Definition of European Green Party (PVE)

In the 1970s a new trend emerged in Europe politics, environmentalism. This doctrine was born as a consequence of environmental deterioration and the first indicators about him climate change. In most European nations environmental parties were founded and in popular language they were known as the Greens.

In 2004 an alliance of the different green parties was created and the so-called European Green Party was founded, which is known by its acronym PVE or its name in English Euopeans Greens. The representatives of the PVE form a group in the European Parliament and it includes some green parties from countries not integrated in the European Union.

Ideological approach

As for his ideology the PVE is considered a center-left formation. Its principles include the following: the protection of the environment, ecofeminism, sustainable development of the economy, the architecture sustainability, environmental cooperation between regions and the promotion of biodiversity.

Ideologically the greens in Europe have evolved. Originally they were quite skeptical about the European Union, but in recent years they have come closer to the theses of Europeanism.

Data of interest

Like most political parties, the PVE has a youth section, Federation of Young People European Greens (FYEG).

The Rome congress in which the PVE was founded was attended by 32 political parties and 1,300 delegates. This alliance constituted the first grouping of parties at the European level.

In 2018 its representation in the European Parliament is 52 members out of a total of 751 parliamentarians. It should be noted that the PVE is part of a coalition in which there are political parties other than the environmentalists, such as the European Pirate Party or the European Free Alliance.

An alliance of very heterogeneous parties

The European greens are not characterized by ideological homogeneity. It is true that all the parties that make up this platform are defenders of the environment and sustainability, but within it there are antagonistic political views.

There are European and Eurosceptic formations, nationalist and independent parties such as the Scottish Greens and personalities with a communist past. Some analysts argue that European green parties are in crisis because they do not have a identity clearly defined (in countries like Germany and Austria the Greens have allied themselves with conservative and liberal parties).

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