German_Greens

German Greens Table of Contents · The emergence of Green parties in Europe: The Greening of Europe Begins · The Guiding Principles · Greens on the EU · Main Political Issues of German Greens · Current Situation in Germany · Bibliography The Greening of Europe Begins The Green movement as an electoral force is young. The first ecological and alternative political groups emerged in the 1960's, but most European Green parties were not created until a decade or more later. The very first ecology party in Europe emerged in Britain in 1973. The European elections of 1989 were a spectacular success for the UK Greens, who scored 15 % of the votes. Due to the first-past-the-post electoral system, however, the 2.5 million votes did not translate into one single seat in the European Parliament. In Belgium the French speaking Ecolo was formed in 1980 and gained 5% of the votes and five deputies in 1981. Their Flemish speaking sister party AGALEV had their breakthrough in the local elections of 1982, obtaining 50 local council members. In Italy, the first Greens entered Parliament in 1987, when the list of the ecological movement - Lista Verdi - got 13 MP's and two senators. The Georgia Greens have had a substantial following from their start in the party, should, grünen, green, european, bündnis, die, social, greens, rights, law, federal, eu, union, nuclear, must, member, first, policies, parliament, new, europe, energy, been, votes, treaty, states, state, political, parties, local, issues, human, german, environmental