The Greens (french: Les Verts) is an oppositional
political party
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in
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
. It was part of the
Star Alliance
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which contested the 1999 and 2003 parliamentary elections. At the
Beninese parliamentary election in 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.
In 2011, the Greens were said to have had 500 members.
However, the party had no elected members in the National Assembly or in the 77 local councils in the country.
See also
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Conservation movement
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Environmental movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse philosophical, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. Environmentalists a ...
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Green party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
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Green politics
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List of environmental organizations
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that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.
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References
1990s establishments in Benin
Global Greens member parties
Green parties in Africa
Political parties established in the 1990s
Political parties in Benin
Political parties with year of establishment missing
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