Irish and European Politics
The Green Party is an all-island party, with a region in each of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Green Party in Northern Ireland voted to become a region of the Green Party in Ireland in 2005 at its annual convention, and again in a postal ballot in March 2006.) Brian Wilson, formerly a councillor for the Alliance Party, won the Green Party's first seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 election.
The Irish Green Party is a member of the European Green Party. Though it previously held a more eurosceptic stance than is usually articulated by most other green parties in Europe, the party backed the Lisbon Treaty with support from two thirds of the party.
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