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PRESS RELEASE 17.03.2007 EUROPEAN GREENS CONGRATULATE FINNISH
GREENS ON INCREASING NUMBER OF MPS The European Green Party Spokespersons today congratulated their member
party, the GREEN LEAGUE ( VIHREÄT/
DE GRÖNA), on their performance in the General election held on
Sunday 18th March. Co-Spokesperson Ulrike LUNACEK
said, “We are delighted that the Finnish Greens have increased their
percentage of the vote (+0.4% from 2003 elections) and increased their number
of seats in the Parliament from 14 to 15. This is quite an achievement when one
considers that the Election campaign was very polarized between left and right
and that the turnout for this election was the lowest since the end of the
Second World War.” Co-Spokesperson Philippe LAMBERTS
added, “I would like to express my warmest congratulations to the 15
Green candidates who won seats in Parliament . The EGP is particularly pleased
that Pekka HAAVISTO,a
former EGP Spokesperson is now an MP and that Johanna SUMUVUORI , who is currently a member
of the EGP Committee, has been re-elected as an MP. However , we deeply regret
that Tarja CRONBERG,
the leader of the Green League, failed to regain her seat in Parliament by just
a few votes.” Both Spokespersons expressed “every confidence that the 15 Green
MPS will be able to further the Green agenda in Parliament. This is
particularly important now as a survey just last week suggested that Finnish
voters see Climate Change as the greatest threat to their lives and wellbeing,
ahead of terrorism.” Graham Burgess Communications Officer European Green Party Tel no: 0032 (0)2 626 0720 Email : graham.burgess@europeangreens.org |