and movements, but should focus on suggesting solutions. Greens want to give people hope and the feeling that politics do matter.
Ricarda Lang points out the importance of the upcoming European elections as they will divide between right-wing nationalists and progressive powers. While most status-quo forces claim to be in favour of Europe, they are stopping European progress. Greens have to show people that Europe can be more than the status quo.
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Plenary session of the GREENS/EFA in the EP "The Greens as Changemakers in the European Parliament" 14:30 – 15:30
Moderator: Vula Tsetsi, Secretary General of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
Speakers: • Philippe Lambert, Co-president of the GREENS / EFA Group in the EP • Judith Sargentini, MEP, GREENS / EFA Group in the EP, the Netherlands • Sven Giegold, MEP, GREENS / EFA Group in the EP, Germany
In her introductory intervention, Vula Tsetsi highlights the fact that while being a parliamentarian group representing just 6% of the votes in the European Parliament, the group made a big difference addressing the issues of economic crisis creating populism, individualism founded in neoliberalism, and populism and loss of human dignity fostering the rising of far-right populism.
Philippe Lamberts emphasizes that over the past term, the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament achieved major steps forward towards a more socially just and ecological European Union, for a Union that protects human rights and civil liberties. The new data protection law, more renewable energies, the special committees on Glyphosate, the inquiry committees on Dieselgate and on tax-dodging and money laundering as well as the Parliament’s report against Orban’s illiberal in Hungary are some of the Green successes of this legislative term.
Judith Sargentini elaborates on her report about the rule of law in Hungary and how the Greens were able to get a 2/3rd majority for the report. Sven Giegold is complimented for his work as an adversary against tax havens that create inequality. Karima Delli discusses how the Green Group fought air pollution in the EP, she being the first woman to chair the transport committee, taking on big car lobbyists. Yannick Jadot addresses his activity on climate change, while Monika Vana speaks on how she has fought for gender equality in the EP in all text and policies. She reminds that gender equality is fundamental to the Greens’ manifesto.
Philippe Lamberts gives closing remarks and thanks the panellists and the audience.
Voting session on the leading candidates Election of the leading candidates of the European Green Party for the 2019 EP elections 14:45 - 16:30
Chairs: Mar Garcia and Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, EGP Committee
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Mar Garcia welcomes the delegates and candidates. Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield introduces the voting session and explains the majorities. She informs the audience that 102 votes are allocated and the Committee withdrew the votes from 3 member parties. Hence the total amount of votes present is 99. The absolute majority is 50.
The voting procedure is explained and the electronic voting devices tested.
Election of the first leading candidate
Results of the first round: Ska Keller – 45 votes Bas Eickhout – 33 votes Petra de Sutter– 19 votes
No leading candidate gained the absolute majority, a second round is opened with the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round.
Results of the second round: Ska Keller – 54 votes Bas Eickhout – 41 votes
Ska Keller is elected leading candidate.
Election of the second leading candidate
Results: Bas Eickhout – 62 votes Petra de Sutter – 37 votes
Bas Eickhout is elected leading candidate.
The elected leading candidates are called on the stage and give short thank-you words. They and the chairs of the session thank Petra de Sutter for her candidacy which is accompanied by applause from the audience.
Presentation Sarah Wiener: We are what we eat! 19:15 – 19:45
Presenter: Thomas Waitz, EGP Committee member
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The Austrian chef speaks about how organic local food is the way to eat in the future. In order to create a sustainable economy and a healthy lifestyle, the way food is consumed and made has to change. Instead of processed food made cheap and for profit, food should be fresh and organic. She explains how she ethically sources her own food by growing her own vegetables and grains.
Plenary session Joining forces - solidarity and cooperation as the way forward 19:45 – 21:00
Moderators: • Evelyne Huytebroeck, EGP Committee member • Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, EGP Committee member
Panellists: • Johan Langerock, Tax and Inequality Policy Advisor at Oxfam • Jay Tompt, Associate lecturer in Economics, Plymouth University • Evgenia Giakoumopoulou, Co-founder of ACCESS • Fieke Jansen, Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University • Helmut Asche, Professor at University of Mainz, Department of Anthropology and African Studies
Evelyne Huytebroeck starts by making reference to the European Ideas lab program that the EGP and the GREENS/EFA in the EP organized together with civil society.
After presentations from each panellist, the elected leading candidates reflect on the interventions. This is followed by a Q&A from the floor and an exchange between the panellists and the leading candidates.
