The political party AD+PD, also known by the acronym ADPD, launched its new graphic identity on Saturday.
The graphic identity, created by professional graphic designers at 2point3.com is a stylised sunflower, joining together the colours green, orange, and yellow, associated with AD and PD prior to the merging of the parties into one, Green and progressive party. The circle recalls the sun, which together with the sunflower is a longstanding symbol of Green and Ecologist parties in Europe.
“Together is better. In a polarised and tribal political culture, we stand together with one aim of contributing to a better society and a greener and brighter future. A society of cooperation over a race to the bottom. We believe that there cannot be progress without social equality, responsibility and sustainability. We believe in top class accessible public services such as public transport, housing, inclusive education, public health and safety in our localities. These requirements need sustainable financing and progressive taxation systems”, the party said in a statement.
A brighter and better society means a truly democratic, secular and progressive society where diversity is celebrated and protected within a context of pluralism, reciprocal respect and civil liberties. We believe that ecology is a holistic chain and therefore we support sustainable development, the protection of the environment and animal welfare and rights. The struggle to save the planet from climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge that humanity has ever had to face. We should ensure that human society does not move towards self-destruction and to the destruction of species in the process. We support the struggles of local communities to defend their quality of life against overdevelopment.
The aim of a green economy is that of ensuring the wellbeing of all. For us wellbeing means ensuring environmental justice and social justice, through an economy which respects environmental limits. Respecting these limits means ensuring a just and fair distribution of wealth, not profit at all costs. We will continue working for a Green New Deal. Economic, environmental and social issues are not standalone issues but are intertwined.
A better, brighter tomorrow means the strengthening of a participative and pluralistic democracy based on the rule of law, subsidiarity, adequate checks and balances to ensure a separation between constitutional powers and legal safeguards which serve as effective deterrents against corruption and the dominance of economic interests and egoistic lobby groups. This requires electoral reform, greater autonomy of the judiciary from government, clear distinction between the state and political parties and complete separation between state and church. In a world marked by globalisation democracy can only be safeguarded through more integration and the strengthening of the EU’s democratic and representative structures.