New Political Landscape of Europe: History of Green Politics of Germany and Georgia. Part 1

On June 5 South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation organized the public discussion on the topic

"New Political Landscape of Europe: History of Green Politics of Germany and Georgia".

At the event latest publications of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Georgia: History of Green Politics (by T. Pataraia, N. Bekishvili, I. Absandze and D. Kopaliani) and Thirty Years of Bundestag Presence: A Tally of the Greens' Impact on the Federal Republic of Germany's Political Life and Public Culture (by A. Markovits and J. Klaver) were presented. The first publication highlights the most important moments of the Georgian green movement and emphasizes the key mistakes that contributed to national Green Party`s failure, while the other one discusses how the German Greens built its "brand", and in doing so, ushered in a fundamental change in German politics and society.

The publications were presented by Mr. Rainder Steenblock, the former member of the German Bundestag, European-policy spokesman, spokesman of ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS on the committee of European Union.

Other participants of the event were:

- Ms. Khatuna Gogaladze, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia (to be confirmed);
- Ms. Manana Kochladze, Chair of Association Green Alternative;
- Ms. Tamar Pataraia, Caucasus Institute for Peace Democracy and Development;
- Mr. Giorgi Tskhadaia, Politologist, Ilia State University;
- Mr. Levan Lortkipanidze, Political Science Student at Tbilisi State University.