Green politics -- has the time come at last?
Jul 4, 2020 16:25:16 GMT
Post by kerouac2 on Jul 4, 2020 16:25:16 GMT
The top three cities of France now have "green" mayors since the municipal elections last weekend. Paris still has a nominally Socialist mayor, but she has been in an alliance with the Green party since her first election. Now Marseille and Lyon have elected Green mayors, too. And naturally, quite a few other cities in France have done the same.
The question is whether this will just be window dressing or if major changes will really take place. In the past, there was a major Green surge in Germany, but it faded somewhat after a few years. Nevertheless, Latvia, Mauritius and Austria have Green presidents (in coalitions of course), but we don't hear all that much about their Green politics.
Quite a few countries around the world have had Greens in their government, but frankly not all that much has come of it apart from a retreat from nuclear energy in Belgium and Germany.
Who knows? The world might finally be changing.
The question is whether this will just be window dressing or if major changes will really take place. In the past, there was a major Green surge in Germany, but it faded somewhat after a few years. Nevertheless, Latvia, Mauritius and Austria have Green presidents (in coalitions of course), but we don't hear all that much about their Green politics.
Quite a few countries around the world have had Greens in their government, but frankly not all that much has come of it apart from a retreat from nuclear energy in Belgium and Germany.
Who knows? The world might finally be changing.
