My opinion of London's European Green Primary Hustings
Ladies and gentlemen, there is still time to vote in the European Green Primary-you have until 28 January 2014. Please vote via this link: http://greenprimary.europeangreens.eu/
I viewed today's hustings in London and this is my opinion of the four contenders, who are Jose Bove, Monica Frassoni, Rebecca Harms, and Ska Keller:
All four contenders did very well on the green issues front, but I must say that Ska Keller performed best here and was most consistent and sensible throughout the debate, and thus she gets my vote first.
Monica Frassoni I would place second. Although like Ska, she expressed useful knowledge thanks partly to her personal experiences of environmental issues and democratic debate in Italy, she seemed somewhat too pro-EU for me to give her my vote first, although her efforts are very commendable indeed.
Rebecca Harms did not seem that confident or articulate compared to Ska,Monica and Jose, although that is likely because she was unable to appear personally and had to address the audience via Skype; there were some distracting sounds in the area she was Skyping from. Nevertheless, she stuck to the point and was able to get the right message across overall.
Jose Bove would get my vote last, albeit only by a very small margin. He is experienced and well-versed in environmental politics, although the fact he is more comfortable speaking his native French than English (he can speak both well,of course) and also his particular green position ('not left, not right, but forward', basically) does not appeal much to an ecosocialist like myself.
Now though, readers, which of the four would you vote for to lead the European Greens in this year's European elections?
Regards, Alan.
I viewed today's hustings in London and this is my opinion of the four contenders, who are Jose Bove, Monica Frassoni, Rebecca Harms, and Ska Keller:
All four contenders did very well on the green issues front, but I must say that Ska Keller performed best here and was most consistent and sensible throughout the debate, and thus she gets my vote first.
Monica Frassoni I would place second. Although like Ska, she expressed useful knowledge thanks partly to her personal experiences of environmental issues and democratic debate in Italy, she seemed somewhat too pro-EU for me to give her my vote first, although her efforts are very commendable indeed.
Rebecca Harms did not seem that confident or articulate compared to Ska,Monica and Jose, although that is likely because she was unable to appear personally and had to address the audience via Skype; there were some distracting sounds in the area she was Skyping from. Nevertheless, she stuck to the point and was able to get the right message across overall.
Jose Bove would get my vote last, albeit only by a very small margin. He is experienced and well-versed in environmental politics, although the fact he is more comfortable speaking his native French than English (he can speak both well,of course) and also his particular green position ('not left, not right, but forward', basically) does not appeal much to an ecosocialist like myself.
Now though, readers, which of the four would you vote for to lead the European Greens in this year's European elections?
Regards, Alan.
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