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I find it interesting that there is only the one male nominee. Probably this means that Bové is seen as a natural and consensual choice.

I had doubts as to how he would "perform" at EU level, especially after his ill-advised presidential run in 2007. But by all accounts he's been a hard worker and very effective networker, finding common ground with MEPs from other groups.

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by eurogreen on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 11:14:16 AM EST
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I find it interesting that there is only the one male nominee. Probably this means that Bové is seen as a natural and consensual choice.
Meaning, were it not for Bové there would be none?

What are other potential candidates? Daniel Cohn-Bendit?

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 11:19:36 AM EST
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No, meaning that other male candidates would have come forward if Bové hadn't, but chose not to run against him.

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by eurogreen on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 11:46:00 AM EST
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Aha, there was other candidates!

Green Primary: the second internal phase has begun! | European Greens

Six candidates have presented themselves to become a Green Leading Candidate in the Green Primary, that we are organising as European Greens: five of them nominated by their Green party, one by the Federation of Young European Greens.

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Thank you Jose Bove, Monica Frassoni, Rebecca Harms, Ska Keller, Ulrike Lunacek and Jolanda Verburg.

Ulrike Lunacek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

She is head of delegation of the Austrian Greens in the European Parliament, European spokesperson of the Austrian Greens, vice-president and foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, Kosovo-Rapporteur and co-president of the Intergroup on LGBT Rights. Lunacek was the frontrunner of the Austrian Green Party for the European elections on 7 June 2009.

Jolanda Verburg is not found on english wikipedia, or as far as I can tell on the dutch. Judging by Google-hits she is dutch (or flemish).

But no men, which I think this strenghtens the impression that the real run is for who will join Bové as the two leading candidates.

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by A swedish kind of death on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 12:45:12 PM EST
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