Getting to know the Green Party better...
The Green Party is any of a number of political parties that are most widely known for promoting environmental issues. Other issues advanced by Green parties include the rights of women and opposition to capitalism, modernism, the building of nuclear...
The Green Party is any of a number of political parties that are most widely known for promoting environmental issues. Other issues advanced by Green parties include the rights of women and opposition to capitalism, modernism, the building of nuclear power plants, and the testing and production of nuclear weapons.
Green parties operate primarily in industrialised countries. Europe has some of the strongest Green parties. One of the most powerful is Germany's Green Party, also known as "Die Grunen" (The Greens).
In 1983, before German unification, West Germany's Green Party became the first Green party in Europe to win seats in a national legislature.
Other countries with Green parties include Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Most existing Green parties were founded in the Eighties. But Green parties draw on the traditions of anarchist, socialist, and other left-wing movements that developed in Europe during the 1800s.
Because of their diverse objectives, Green parties have had difficulty joining together to challenge better-established parties. As a result, they have sometimes formed alliances with other kinds of parties, such as the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
This is no good news to the Nationalist Party for the next general election!
I compare the Green Party to a water melon. The water melon is green on the outside; but it is red inside!