Sunday, 25 November 2018
Plenary Session Membership relations and reporting 9:00 – 10:00
Chair: Mar Garcia, EGP Secretary General
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Mar Garcia elaborates on the following topics
1. The Committee’s commitment to member parties through visits and member party delegations throughout the year 2018, presenting an overview of all missions, delegations and events. She mentions the bigger of these events: the European Idea’s Lab (EIL) held in February 2018 in Brussels in cooperation with the GREENS/EFA, and the regional EILs in Copenhagen (May), Graz (July) and Madrid (September).
2. Update on the court case between the EGP and the former Dutch member party De Groenen, disputing the EGP Autumn Council decision (Karlstad 2017) to withdraw their membership. The court rejected the request of De Groenen to temporarily suspend the EGP Council decision, the court ruling on the matter itself will follow beginning of 2019.
3. The legal framework of financing the EU election campaign activities. When scrutinizing the expenses of the EGP campaign activities, the Authority for the Recognition of European Political Parties and Political Foundations will apply 4 principles to measure the eligibility: Scope, Content, Authorship and Ownership. - The EU dimension has to be very clear; activities have to involve at least 7 member parties to be truly European. - The topics have to be genuinely European, affecting citizens across the EU - Activities have to be clearly and unambiguously attributable to European political parties (logo’s, banners, programme etc.); Involvement of member parties and MEP candidates is possible, provided that no false impression is given that activities are run or financed by the member parties. - EU Political parties have to demonstrate that the activities are in their interest.
Mar Garcia points out that the European political parties are allowed to promote a leading candidate if national campaigning rules are respected and if the activity reflects the European scope of the campaign. As not all rules are very clear, regular contacts with the Authority for the recognition of the European political parties are aimed at preventing doing mistakes.
Questions from the floor are answered. Mar Garcia points out that specific plans for non-EU member parties are foreseen and will be part of the campaign.
Plenary Session Presentation of finances 9:30 – 10:00
Lena Lindström, EGP Treasurer, presents the draft budget 2019. She adds that a carry-over to 2019 of approximately 200.000 EUR can be expected, and that the Committee proposes to use any additional funds from the carry-over for the election campaign. Questions from the floor are answered.
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Ute Michel presents the report of the Finance Advisory Board. The Finance Advisory Board recommends the Council to adopt the budget 2019.
Plenary Session Morning exchange with the leading candidates 9:30 – 09:45
Moderator: • Reinhard Bütikofer, Co-chair of the EGP, MEP, Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
Speakers: • Ska Keller, MEP, Co-president of the Greens/ EFA Group in the European Parliament and Leading candidate • Bas Eickhout, MEP, Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and Leading candidate
Reinhard Bütikofer introduces the format of the session being more informal. He invites delegates to join the debate by coming on the stage.
Bas Eickhout puts an emphasis on climate change and a more social Europe in the context of fair taxation. Ska Keller points out the importance of the member parties’ input concerning both subjects and the context in the different countries. She holds that climate and environment will be important issues for the upcoming EP election campaign and that these ecological questions have to be combined with the social question.
Interventions and questions from the floor address the situation in Hungary and Poland, support to the Green Party of England and Wales and the Scottish Greens during and after the Brexit process, the approach towards authoritarian leaders outside Europe, a welcoming refugees and migration policy, French president Macron, voter turn-out, the EU’s enlargement process, and reaching young voters.
Voting Session 11:30 – 13:30
Co-chairs: - Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, EGP Committee member - Mar Garcia, EGP Secretary General
Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield announces that all delegates have picked up their votes and that the total number of votes is 99. A simple majority is 50 votes, a 2/3 majority is 66 votes.
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Minutes from the EGP Council in May The minutes are adopted unanimously.
Draft budget 2019 The budget 2019 is adopted unanimously.
Membership fees 2019 The membership fees 2019 are adopted unanimously.
Membership list per 25 November 2018 as annexed as Annex 1 The membership list per 25 November 2018 is adopted unanimously.
Measures in view of one EGP Council in Autumn 2019 The proposal is adopted unanimously.
Proposal for prolongation of the deadline for candidacies next EGP Committee 2019-2022 The proposal is adopted unanimously.
2019 Campaign plan including campaign budget and activity plan 2019 The campaign plan including campaign budget and activity plan 2019 is adopted unanimously.
Resolution on the priorities 2019 Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The compromise amendments on the priorities 2019 are adopted unanimously.
The non-consensual amendments are brought to a vote.
Amendment 16 is carried by a broad majority with no against and one abstention.
Amendment 17 and 36 are withdrawn by the proposing member parties.
