Portugal: Green party PAN (Greens/EFA) entering European Parliament comes as a surprise as no pollster and no projection predicted this.
#EP2019
#Europawahl2019
#EUElections2019
It's a good night for Young Greens around Europe π
We're all immensely proud of former FYEG Spokesperson, climate activist & newly elected MEP
@michabl
βΊοΈ Congratulations!
Young candidate
@marietouss1
has been elected in France π
She's one of the people behind
@NotreAffaire
- a court case against the French state for climate inaction that gathered 2 million signatures.
Marie will represent all Europeans demanding
#climatejustice
π
While election projections are prepared in the Parliament, climate strikers from different European countries continue reminding decision-makers of what is most important right now.
The
#ClimateCrisis
.
The next European Parliament & Commission must step up their ambition!
Young people turned
#EUelections2019
into climate electionsβ
π’ Activism works
π This is a window of opportunity
π£οΈ We need to continue building pressure on decision-makers
Thank you for all the support. We will do everything we can to turn it into climate ambition.
In Finland, the Greens
@vihreat
have a spectacular result and get 2 MEPs (+1):
@VilleNiinisto
&
@HeidiHautala
. The Greens are in the middle of a government negotiation and have scored better than the other potential coalition partners. Congrats! π
Young Green
@alviinaalametsa
gets over 13651 personal votes in Finland and is first runner up. In case of Brexit - which we hope will never happen - she would take a seat in the European Parliament. Amazing campaign.
Journalist: "If the polls are correct it would put you in pole position to be the kingmaker for the next European Commission President"
@SkaKeller
responds:
The final projection of the European Parliament puts the Greens at 67 seats (+15). An amazing result. Many parties campaigned on climate and Greens will do whatever we can to ensure this translates into action.
We are very happy about the good news from the Netherlands - Young Green candidate and former FYEG Spokesperson
@kimvsparrentak
has been elected to the European Parliament! π
Kim will be a strong voice for climate justice in Europe π
#GreenWave
Mina has been a revolutionary challenging the patriarchal politics of Malta, opening debates, and breaking taboos. We couldnβt be prouder of them!
#GreenWave
#EUelections2019
@mina_tolu
We are proud of
@younggreens
candidate
@saoirse_mchugh
who slayed her debate, challenged right wing politicians, fought for climate justice, and got the best results in Green party history in Midlands Northwest with over 50,000 first-preference votes
#GreenWave
#EUelections2019