Os Verdes
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Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" |
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| Abbreviation | PEV |
| Leader | Heloísa Apolónia |
| Founded | 19 May 1982 |
| Headquarters | Rua da Boavista 83, 3.º Dto, 1200-066 Lisbon |
| Newspaper | Folha Verde |
| Youth wing | Ecolojovem |
| Membership | 6,000 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Unitary Democratic Coalition |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green |
| Assembly of the Republic |
2 / 230
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| European Parliament |
0 / 21
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| Regional parliaments |
0 / 104
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| Local Government |
3 / 2,086
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| Website | |
| www.osverdes.pt | |
The Ecologist Party "The Greens" (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes", pronounced [pɐɾˈtidu ekuluˈʒiʃtɐ uʒ ˈveɾdɨʃ], PEV) is a Portuguese green and eco-socialist party. It is a member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties.
It was the first Portuguese ecologist party, and since its foundation, in 1982, the PEV has had a close relationship with the Portuguese Communist Party, and now (as of 2013[update]), after participating allied with it in the Unitary Democratic Coalition in all the elections, the PEV holds many mandates in local assemblies and two seats in the Assembly of the Republic.
The Party's youth wing is the Ecolojovem. It edits a newspaper named Folha Verde and its headquarters are located in Lisbon.
The Party was founded 1982, originally named the Portuguese Ecologist Movement – Party "The Greens" (Movimento Ecologista Português – Partido "Os Verdes"), by a group of Portuguese citizens interested in the promotion of the ecologist movement in Portuguese society, with the support of the Portuguese Communist Party, including in its founders one of its members, Zita Seabra.
In the end of the 1970s, Earth was facing new ecological problems, such as the greenhouse effect and the depletion of the ozone layer and the lack of awareness of this in Portuguese society, along with the lack of an organized Ecologist movement, led to the foundation of the Ecologist Party "The Greens" in order to put such problems on the political agenda.
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