Groene Partij Nederland
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GroenLinks
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| Leader | Jesse Klaver |
| Party Chairperson | Marjolein Meijer |
| Leader in the Senate | Tineke Strik |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Jesse Klaver |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Bas Eickhout |
| Founded | 1 March 1989 |
| Merger of | Rainbow: PSP, CPN, PPR and EVP |
| Headquarters | Partijbureau GroenLinks Oudegracht 312 Utrecht |
| Think tank | Bureau de Helling |
| Youth wing | DWARS |
| Membership (2017) | 23,390 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Green liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the House of Representatives |
14 / 150
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| Seats in the Senate |
4 / 75
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| States-Provincial |
30 / 570
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| Seats in the European Parliament |
2 / 26
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| Website | |
| http://groenlinks.nl/ | |
GroenLinks (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣrunˈlɪŋks]; English: GreenLeft) is a Dutch political party of green progressive bent. It was formed on 1 March, 1989 as a merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party. After disappointing results in the 1989 and 1994 general elections, the nascent party fared particularly well in the elections that took place between 1994 and 2002. Then party leader Paul Rosenmöller was seen as the unofficial leader of the opposition against the Kok cabinet-led Purple governments by the media, fellow politicians and academics, even though it was only the second largest party in the number of seats in the Dutch parliament's House of Representatives.
GroenLinks describes itself as "green", "social" and "tolerant". The party is represented by 14 seats in the House, five in the Senate and two in the European Parliament. The last party leader, and chair of the parliamentary party in the House of Representatives, was Jolande Sap. The party is in opposition against the governing Rutte cabinet. The party has over 100 local councillors and it participates in the government of sixteen of the twenty largest municipalities in the Netherlands. The party's voters are concentrated in larger cities, especially those with a university.
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