Green youth

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Spokesperson
Anna Peters and Georg Kurz
Basic data
Establishment date: January 15, 1994
Place of foundation: Hanover
Political
Director:		 Lena Beier
Treasurer: Klara Sendelbach
Assessors: Berenike Bick
Timon Dzieneus
Sarah-Lee Heinrich
Rahel Kellich
Johannes Kreuzer
Rebecca Morsch
Alignment: Green politics
anti-racism
feminism
grassroots democracy
criticism of capitalism
Members: approx. 13,500
(as of April 2020)
Structure: 16 regional associations
Website: gruene-jugend.de
Magazine: SPUNK

The Green Youth (unofficial abbreviation: GJ , spelling: GRÜNE JUGEND ) is the independent youth organization of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen .

Political positions

In terms of content, the youth organization is independent of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party and therefore has different demands than the party in some areas. In many areas, the Green Youth takes more radical positions than Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen.

Some important issues in the Green Youth are climate policy - in particular the energy transition and a quick exit from coal -, drug policy - here the Green Youth advocates the decriminalization and legalization of all drugs -, education policy - for example with regard to the question of Tuition fees that are rejected - women's policy , environmental policy and European policy .

The Green Youth stands up against racism and anti-Semitism and calls for equal rights for homosexuals and trans people and other forms of coexistence . As part of its anti-nuclear policy, the Green Youth took an active part in the protests against the Castor transport . In the area of digital policy , she advocates civil rights in the information society , data protection and the support of free software . In terms of transport policy , the Green Youth is calling for “sensible and inexpensive public alternatives” to motorized individual traffic , which they would like to ban in the long term, and car-free city centers, as cars cause great environmental pollution.

In May 2020, the Green Youth, together with the Jusos and the Linksjugend Solid, stood behind the end of the terrain movement , which was classified as left-wing extremist by the Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution, and demanded the abolition of the Federal Office and the state authorities for the protection of the constitution .

history

Prehistory (until 1988)

Before the mid-1980s, the first “political school groups” close to the Greens formed in individual schools. A Green Youth under the name was first founded in Lower Saxony with the Green Youth Braunschweig (GJBS) in the spring of 1981. Before the GAJB was founded, the federal party maintained a federal youth contact point, which as a coordination point for a loose network of young members and sympathizers of the party Die Greens served. Relatively independent of the Greens in the late 1980s then formed up a network g rüner, a lternativer, b underneath and a utonomer youth groups, located GA-BA-spectrum called. Green circles commented critically on the merger at the time. After two federal congresses in 1987, the network did not come to any noteworthy political initiatives.

First foundations at state level (1988–1991)

In 1988, the Green-Alternative Youth Schleswig-Holstein (GAJ SH) was founded, the first explicitly party-affiliated youth association at state level. The state party officially recognized the GAJ as a youth association in June 1989.

Several state associations were founded in 1991. The Green Youth of Hesse was founded as the Hessian state association in spring 1991 from the Frankfurt youth table of the Greens. The Green Youth of Hessen used a frog as a logo then and still today. The then Grün-Alternative Jugend Baden-Württemberg was also founded in spring 1991.

Founding of the green-alternative youth alliance (federal level, from 1994)

The Green Youth was founded in Hanover in 1994. At first it was an independent association and was called Green-Alternatives Youth Alliance (GAJB) .

After years of heated debates about the way to institutionalize green youth work, the green youth prevailed as an association; the system of youth contact points gradually dissolved. In 2001, the Federal Association of the GJ decided to convert from a structurally independent association to a sub-organization of the party.

In 2003 a concept for the introduction of membership fees at the Federal Congress in Leipzig was adopted by the Federal Members' Assembly. At first it looked as if the required ratification by twelve regional associations would not be achieved. In October 2004, however, the twelfth state association, Brandenburg, agreed. In 2010, all statutes and regulations were fundamentally revised, so double membership in other party-affiliated youth organizations was excluded.

Structure and organization

The youth organization is subdivided into basic groups or district and local groups as well as 16 regional associations. According to the association, more than 7,000 people were members of the Green Youth in October 2017. New members of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen who have not reached the age of 28 automatically become members of the Green Youth, provided they do not object. In all countries, members of the party are exempt from membership fees for the Green Youth. Membership in a party competing with Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen or its youth organization is prohibited. Membership in the Green Youth usually ends on the 28th birthday, although some state associations have different regulations (Berlin: 29th birthday; Hesse, Saarland and Thuringia: 30th birthday). This means that the Green Youth Association has the lowest maximum age of the party youth associations (28th birthday) after the young pirates raised their maximum age from 27 to 29 years at their 2015.Q1 federal members' meeting.

The highest decision-making body is the Federal Members' Assembly, called "Federal Congress" (BuKo), to which all members are invited and are also entitled to vote. It elects the ten-person board with two speakers (referred to as "speakers" according to the statutes), the editorial team of the members' newspaper SPUNK and the arbitration tribunal. In addition, the Green Youth has another body that deals with internal structural issues in gender issues, the "Women, Inter, Transpersons and Gender Council".

