Global Greens
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Countries in which Global Green member parties are part of a coalition government (dark green) or are represented in national parliament (light green). | |
Abbreviation | GG |
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Formation | April 12, 2001 |
Type | International nongovernmental organization |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | World network of green political parties and organizations |
Headquarters | Rue Wiertz 31, 1050 Brussels, Belgium[1] |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 91 parties[2] |
Coordinator | Keli Yan[3] |
Main organ | Global Greens Congress |
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The Global Greens is an international network of Green parties and political movements that works to implement the Global Green Charter. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Greens Charter was approved.[4] The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Third Global Greens Congress was held in Dakar, Senegal in 2012. The next Global Green Congress will be held spring 2017 in Liverpool.
The Global Greens has a 12-member steering committee called the Global Green Coordination[5] and a network of members called the Global Greens Network.[6] As of November 2013 the network had 91 full member parties and 19 observers and associate parties.[2]
The Charter of the Global Greens professes "core values" of ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, nonviolence, sustainability and respect for diversity. Priorities include "reforming the dominant economic model, tackling climate change, ending the hunger crisis, promoting vibrant democracy, working for peace, protecting biodiversity."[7]
The Global Greens are organised into four federations across the world in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Member parties in the Americas
Affiliated members in North, Central and South America form the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas.
Country | Name | National/Federal Government | State/Municipal Government | Notes |
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Argentina | Iniciativa Verde | unknown | unknown | |
Bolivia | Partido Verde de Bolivia | unknown | unknown | |
Brazil | Partido Verde do Brasil | in opposition | The party is represented in several States legislatures. | in coalition 2003-2008 |
Canada | Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada | The party has one MP in Federal Parliament, sitting in opposition | The party has representation in BC, NB, and PE provincial legislatures. The party has one seat in Vancouver City Council. | |
Chile | Partido Ecologista | Extraparliamentary opposition | ||
Colombia | Alianza Verde | independent | Governors from Nariño and Boyacá are greens. The party also has 49 Mayors | |
Mexico | Partido Ecologista Verde de México | Junior party in coalition cabinet | Manuel Velasco Coello, a green, is governor of Chiapas with the support of PRI | The party is criticized for its support of the death penalty, and alleged corruption.[8] |
Peru | Partido Ecologista Alternative Verde del Peru | unknown | unknown | |
United States | Green Party of the United States | Extraparliamentary opposition | Represented on Minneapolis, Cleveland, Laredo, Madison and Richmond city councils. | The party used to be represented in ME, CA and AR State Legislatures. |
Venezuela | Movimiento Ecológico de Venezuela | in opposition | unknown | |
Member parties in Asia and Oceania
Affiliated members in Asia, Pacific and Oceania form the Asia-Pacific Green Network.
Country | Name | National/Federal Government | State/Municipal Government | Notes |
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Australia | Australian Greens | in opposition | in coalition in A.C.T., represented in most states and territories | in coalition in Tasmania 2010-14 |
Hong Kong | Green Party Hong Kong | unknown | unknown | |
India | Uttarakhand Parivartan Party | unknown | unknown | |
Japan | Greens Japan | in opposition | Kazumi Inamura, a green, is mayor of Amagasaki | |
Mongolia | Mongolian Green Party | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | |
Mongolia | Civil Will-Green Party | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | in coalition 2012-16 |
Nepal | Green Civil Society | unknown | ||
Pakistan | Green Party of Pakistan | unknown | unknown | |
Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea Greens | Extraparliamentary Opposition | unknown | |
Philippines | Green Party of the Philippines (Partido Kalikasan) | unknown | unknown | |
South Korea | Green Party of Korea | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | |
Taiwan | Green Party Taiwan | Extraparliamentary opposition | Represented in Taoyuan and Hsinchu County[9] | |
New Zealand | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 14 MPs[10] sitting in opposition | The party endorsed current mayor of Auckland Len Brown and is represented on Auckland and Wellington city councils. | |
Member parties in Africa
Affiliated parties in Africa form the Federation of Green Parties of Africa.
