recent, European-style political party that supports strong environmental laws and increased avenues for public participation in government.
an environmentalist political party
The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. It became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title. It has succeeded in getting candidates elected to all levels of government; local, Dáil and European Parliament.
In United States politics, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. The party first gained widespread public attention during Ralph Nader's presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. Currently, the primary national Green Party organization in the U.S. is the Green Party of the United States, which has eclipsed the earlier Greens/Green Party USA.
The Green Party (, literally "Environment Party the Greens", and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the "Environment Party") is a green political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1981 emerging out of the movement opposing nuclear power in a referendum held 1980. It won seats in the Parliament of Sweden for the first time in 1988, failed to enter in the following election in 1991, but returned again in 1994.
The Brazilian Green Party (in Portuguese, Partido Verde - PV) was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring social-democracy and sustainable development. One of the party's founding members was the journalist and former anti-dictatorship revolutionary Fernando Gabeira (a federal deputy since 1995).
The Green Party is a green party in Georgia. It is led by Gia (George) Gachechiladze.
The Green Party was a Green political party in the United Kingdom.
Miljøpartiet De Grønne (The Green Party) is a Norwegian political party, formed in October 1988 from a number of local environmental election lists. The party has no members of parliament (gaining 0.1 % in the 2005 elections), but has some representation in municipality councils.
The Green Party (Strana zelených in Czech) is a political party in the Czech Republic.
The Green Party , often shortened to The Greens (Verzii) is a Romanian political party centred on green politics. It is a member of the European Green Party.
