Northern voters urged to go green

Voters in Northern Ireland were today urged to move away from the toxic politics of the past and endorse the vision of a Green economy.

As she launched her party’s European election manifesto in the Indian Community Centre in Belfast, Green candidate Lindsay Whitcroft insisted she was campaigning on a pro-Good Friday Agreement and an anti-war ticket.

“We believe that the agreement struck by the parties and the two governments can do for us what the European institutions have done for Europe in the wake of the Second World War,” she said.

“The agreement belongs to the people and I will fight for the restoration of the people’s Agreement.

“At the same time we, together with our sister parties throughout Europe, will continue our campaign against the war and occupation in Iraq and fight for Europe to be a peacemaker internationally and stand up for international law and human rights.

“We will continue to work to prevent the further production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

“The Greens want to stop trafficking in small arms as well as production and use of landmines.

“We strongly believe that Europe must act in the spirit of peace.”