Amendment 44 is not carried, with 17 in favour, a broad majority against and 14 abstentions.
Amendment 70 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 82 is carried with 86 in favour, 3 against and 7 abstentions.
Amendment 83 is carried with a broad majority, one vote against and 6 abstentions.
Amendment 89 is not carried, with 31 votes in favour, 54 against and 10 abstentions.
Amendment 94 is carried with 94 votes in favour, 2 against and 1 abstention.
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The complete resolution is brought to a vote as amended. The resolution is adopted with a large majority, no votes against and 2 abstentions.
The Maltese Green party AD asks to add a note in the minutes to register its objections to all references to the abortion in both the priorities and the manifesto.
Green Manifesto for the EP 2019 elections
Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The compromise amendments on the priorities 2019 are adopted unanimously.
Amendment 13 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 95 is carried by a broad majority, 10 votes against and 1 abstention.
Vote on the word ‘open’ in the compromised amendment: 34 votes in favour, 56 against, 8 abstentions. The word ‘open’ is kept in the text.
Amendment 104 is not carried, with 12 in favour, 77 against and 6 abstentions.
Amendment 105 is not carried, with 22 in favour, 63 against and 11 abstentions.
Amendment 115 as compromised is carried with a broad majority, one against and no abstention.
Amendment 115 - to include abortion in the text – is carried by 79 votes in favour, 6 against and 11 abstentions.
Amendment 128 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 132 in the CAS formulation is carried with a broad majority, no votes against and some abstentions.
Amendment 132 – additional text – is not carried, with 6 votes in favour, 84 against and 7 abstentions.
Amendment 134/135/136 - The compromised additional text (exact wording as in the resolution on the priorities for the EP 2019 election) is carried unanimously.
The amendments 134, 135 and 136 are withdrawn by the proposing member parties.
Amendment 141 is not carried, with 39 votes in favour, 56 against and 2 abstentions.
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Amendments 143 is not carried, with 27 votes in favour, 65 against and 5 abstentions.
Amendment 144 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 150/151 as agreed in the CAS is carried by a broad majority, with 4 votes against and one abstention.
Amendment 150 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 151 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
Amendment 152 is not carried, with 17 votes in favour, 77 against and 4 abstentions.
Amendment 153/154 is withdrawn by the proposing member parties.
Amendment 164/165 is not carried, with 19 votes in favour, 63 against and 14 abstentions.
The Swedish Green party asks to add a note in the minutes to register its objections to this text. 1 The Cyprus Greens ask to note they are of the same opinion.
Amendment 167 is carried with 53 votes in favour, 37 against and 4 abstentions.
Amendment 169 is withdrawn by the proposing member party.
The complete resolution is brought to a vote as amended. The resolution is adopted with a broad majority, 2 votes against and 15 abstentions.
Resolution Save European forest! Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted unanimously.
Resolution On the Situation in Ukraine Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted by a broad majority, with no votes against and 4 abstentions.
1 (Text provided after the Council) “The delegation from the Swedish Green party wishes to add a reservation to the notes regarding the manifesto. We participated actively in the work on the manifesto and helped improve it. But there are a number of things in the manifesto that our party disagrees with, and that we did not succeed in changing. This includes among other things a general approach that is federalist in nature, such as the proposal on transnational lists, and text that is far too positive increasing supranational majority voting, even for areas where it does not belong. We also believe that there is a need for restraint regarding the size of the EU-budget. But our most important reservation regards the text on revision of the treaties. Rule of law is essential for democracy. It is under attack by a new wave of authoritarian politicians, both in Europe and outside. The election manifesto includes language that we find unnecessarily vague in this vital area: it could be read as implying that Greens will accept a procedure for revising the treaties that does not follow the provisions in the treaties and international law for changing the treaties. We find this deeply distressing. The election manifesto should be clear that the rule of law also applies to changes in the treaties.”
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Resolution Towards a nuclear weapons free Europe Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted unanimously.
Resolution Nuclear phase-out in Bulgaria without further delay! Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted unanimously.
Resolution For fair remuneration of creators and a free internet Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted by a broad majority, with no votes against and 4 abstentions.
Resolution Let's stop unpaid internships now! Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield proposes to vote on block the compromise amendments that were consensual in the CAS. The resolution is adopted unanimously.
Mar Garcia gives closing words. She finally thanks everyone that participated in the preparation of the Council, the EGP team and the German and Berlin Greens for hosting the EGP. She announces that the next Council in November 2019 will take place in Helsinki
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