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The Green parties in 29 European countries joined forces this week to promote their pacifist, environmentalist agenda by founding the European Green Party. The first Europewide political party, the Greens announced a platform of opposition to nuclear power and genetically modified food, and support for nonviolence and protection of natural resources. In its founding statement, the party pledged to build “a more tolerant, social, ecological, and democratic” Europe. “The Greens are the only party to take Europe seriously,” said leading Green Daniel Cohn-Bendit. “Other political groups in Europe are too scared and too weak” to unite.
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