THE NEXT ELECTIONS (April 24, 2009)

I feel kind of elated today. And my feelings are due to things entirely political, I must admit. The coalition agreement with Social Democrats behinds us, all the Greens on the election list have been registered with the authorities already. Now we are official. The election campaign can start. But my elation comes from elsewhere. This is the first day of preparations for the next elections. Four years from now we will be in an entirely different position in our town. By then, green issues will become paramount. And the Green Party will be running alone for the first time. A young person will be at our helm by that time. In 2013 we will do pretty well, I am quite sure. If everything goes as it should, we will take two or three seats on the municipal council. Green Motovun will no longer be but a hopeful slogan.