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| Abbreviation | GL |
| Leader | Jesse Klaver (list) |
| Chair | Katinka Eikelenboom[1] |
| Leader in the Senate | Paul Rosenmöller (GL–PvdA) |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Frans Timmermans (GL–PvdA) |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Bas Eickhout |
| Founded | 24 November 1990 (as a party) |
| Merger of | Rainbow: PSP, CPN, PPR and EVP[2] |
| Headquarters | Partijbureau GroenLinks Sint Jacobsstraat 12, Utrecht |
| Think tank | Bureau de Helling |
| Youth wing | DWARS |
| Membership (January 2024) |  40,621[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[7] to left-wing[8][5] |
| National affiliation | GroenLinks–PvdA |
| Regional affiliation | Socialists, Greens and Democrats |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green Red |
| Provincial councils | 49 / 570 |
| European Parliament | 4 / 31 |
| King's Commissioners | 0 / 12 |
| Benelux Parliament | 2 / 21 |
| Website | |
| groenlinks | |
GroenLinks (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣrunˈlɪŋks], lit. 'GreenLeft') is a green[4] political party in the Netherlands.
It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party, which shared left-wing and progressive ideals and had previously co-operated in the Rainbow coalition for the 1989 European Parliament election. After disappointing results in the 1989 and 1994 general elections, the nascent party fared particularly well in the 1998 and 2002 elections under the leadership of Paul Rosenmöller, who came to be seen as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition against the first Kok cabinet, a purple government. The party's number of seats fell from 10 to 4 seats in the 2012 election, before increasing to 14 in 2017 and falling back to 8 in 2021.
After the 2021 general election, the party intensified cooperation with the Labour Party (PvdA) in an alliance called GroenLinks–PvdA. The two parties participated in the 2023 general election with a joint candidate list, and currently have a joint parliamentary group of 25 seats.
GroenLinks describes itself as "green", "social" and "tolerant".[9] The party's voters are concentrated in larger cities, particularly in college towns.
- ^ "Katinka Eikelenboom nieuwe voorzitter GroenLinks". Het Parool (in Dutch). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "GroenLinks", Parlement.com, Leiden University, retrieved 29 April 2008
- ^ "Ledentallen Nederlandse politieke partijen per 1 januari 2024" [Membership of Dutch political parties as of 1 January 2024]. University of Groningen (in Dutch). Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Van poppodia naar de bedrijfskantine - Klaver wil van GroenLinks brede volkspartij maken". 22 November 2017.
- ^ "De ideologische herprofilering van GroenLinks: na 28 jaar de gehoopte doorbraak?". 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Netherlands". Europe Elects. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Terry, Chris (11 May 2014). "GreenLeft (GL)". The Democratic Society. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
- ^ Vendrik, Kees; Bart Snels; et al. (18 November 2006), Groei Mee. Programma van GroenLinks. Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 22 november 2006, Utrecht: GroenLinks