"Brexit has been a political and economic failure with lasting negative consequences for people in the United Kingdom and across Europe. The European Green family is clear: the United Kingdom's future lies in the European Union. We stand ready to welcome the UK back alongside other countries when it chooses this path."
"Somebody has to trigger the debate, Vula Tsetsi, the European Green party cochair, said in an interview. The main discussion belongs first and foremost to the democratic debate in the United Kingdom and we don't want to take that place, but we would like to trigger that debate as a European political family. Maybe other political families will join, but for us the moment is now."
"The intervention came after Keir Starmer's Labour party suffered heavy losses in local elections at the expense of Nigel Farage's Reform party gains, while the Greens appeared to be struggling to convert increased votes into seats. The text on reversing Brexit was part of a broader declaration by European Green party leaders calling for energy independence and action to counter the far-right."
"Delegates from 30 European green parties gathered in Brussels on Friday to approve the text, including those from non-EU member states. The declaration means that green parties across Europe, such as Die Grunen in Germany or Les Ecologistes in France, to use their short names, should reflect this position in national debates and policy positions."
European Green parties adopted a declaration urging the UK to rejoin the European Union and to move past Brexit’s political and economic failures. The declaration states that Brexit has produced lasting negative consequences for people in the UK and across Europe. It asserts that the UK’s future lies in the EU and that green parties across Europe should reflect this position in national debates and policy. Delegates from 30 European green parties met in Brussels to approve the text, including parties from non-EU member states. The call is intended to trigger a democratic debate in the UK without replacing it, and it is linked to broader demands for energy independence and action against the far right.
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