Green Youth (Germany)
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Green Youth Grüne Jugend | |
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Spokesperson | Anna Peters and Georg Kurz |
Founded | 1994 |
Ideology | Green politics Social liberalism Egalitarianism Feminism |
Mother party | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
European affiliation | Federation of Young European Greens (fyeg) |
Website | gruene-jugend.de |
The Green Youth (German: Grüne Jugend, GJ) is the youth organisation linked to Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.
History[]
The Grüne Jugend was founded on 16 January 1994, as an independent association with the name Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis (abbreviated: GAJB).[citation needed]
Before 1994 there were, after the first attempts in Niedersachsen like Grüne Jugend Braunschweig, founded in the spring of 1981, several state-based associations, such as the Grüne Jugend Hessen, which had been founded in the spring of 1991. It used and still uses a frog as its logo. In the same spring the Grün-Alternative Jugend Baden-Württemberg was founded. Parallel to these state-based organisations was the federal Bundesjugendkontaktstelle (Abbreviated: BUJUKS), a loose network of young members and sympathisers of Die Grünen.
After several years of debate, a federal green youth organisation was founded, in which the state-based organisations and the BUJUKS all merged. In 2001, the GJ became an integral part of the Die Grünen and lost its independent status.
Ideology[]
Although it has similar positions to its motherparty, there are some differences. The GJ for instance is in favour of legalisation of all drugs and the use of free software.[1]
Organization[]
The GRÜNE JUGEND is a Basisgruppe within Alliance 90/The Greens (German: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or Grüne). It has about 15,000 members.[2] Some of these are members of state-based organisations, while others are direct members of the federal organisation. Membership of the youth organisation currently represents about 15% of the membership of the main party. Membership of the organisation ends in the year one becomes 28-years-old.[citation needed]
The highest organ of the party is the federal congress, in which all members can participate and vote. It elects the board with two speakers, the editors of the party-magazine, SPUNK and the board of arbitration. There is a strict rule that the board, the two speakers and all other elected groups at any level must consist of at least 50% women, inter or trans persons, same as in the mother party. This is to ensure equal treatment. In the months that the federal congress does not meet a federal council, consisting out of two members per state-based organisations, meets. There are also several thematic fora, which work on specific themes (e.g. Europe, Democracy, Drugs, Equal treatment).
The party's logo is a hedgehog. The GJ is a member of the Federation of Young European Greens.
References[]
- ^ 1
- ^ "Geschichte". gruene-jugend.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
External links[]
- Alliance 90/The Greens
- Youth wings of political parties in Germany
- Youth wings of green parties in Europe
- Youth organizations established in 1994