The Green Left ( hu, Zöld Baloldal; ZB), was a

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political party in

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, founded in 2009.

History

It was established by the merger of the Alliance of Green Democrats (ZDSZ), the European Feminist Initiative for a Different Europe (EFKEME) and the Workers' Party of Hungary 2006. It has a green socialist, radical left, anti-capitalist and alter-globalist ideology. In March 2009, the Hungarian Anti-Fascist League and the Social Charta 2008 joined the alliance. The first leader of the party was

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. On 30 May 2010, Marxist philosopher

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was elected new president of the party. The ZB received only 0.03 percent of the individual votes in the 2010 parliamentary election, while its green party rival the

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(LMP) jumped over the electoral threshold. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 899. After that ZB marginalized, its member parties started to operate independently again. During the 2014 local elections, some members run as candidate under 4K! – Fourth Republic! banner. On 7 September 2015, ZB withdrew its

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membership because of financial reasons.

Election results

National Assembly

References

Sources

External links

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