Return from Marly-le-Roi

tim.rauschan@googlemail.com

I have now finally reached my home in Berlin again. Looking back at the Meeting in Marly-le-Roi it has been better than it seemed to be, when i was there.
Beside all the problems of structure and content, it has been my first conference with African participants at all, although they "only" have been part of the African Diasporra living in Europe. Therefore I am grateful, that I have been a part of it. And I hope the other regional consultation meetings in Africa will be better prepared and organised. I encourage all of our green fellows in Africa to try to be a part of this process, I think the idea of an african-european partnership on youth level is necessary. And I think regarding Europe's responsibility towards climate change and towards Africa, the colonial history and the ongoing abuse of ressources, there has been a broad consensus in my working groups. Intercultural exchange and mutual understanding has brought the European youth together, and therefore should be able to bring our both continents together.

In the Steering Comittee and in our own countries it is our responsibility as young green politicians to support this development and to put our topics on the agenda.

Back to Berlin I will try to do so within our German National Youth Council and maybe use my new contacts within African diasporra in Germany to create a cooperation between them and the Green Youth in Germany.

To see so many young greens in Marly-le-Roi made me believe that we are the political force which is at the most international, not only are our topics nearly without exception globally also our understanding as persons. To feel as a European or African instead of only national identities is a first step towards a world citizen.