Sentence examples for green minister from inspiring English sources

What about Dominique Voynet, the sole Green minister in Lionel Jospin's left-wing coalition government, who is in charge of regional development and the environment?

Both entered politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall (Mr Platzeck as a Green minister in East Germany's last communist government, Ms Merkel as a spokesperson for the first democratic one).

It's clear to most people that the Green ministers are performing well and competently".

Green ministers have held cabinet seats in Paris, Berlin and half a dozen other E.U. capitals since the late 1990s — and they weren't just elected for representing environmental causes.

This is particularly odd for the two Green ministers, Cécile Duflot and Pascal Canfin, who have ruled out resigning from government despite their party's opposition.

Despite qualms among Germany's allies, used to the steadiness of Helmut Kohl's departing administration, foreign policy should bring few alarms under Joschka Fischer (see article), one of three Green ministers; the others are at environment and health.

If Cowen, Lenihan and even the Green ministers holding power can convince the electorate that the medicine might be unpalatable but in the end will cure the patient they may yet see off the strongest Fine Gael-Labour challenge in living memory.

A "no" vote would have been a serious setback for Green ministers in the coalition and created renewed clamour for the party to pull out of government with Fianna Fáil.

One of the six Green ministers is Per Bolund, the deputy finance minister.

I would call on the 15 Environment Ministers, including the 6 Green Ministers, to show courage and to grant the African elephant full protection once again on 30 March during the Environmental Council.

"In all of my involvement over many years I've never seen a press conference where ministers – National party ministers, Liberal party ministers, a Greens minister and Labor ministers – have expressed such unity and such force with respect to the critical issue of funding," Gavrielatos said.