English: Who we are

The GRÜNE JUGEND (Green Youth) was founded in 1994 and is the political youth organization of the German Greens. We are taking our own, progressive positions within and outside the Green party. Although we are officially part of the Greens we are completely independent in our political opinions.

Everybody can become a member until he/she is aged 28. You can be an active member within the Green Youth without being a member of the `old Greens` - as we call them. At the moment we have about 6500 members (2008, membership is steadily increasing). Our office is situated in the Green administration building in Berlin, with one office coordinator and some students working for us.

What we want:

We are ecological, social, very critical towards globalization, democratic, emancipative, antiracist, international and peaceful. Some of our main political issues are:

  • An exit out of nuclear energy
  • Priority for environmental protection
  • Peaceful solutions where conflicts occur
  • High-quality education for everybody, independent of their
    • s ocial background
  • More direct democracy for young people
  • A globalization which is not solely led by economic and geopolitical interests
  • A humane drug policy
  • The right for asylum
  • At least half of the power for women
  • A multicultural society without racism
  • A fair division of work and income
  • Access to internet and the new media for everybody
  • Constitutional rights for everybody

Structures

The Green Youth is basic-democratic and structured in a bottom-up way:

Basis-groups are active on the local level and present in towns and villages. In each German `Bundesland` (province or county), a `Landesverband` (regional department) exists; in total 16 in the whole of Germany. These regional departments connect local groups and are in contact with regional politicians. The national `Gruene Jugend` is connecting all these activities.

Twice a year we have our annual congress in which between 300 and 400 young greens participate. Each member can influence the policies of the Green Youth there. Apart from discussions, decisions and actions, during the congress a new Board for the Green Youth is elected once a year, which takes care of all the running activities during the year in cooperation with our office in Berlin.

Furthermore, the Green Youth is running an educational programme; we have ten different working groups which meet twice a year. During these meetings the working groups organize seminars on issues like gender, peace, racism, economy, education, etc.

Finally, on the European level we take our role in FYEG seriously: apart from our annual financial support, we always appoint one Board member to be responsible for international affairs within the Green Youth, and we try to attend as much activities of FYEG as we can.

More information? Visit the International Represantatives!

GRÜNE JUGEND
Hessische Straße 10
10115 Berlin
Germany

Tel.: +49 / 30 / 275 94 095
Fax: +49 / 30 / 275 94 096
Mail: Büro