Party Principles

The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas adopted at its foundation
these seven principles by consensus:

• The impact of society on the environment should not be ecologically disruptive.
• Conservation of resources is vital to a sustainable society.
• All political, social and economic decisions should be taken at the lowest effective level.
• Society should be guided by self-reliance and co-operation at all levels.
• As caretakers of the Earth, we have the responsibility to pass it on in a fit and healthy state.
• The need for world peace overrides national and commercial interests.
• The poverty of two-thirds of the world’s family demands a redistribution of the world’s resources.

These principles were elaborated and expanded in the revised 1997 Constitution.

We Are For…

• More decision-making at Community level.
• Open government.
• A basic income for all citizens.
• Renewable energy and Recycling.
• Full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
• Workers’ Co-ops and small family businesses.
• Emphasis on public transport.
• Non-violent direct action.

We Are Against…

• Pollution of air, sea and land.
• The depopulation of the countryside and over-crowding in the cities.
• Control of industry by large national and multinational companies.
• Nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
• Land and property speculation.
• Both state and paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland.
• The exploitation of the third world.
• Exploitation of animals.