Content-related work takes place nationwide, especially in the specialist forums on certain subject areas. These are: ecology; Global and Europe; Democracy, domestic politics , law and anti-racism; Education; Digital and media; City, country, mobility; Feminism and Queer as well as Economy, Social Affairs and Health.

Data from the regional associations

Regional association Spokespersons or
chairpersons 		founding
Baden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Lea Elsemüller, Deniz Gedik 1991
BavariaBavaria Bavaria Saskia Weishaupt, Mirjam Körner 1992
BerlinBerlin Berlin Maya Richter, Lennard Gottmann 1992
BrandenburgBrandenburg Brandenburg Josepha Albrecht, Gerrit Alino Prange 2000
BremenBremen Bremen Stina Reichardt, Charlotte Grupp
HamburgHamburg Hamburg Madeleine Cwiertna, Leon Alam 1994
HesseHesse Hesse Deborah Düring, Sascha Meier 1991
Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Katharina Horn, Jana Klinkenberg 2005
Lower SaxonyLower Saxony Lower Saxony Svenja Appuhn, Tomke Appeldorn 1994
North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia Lena Zingsheim, Michael Röls 1999
Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate Maja Brager, Benjamin Buddendiek 1994
SaarlandSaarland Saar Marlena Ruth, Nick Lohmann 1993
SaxonySaxony Saxony Merle Spellerberg, Jonathan Gut 1992
Saxony-AnhaltSaxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt Nikola Mühling, Christoph Girbig 2003
Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Nele Johannsen, Jasper Balke 1988
ThuringiaThuringia Thuringia Isabell Welle, Sebastian Fachet 1997

Memberships in other associations

The youth organization is a member of:

Controversy

The Green Youth advocated lifting the incest ban from 2012 to at least 2014 because it violated human dignity . It is "a blatant state encroachment on the private sphere and the self-determined life planning of young people". They received support from the Green MP Hans-Christian Ströbele , among others . On the other hand, there were also violent reactions. The then deputy chairman of the Union parliamentary group Günter Krings said earlier that "criminal liability for acts of incest [...] is a core element of German legal culture and is therefore completely taboo".

On April 1, 2013, the Green Youth and the Left Youth ['solid] started the I-am- left-wing extremist campaign . The background is to attack the extremism model and the criminalization associated with it. As part of the online campaign, the then federal chairman of the Green Youth, Sina Doughan , described herself as a “left-wing extremist” because she was “turned into this by her commitment against Nazis and for democracy”. In this context, her membership in the Red Aid , which is classified as left-wing extremist by the protection of the constitution, has been criticized. The then domestic policy spokesman for the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament, Florian Herrmann , demanded: "Actually, the alarm bells should sound with democrats when people apply for public mandates carried out by left or right-wing extremists". The CDU politician Patrick Schnieder also called for the Greens to "incompatible membership in the 'Green Youth' and extremist groups such as 'Red Aid'". Doughan reacted negatively to the allegations of the political opponents - the association helps people "who stand for democracy and human rights". But she would be “very, very critical” if the “Red Aid” actually endorsed politically motivated violence. You yourself reject violence in any form out of deep conviction.

On October 3, 2015, the Green Youth published a tweet in which, referring to the dissolution of the GDR 25 years ago, they asked whether the “dissolution of a state” could not “succeed with Germany” again and received a lot of criticism. The then General Secretary of the CDU, Peter Tauber , described the tweet as an "unbelievable stunner". In addition to criticism from Erika Steinbach and Dorothee Bär , the green member of the Bundestag Dieter Janecek called on the GJ to “smoke a little less”. The tweet also met with criticism from its own members. Erik Marquardt , spokesman for the Green Youth at the time, later stated that the tweet was related to the demand for a European state .

In June 2016, the Rhineland-Palatinate state association of the Green Youth asked football fans to refrain from using the German national flag on the occasion of the men's European football championship . Patriotism is to be rejected as a form of nationalism and has “constant consequences” that become particularly evident “where it presents itself as an aggressive form and stigmatizes the other as an enemy”. This led to a shit storm and death threats on the Internet. Various politicians, including Julia Klöckner , Johannes Kahrs and Andreas Scheuer , expressed their disapproval of the demand that German flags be abandoned. Peter Altmaier noted that she was a symbol for a cosmopolitan and personable Germany. The demands of the GJ were also criticized by the Green Bundestag member Dieter Janecek . Although this does not have a flag at home, it supports the peaceful enthusiasm for the German national football team . The Green Youth reacted to the hostility and criticism by reiterating their demand: "We'll stick with it: Enjoy football instead of the nation!"

