Leading environmentalists have until Tuesday 28 November to express their interest in being nominated as a co-candidate (‘co-Spitzenkandidat’) for the ‘European Green Party’ (EGP) at the European elections in June 2024 (see EUROPE 13193/18).
The EGP will choose two people, one man and one woman, as in 2019. In the women’s category, Germany’s Terry Reintke has already declared her candidacy. In the men’s race, Dutchman Bas Eickhout, who was a ‘co-Spitzenkandidat’ of the European environmentalists four years ago with German Ska Keller, is being considered, as is Spaniard Ernest Urtasun, unless he joins the Spanish government.
The candidates, who will have to gather the support of five green parties by 7 January 2024, will be able to present themselves and their project at an online conference on 2 and 3 December.
EGP members will elect the two leading candidates at an electoral congress on 2 and 4 February 2024 in Lyon. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)