Green Party (Czech Republic)
Green Party Strana zelených | |
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| Leader | Matěj Stropnický |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Senovážné nám. 2, Prague |
| Youth wing | Young Greens |
| Membership (2016) | 1274[1] |
| Ideology |
Green politics Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[3] to Left-wing[3][4] |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 200 |
| Senate |
4 / 81 |
| European Parliament |
0 / 22 |
| Regional Assemblies |
9 / 675 |
| Local Assemblies |
323 / 62,178 |
| Website | |
| www.zeleni.cz | |
The Green Party (Czech: Strana zelených) is a political party in the Czech Republic.
The party was founded in February 1990 but for a long time it struggled to obtain significant influence in Czech politics. In the 2002 legislative election the party received 2.4% of the vote. Internal conflicts and constant bickering were covered by the media much more than party's political aims but changes in the party's policy were made after the general party congress in September 2005, resulting in much more focus on the political aims and their propagation in media.
The party held a single seat (Jaromír Štětina) in the Senate (upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) between 2004 and 2010. In the 2006 legislative election the party received 6.3% of the vote and won six seats in the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies. This subsequently led to taking part in the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Christian Democrats (KDU–ČSL) from January 2007 to March 2009 (for more details see Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet). However the Green Party was unable to repeat its success in 2010 elections, losing all seats in both chambers.
Election results
Chamber of deputies of the Czech Republic
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| Year | Vote | Vote % | Seats | Place | Government |
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| 1990 | 295,844 | 4.1 | 0 | 7th | No |
| 1992[5] | 421,98 | 6.52 | 3 | 4th | No |
| 1998 | 67,143 | 1.12 | 0 | 9th | No |
| 2002 | 112,929 | 2.36 | 0 | 6th | No |
| 2006 | 336,487 | 6.29 | 6 | 5th | Yes |
| 2010 | 127.831 | 2.44 | 0 | 9th | No |
| 2013 | 159,025 | 3.19 | 0 | 8th | No |
Senate
- 1996 Senate: no seats
- 1998 Senate: no seats
- 2000 Senate: no seats
- 2002 Senate: no seats
- 2004 Senate: 1 seat (Jaromír Štětina)
- 2006 Senate: no seats
- 2008 Senate: no seats
- 2010 Senate: no seats
- 2012 Senate: 1 seat separately (Eliška Wagnerová) and 1 seat together with Pirates and Christian Democrats (Libor Michálek)
- 2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat (Ivana Cabrnochová) together with Social Democrats
- 2014 Senate: 3 seats together with Christian Democrats (Václav Hampl, Václav Láska, Jitka Seitlová)
European parliament
- 2004 European Parliament: 3.2% – no seats
- 2009 European Parliament: 2.0% – no seats
- 2014 European Parliament: 3.8% – no seats
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce". Denik.cz. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ "Zelení: Evropa musí zahájit jednání o své federalizaci - Strana zelených". zeleni.cz. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Strana zelených". idnes.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Levicový radikál Matěj Stropnický v čele Strany zelených. Tohle můžeme čekat, uvádí komentátor" (in Czech). 31 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ As part of Liberal Social Union
External links
- Profile of party – From European Greens website (in English)
- Official party website (in Czech)
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