The Greens (Netherlands)
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The Greens
De Groenen |
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| Chairperson | Otto ter Haar |
| Founded | December 17, 1983 |
| Headquarters | De Groenen Oudegracht 60 NL-3511 AS Utrecht |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the House of Representatives |
0 / 150
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| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 75
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| States-Provincial |
0 / 566
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| Seats in the European Parliament |
0 / 26
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The Greens (De Groenen) is an ecologist party. It advocates an unconditional basic income and emphasizes its anti-militarism.
A group of Dutch environmentalists led by Marten Bierman founded The Greens on December 17, 1983. They entered the European elections under the name "European Greens" since the name "The Greens" was controlled by Bas de Gaay Fortman. The party's foundation was supported by the Francophone Belgian green party Ecolo, while the German Greens supported the Green Progressive Accord. The party became involved in the formation of the Coordination of European Green Parties. It won 1.3% of vote in the 1984 European parliament election below the threshold of 4% for a seat.
For the 1986 national elections the party used now the name "The Greens" which was abandoned. With Marten Bierman as top-candidate it won 0.2% of the votes, below the threshold of 0.7% for a seat. The party had a federal structure consisting of provincial parties. In 1987 The Greens participated in the North Holland, South Holland and Gelderland provincial elections. They won one seat on the States of North Holland, partially because of the support of Green Amsterdam led by Roel van Duijn. On March 10, 1989 Green Amsterdam merged with The Greens.
In 1989 GroenLinks was formed by a merger of PPR, PSP, CPN and the Christian left Evangelical People's Party. The Greens rejected to join the merger because it emphasised social-economic issues too much and environmental issues too little. Independently, they participated in the 1989 elections with Roel van Duijn as their top candidate. The party won 0.35% of votes, below the threshold. The party abandoned its federal structure in 1992.
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