The Green Party () is a

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in the

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History

The Green party was founded in 1990 following the return to liberal democracy in Czechia following the

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. 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

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) 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 grassroots democracy 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

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. They also suggested that European based defence alliance could be an alternative option to Czech membership of

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. 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

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, 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. In the party's 2024 November leadership election, Gabriela Svárovská and Matěj Pomahač, were elected.

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) and 1 seat together with Pirates and Christian Democrats ( Libor Michálek) * 2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat ( Ivana Cabrnochová) together with

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* 2014 Senate: 2 seats * 2016 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with Christian Democrats ( Petr Orel) and 1 together with Pirates and local Prague movement HPP11 ( Ladislav Kos) * 2018 Senate: 1 seat * 2020 Senate: 1 seat * 2022 Senate: 0 seats * 2024 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with

TOP 09 TOP 09 (, ) is a liberal-conservative list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Adamová, Markéta Pekarová Adamová. 14 of its members sit in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Rep ...

, ODS and Pirates ( Břetislav Rychlík)

Presidential

European Parliament

Logos

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Footnotes

External links

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