Country | Name | National/Federal Government | State/Municipal Government | Notes |
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Angola | Partido Nacional Ecológico de Angola | unknown | unknown | |
Benin | Les Verts du Benin | in opposition | unknown | |
Burkina Faso | Parti Ecologiste pour le Développement du Burkina | unknown | unknown | |
Burkina Faso | Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina | unknown | unknown | |
Burundi | Burundi Green Movement | unknown | unknown | |
Central African Republic | Mouvement des Verts de Centrafique | unknown | unknown | |
Chad | Union des Ecologistes Tchadiens - LES VERTS | unknown | unknown | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Rassemblement des écologistes congolais | Extraparliamentary Opposition | unknown | Represented in parliament 2006-2011 |
Egypt | Egyptian Greens | unknown | unknown | |
Gabon | Parti Vert Gabonais/Gabon Green Party | unknown | unknown | |
Ghana | Ghana Green Movement | unknown | unknown | |
Guinea | Parti des Ecologistes Guineens | unknown | unknown | |
Ivory Coast | Parti Ecologique Ivoirien | unknown | unknown | |
Kenya | Mazingira Green Party | in opposition | unknown | |
Madagascar | Parti Vert Hasin'l Madagasikara | unknown | unknown | |
Mali | Parti Ecologiste du Mali | unknown | unknown | |
Mauritius | Les Verts Fraternels | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | In coalition between 2005 and 2010. |
Morocco | Les Verts | unknown | unknown | |
Mozambique | Ecological Party of Mozambique | unknown | unknown | |
Niger | Rassemblement pour un Sahel Vert | unknown | unknown | |
Nigeria | Green Party of Nigeria | unknown | unknown | |
Rwanda | Democratic Green Party of Rwanda | unknown | unknown | |
Senegal | Les Verts | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Represented in parliament between 2007 and 2012 |
Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Green Party | unknown | unknown | |
Somalia | Democratic Green Party of Somalia | unknown | unknown | |
South Africa | South African Green Alliance | unknown | unknown | |
Togo | Afrique Togo Ecologie | unknown | unknown | |
Tunisia | Tunisie Verte | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | |
Uganda | Ecological Party of Uganda | unknown | unknown | |
Zambia | National Revolution Green Party Zambia | unknown | unknown | |
Member parties in Europe
Affiliated members in Europe form the European Green Party.
Country | Name | National/Federal Government | State/Municipal Government | European Parliament | Notes |
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Albania | Green Party of Albania | in opposition | in opposition 34 local councillors, 8 in urban municipalities and 26 in rural municipalities[11] | Not an EU member | |
Andorra | Partit Verds d'Andorra | in opposition | The party hasn't participated in recent local elections | Not an EU member | |
Austria | Die Grünen | in opposition | in coalition in Upper Austria, Carinthia, Tyrol, Salzburg, Vorarlberg and Vienna | in opposition | |
Belgium | Ecolo | in opposition | in coalition in Wallonia and Brussels-Capital Region | in opposition | in coalition 1999-2003 |
Belgium | Groen | in opposition | in opposition in Flanders | in opposition | in coalition 1999-2003 |
Bulgaria | Zelena Partija | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Cyprus | Cyprus Green Party | in opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Czech Republic | Strana zelených | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | In coalition 2006-2010 |
Estonia | Estonian Greens | in opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Finland | Vihreät/De Gröna | in opposition | Represented in several municipalities. It has the second largest group of councillors in Helsinki | in opposition | in coalition 1995-2003, 2007-2014 |
France | Europe Écologie–Les Verts | in opposition | Senior coalition partner in the city of Grenoble. Also in coalition in Languedoc, Aquitaine, Centre-Val de Loire and the cities of Paris, Lille, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rennes. | in opposition | in coalition 1997-2002, 2012–14 |
Georgia | Sakartvelo’s Mtsvaneta Partia/Green Party of Georgia | unknown | unknown | Not an EU member | |
Germany | Bündnis '90/Die Grünen | in opposition | Senior coalition partner in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, also junior party in 7 states. Senior coalition partner in the cities of Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Freiburg im Breisgau and Heidelberg | in opposition | in coalition 1998-2005 |
Greece | Ecologoi Prasinoi/Ecologist Greens | Junior party in coalition cabinet | Represented in most Regional parliaments | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Hungary | Lehet Más a Politika | 5 MPs sitting in opposition | 54 seats in local city councils | in opposition | |
Ireland United Kingdom (NI) | Green Party/Comhaontas Glas | 2 TDs, sitting in opposition. | 2 MLA, 12 councillors in ROI local government, 4 in NI local government | Extraparliamentary opposition | In coalition in ROI 2007-2011 |
Italy | Federazione dei Verdi | 2 Senators elected as M5S, sitting in opposition | The party has one regional councilor in Campania participating in the coalition | Extraparliamentary opposition | in coalition 1996-2001 |
Italy | Verdi–Grüne–Vërc | One deputy, sitting in opposition | The party has 3 members in the Landtag of South Tyrol. | Extraparliamentary opposition | Part of the Federazione dei Verdi before 2013 |
Latvia | Latvijas Zala Partija/Latvia Green Party | Junior party in coalition cabinet | Represented in several city councils, most notably in rural areas. | Extraparliamentary opposition | Prime minister (2004) and since 2016, in coalition 2002-11 and since 2014 |
Luxembourg | Déi Gréng | Junior party in coalition cabinet | Roberto Traversini, a green, is mayor of Differdange | in opposition | |
Macedonia | Demokratska Obnova na Makedonija | 2 seats in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia | unknown | Not an EU member | |
