Green Party

Green Party Strana zelených
Leader	Ondřej Liška
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Ostrovní 7, Prague
Ideology	Green, Centrism, Social Liberalism
International affiliation	Global Greens
European affiliation	European Green Party
Official colours	Green
Website
www.zeleni.cz
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The Green Party (Strana zelených in Czech) is a political party in the Czech Republic.

The party was founded in February 1990 but for a long time it struggled to obtain significant influence in Czech politics. In the 2002 legislative elections the party received 2.4% of the vote. Internal conflicts and constant bickering were covered by the media much more than party's political aims but changes in the policy in the party were made after the general party congress in September 2005. The new chairman, former environment minister Martin Bursík, focuses much more on the political aims and their propagation in media. Part of the intra-party opposition left the party and they tried to found a new political party.

The party holds a single seat (Jaromír Štětina) in the Senate (upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic). In the 2006 legislative elections the party received 6.3% of the vote and thus won six seats in the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies.

The Green Party was part of the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Christian Democrats (KDU–ČSL) since January 2007. For more details see Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet.

Election results

• 1990 Czech National Council: 4.1% – no seats
• 1992 Czech National Council: 6.5% (as member of the Liberal-Social Movement)
• 1996 Senate: no seats
• 1998 Chamber of Deputies: 1.1% – no seats
• 1998 Senate: no seats
• 2000 Senate: no seats
• 2002 Chamber of Deputies: 2.4% – no seats
• 2002 Senate: no seats
• 2004 Senate: 1 seat (Jaromír Štětina)
• 2004 European Parliament: 3.2% – no seats
• 2006 Chamber of Deputies: 6.3% – 6 seats:
  • Central Bohemian Region: Olga Zubová
  • Moravian-Silesian Region: Věra Jakubková
  • Prague: Martin Bursík and Kateřina Jacques
  • South Moravian Region: Ondřej Liška
  • Ústí nad Labem Region: Přemysl Rabas
• 2006 Senate: no seats
• 2008 Senate: no seats
• 2009 European Parliament: 2,0% – no seats

See also

Sustainable development portal

Environment portal

Ecology portal

• Green party
• Green politics
• List of environmental organizations

External links

• Basic information about the party
• Party website (in Czech)

v • d • e Political parties in the Czech Republic Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers. Chamber of Deputies 2006 (200 seats) Coalition Civic Democratic Party (79) 1 · Christian and Democratic Union (13) · Green Party (4) 2 · Former Green deputies (2) · Former Social Democratic deputies (3) · Former Civic Democratic deputies (2) Opposition Social Democratic Party (71) 3 · Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (26) Senate 2008 (81 seats) Italics indicate very small parties each providing one senator who is not a party member. Main parties Civic Democratic Party (36) 4 · Social Democratic Party (29) · Christian and Democratic Union (7) · Communist Party (3) Caucus of Open Democracy (6) Green Party · Freedom Union - Democratic Union · SNK European Democrats · Party for the Open Society · United Democrats - Union of Independents · Independent Mayors for Region European Parliament 2009 (22 seats) Civic Democratic Party (9) · Social Democratic Party (7) · Communist Party (4) · Christian and Democratic Union (2) · Sources: Czech Statistical Office · senat.cz (Senate) 1 Previously 81, before two members crossed the floor.  2 Previously 6, before two members left the Green Party caucus.  3 Previously 74, before three members crossed the floor.  4 Including one senator elected as an independent.  5 Split between Independent Democrats and Politika 21.  Politics of the Czech Republic · Politics portal · List of political parties by country

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