The Greens (Poland)
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The Greens
Partia Zieloni |
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| Leader | Małgorzata Tracz and Marek Kossakowski |
| Founded | 6 September 2003 |
| Headquarters | ul. Marszałkowska 1 lok. 160, 00-624 Warsaw |
| Ideology |
Green politics Progressivism Social democracy Feminism LGBT rights |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | None |
| Colours | Green |
| Sejm |
0 / 460
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| Senate |
0 / 100
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| European Parliament |
0 / 51
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| Website | |
| www.partiazieloni.pl | |
The Greens (Polish: Partia Zieloni) is Poland's Green Party. It was founded in September 2003 under the name "Greens 2004" (Polish: Zieloni 2004) and formally registered in February 2004. The party was represented in the Sejm between 2014-2015 by Anna Grodzka, but had no Senators. As of 2010, it has three councillors and two members of regional parliaments.
The party is member of the European Green Party and cooperates with the European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.
The party was established in 2003 by activists of several social movements. Among its founding members there were environmentalists, feminists, LGBT and anti-war activists. The first political campaign of the emerging party concerned the Polish European Union membership referendum, the Greens campaigned for a "yes" vote. Greens 2004 took part in the movement against the Iraq War in 2003 and participated in Equality Parades and other social protests in the time of "Fourth Republic" (2005-2007). Since 3 March 2013 the official name of the party is Greens (Zieloni), Greens 2004 is a historical name and can still be used.
In the European Parliament election in 2004 the Greens received 0.27% of the votes. Before the 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, the Greens formed a coalition with the Social Democracy of Poland (SDPL). Their common list achieved 3.89% of the votes, the Greens' portion was 0.17%. In the 2005 presidential election, the Greens supported Marek Borowski, the chairman of the SDPL, who received 10.33% of the votes. In the Polish parliamentary elections of 2007, the Greens contested one district in the Senate. In February 2009, they formed a coalition called Alliance for the Future (Porozumienie dla Przyszłości - CentroLewica) with the social liberal Democratic Party and the social democratic SDPL, forming a common list for the 2009 European Parliament election. In local elections in 2010 members of the Greens ran in most cases from the lists of Democratic Left Alliance. In these elections, the Greens won five seats in local councils and regional parliaments.
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