See also

Press

literature

  • Toni Schuberl: 20 years young - The story of the Green Youth Bavaria . Winegrower 2009, ISBN 978-3-937438-26-9

Web links

Commons : Green Youth  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Federal Board of the GREEN YOUTH. In: GREEN YOUTH. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c History of the Green Youth. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  3. ^ Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen: Party structure and bodies. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Green youth: better living without cars
  5. ↑ Verfassungsschutz Berlin: Report 2019 (PDF; 4.6 MB) Senate Department for the Interior and Sport , May 2020, accessed on May 21, 2020 (p. 162 ff.).
  6. ↑ The mention of the end-area in the Berlin constitution protection report is wrong! Joint statement by Grüner Jugend, linksjugend ['solid] Solid and Jusos, on the mention of the climate activists in the Berlin Constitutional Protection Report. Jusos, May 2020, accessed on May 21, 2020 .
  7. ^ Statutes of the first "Green Youth" of March 17, 1981: GRÜNEJugend-GJBS-Statungsbogen1981.png
  8. ↑ a b Der Spiegel 31/1989: Greens: Auf die Palme - The Greens are running out of youngsters ten years after their foundation. Now the party is looking for a means against "aging". [Online] Available, accessed June 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ a b Greens: From the last hole - With the establishment of a youth organization, the slightly graying Greens want to solve their youth problems . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1991 ( online ).
  10. ↑ 35 green years (17): Green youth . In: gruene.de .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gruene.de  
  11. ^ History. In: gruene-jugend.de. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  12. ^ BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN: Resolution of the extraordinary federal delegates' conference of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in Hanover, January 26th and 27th, 2018. (PDF) Retrieved on March 27th, 2018 .
  13. ^ Bylaws of the Young Pirates of February 12, 2011 - Section 1.3.
  14. ^ Specialist forums of the Green Youth. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  15. ↑ New leadership duo for Green Youth. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
  16. ^ Board of Directors of the Bavarian Green Youth. GJ BY, accessed September 11, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Antje Kapek: Congratulations @MayaliebeBaum and Lennard #Gottmann for the election as new spokespersons for @gjberlin and of course the whole new spokesperson team! Good luck with #Weltretten !!! pic.twitter.com/a5JNj7Y4uO. In: @Antje_Kapek. November 23, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  18. ^ Green Youth Brandenburg State Board. GJ BB, accessed November 8, 2019 .
  19. ↑ State Board. GJ HB, accessed on February 25, 2020 .
  20. ↑ https://gruenejugendhamburg.de/das-sind-wir/landesvorstand/
  21. ↑ Congratulations to our new state board and good luck for your work: Debbie, Omar, Julia, Emely, Sharleen, Sascha (from left to right) and Laura! # Gjhlmvpic.twitter.com / qE7N38r7Om. In: Twitter. Green Youth Hessen, 2019, accessed on March 11, 2019 .
  22. ↑ State Board - Green Youth MV. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Board and office. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Our new state board. GJ NRW, November 5, 2018, accessed on December 12, 2018 .
  25. ↑ New state board of the Green Youth Rhineland-Palatinate starts work. FY RP, October 22, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Board of Directors. GJ SL, accessed December 12, 2018 .
  27. ↑ State Board. GJ SN, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  28. ↑ https://gj-lsa.de/ueber-uns/landesvorstand/. Retrieved on July 25, 2020 (German).
  29. ↑ State Board - Green Youth SH. GJ SH, accessed December 12, 2018 .
  30. ↑ State Board. Green Youth Thuringia, accessed on April 15, 2018 .
  31. ^ Forbidden Love DW of September 25, 2014.
  32. ↑ Green youth wants to allow sex among siblings Augsburger Allgemeine from July 9, 2012.
  33. ↑ PM: No love is illegal - GREEN YOUTH. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
  34. ↑ WELT: According to the judgment: Ströbele provoked with incest legalization . In: THE WORLD . April 13, 2012 ( welt.de [accessed May 7, 2020]).
  35. ↑ Left-wing extremists start outing campaign ( memento of the original from March 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release of the Green Youth, April 1, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gruene-jugend.de
  36. ↑ Why this campaign? . In: left-wing extremist .
  37. ^ Zeit: Gröhe is outraged by the call for left-wing extremists outing on April 5, 2013, accessed on August 28, 2013.
  38. ^ A b c Justus Bender: Allegations against young politicians: Same in green . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 7, 2020]).
  39. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report 2017. September 30, 2019, accessed on May 5, 2020 .
  40. ↑ Patrick Schnieder: Greens must neither tolerate nor downplay left-wing extremism in their own ranks. In: Eifel newspaper. April 17, 2013, accessed on May 4, 2020 (German).
  41. ↑ FOCUS Online: Provocative tweet: Green youth wants the renewed dissolution of Germany. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  42. ↑ A little provocation. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  43. ↑ Call for EM flag waiver: Green youth reaps a storm of indignation . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 7, 2020]).
  44. ↑ RP ONLINE: "Football fans: Flags down!": Outrage over the appeal of the Green Youth to renounce flags. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  45. ↑ Is the Germany flag nationalistic in football? June 12, 2016, accessed May 4, 2020 .
  46. ↑ Call for EM flag waiver: Green youth reaps a storm of indignation . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 12, 2016 ( faz.net ).
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