Malta | Alternattiva Demokratika | Extraparliamentary opposition | One green councillor in Ħ'Attard[12] | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Moldova | Partidul Ecologist "Alianţa Verde" din Moldova | unknown | unknown | Not an EU member | |
Netherlands | De Groenen | Extraparliamentary opposition | 1/26 seats in Water board Amstel, Gooi en Vecht | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Netherlands | GroenLinks | 4/150 seats in the House of Representatives, 4/75 seats in the Senate | Junior coalition partner in Noord-Holland and Zeeland. It is represented in most municipalities, and has the largest group of councillors in Nijmegen. | in opposition | |
Norway | Miljøpartiet De Grønne | One MP sitting in opposition | In coalition in Trondheim, represented in other big cities | in opposition | |
Poland | Partia Zieloni | Extraparliamentary opposition | Represented in the regional parliaments of Silesia and West Pomerania, and the city councils of Warsaw and Opole | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Portugal | Partido Ecologista Os Verdes | Supporting the Socialist minority government | in coalition in some municipalities (with Portuguese Communist Party) | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Romania | Green Party of Romania | in opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Russia | Zelenaya Alternativa (GROZA) | unknown | unknown | Not an EU member | |
Slovakia | Strana Zelených | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | Represented in parliament between 1990 and 2002 |
Slovenia | Stranka mladih Slovenije/Youth Party of Slovenia | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Spain | Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds | 3 deputies elected under the banner En Comú Podem | In coalition in Barcelona | in opposition | |
Spain | Equo | 3 deputies elected under the banner of Podemos | In coalition in Madrid, Zaragoza, Valencia, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela | in opposition | |
Sweden | Miljöpartiet de Gröna | Junior party in coalition cabinet | Represented in several municipalities, especially in urban areas. | in opposition | |
Switzerland | Green Party of Switzerland | in opposition | Junior party in coalition cabinet in 7 cantons. Also in coalition in Bern, Geneva, Zurich, or Basel-City. | Not an EU member | |
Ukraine | Partija Zelenych Ukrajiny/Party of Greens of Ukraine | Extraparliamentary opposition | unknown | Not an EU member | |
United Kingdom (England and Wales) | Green Party of England and Wales | The party is represented in parliament by one MP and one life peer | The party is in coalition in Stroud, and has large groups of councillors in Norwich, Bristol and Brighton and Hove. It also has 2 London AMs | in opposition | The party dominated the Brighton and Hove City Council between 2011 and 2015. |
United Kingdom( Scotland) | Scottish Green Party | Extraparliamentary opposition | With 6 MSPs, the party currently holds the balance of power in Scottish Parliament. The party has 5 councillors in Glasgow and 6 in Edinburgh. | Extraparliamentary opposition | |
Observers and associate member parties
Country | Name | Government | Notes |
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Australia | Federation for a Democratic China, Australia | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Greens | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Belarus | Belarusian Party "The Greens" | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Bulgaria | Zelenite/The Greens | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Costa Rica | Cartago Green Party | Extraparliamentary Opposition | Represented at the local level |
Denmark | Socialistisk Folkeparti | in opposition | in coalition 2011-14 |
Dominican Republic | Partido Verde Dominicano | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
French Guiana | Les Verts de Guyane | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Guatemala | Partido Los Verdes de Guatemala | unknown | |
Nepal | Hariyali Nepal Party | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Nicaragua | Verdes en Alianza | unknown | |
Philippines | Philippines Greens | unknown | |
Russia | Green Russia | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
Serbia | Zeleni Srbije/Greens of Serbia | in opposition | |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Green Alliance | Extraparliamentary Opposition | |
See also
- Biodiversity
- Conservation movement
- Conservation ethic
- Direct democracy
- Environmental movement
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Earth Science
- Global Greens Charter
- Global warming
- Global Young Greens
- Grassroots democracy
- List of environmental organizations
- Natural environment
- Nature
- Participatory democracy
- Sustainability
- Worldwide Green parties
Notes and references
- ↑ "Global Greens Secretariat established in Brussels, Europe". globalgreens.org. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- 1 2 Global Greens: "Green Parties around the world", retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ https://www.globalgreens.org/profile/keli-yen
- ↑ "Global Greens Charter". globalgreens.org. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Global Greens Coordination". globalgreens.org. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Global Greens Network". globalgreens.org. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "About Us". Global Greens. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ↑ Tim Johnson, For Mexico's Ecologist Green Party, 'green' mostly means money, not environment, McClatchy Newspapers (June 18, 2012).
- ↑ "18年來首次!綠黨攻下兩席市議員 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報". ltn.com.tw. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Green MPs". Green Part of Aotearoa New Zealand. 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ Partia e Gjelbër është e përfaqësuar me këshilltarë lokal në 8 Bashki dhe 26 Komuna., Partia e Gjelbër (in Albanian)
- ↑ "Electoral Commission of Malta". www.electoral.gov.mt. Retrieved 2016-05-26.