The Green Party ( cs, Strana zelených, lit=Party of Greens) is a green political party in the Czech Republic.

History

The Green party was founded in 1990 following the return to liberal democracy in Czechia following the Velvet Revolution. However, the party remained on the political margins until Jaromír Štětina was able to capture a seat in the

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(upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) in 2004. It was during this time that the Greens campaigned on pacificism (rejecting the idea that any foreign military power should have military bases in the Czech Republic) and greater incorporation of

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in the country. Under new leader Marin Bursík, the Greens adopted a more pragmatic approach to politics and in the subsequent 2006 legislative election the party received 6.3% of the vote and won six seats in the lower house – the

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. This resulted in the party taking part in the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and KDU–ČSL from January 2007 to March 2009 (for more details see

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). During their stint in government, the Greens promoted pro-European policies such as supporting the Lisbon Treaty. They also suggested that European based defence alliance could be an alternative option to Czech membership of NATO. However, following the installation of a new American radar system in the Czech Republic there were tensions within the party over foreign policy. The party was also a supporter of minority rights, immigrants rights and gender rights. The Green Party was unable to repeat its success in 2010 elections, losing all seats in both chambers. In the party's 2022 leadership election the incumbent co-leaders, Magdalena Davis and Michal Berg, were elected for another term.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Senate

* 1996 Senate: no seats * 1998 Senate: no seats * 2000 Senate: no seats * 2002 Senate: no seats * 2004 Senate: 1 seat ( Jaromír Štětina) * 2006 Senate: no seats * 2008 Senate: no seats * 2010 Senate: no seats * 2012 Senate: 1 seat separately (

Eliška Wagnerová Eliška is a name for Czech girls, which is rendered ''Elise'' in English, German and French. It may refer to: *Eliška Bučková (born 1989), pageant titleholder who won the title of Czech Miss 2008 *Eliška Junková (1900–1994), one of the ...

) and 1 seat together with

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and Christian Democrats (

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) * 2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat (

Ivana Cabrnochová Ivana ( sr, Ивана) is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic c ...

) together with Social Democrats * 2014 Senate: 2 seats * 2016 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with Christian Democrats (

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) and 1 together with

and local Prague movement HPP11 ( Ladislav Kos) * 2018 Senate: 1 seat * 2020 Senate: 1 seat * 2022 Senate: 0 seats

Presidential

European parliament

Footnotes

External links

Profile of party
– From European Greens website (in English)
Official party website
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