The Greens (Poland)

The Greens
Zieloni
SecretaryWaldemar Kamiński[1]
SpokespersonMichał Suchora[2]
Co-Chairs
Founded6 September 2003 (2003-09-06)
Headquarters
Youth wingYoung Greens
IdeologyGreen politics
Progressivism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationCivic Coalition
Senate Pact 2023 (for 2023 Senate election)
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
European Parliament groupEuropean Greens–European Free Alliance
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
Sejm
3 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 51
Regional assemblies
1 / 552
Website
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The Greens (Polish: Zieloni [ʑɛˈlɔ.ɲi]) is a political party in Poland.

It was formed in 2003 under the name "Greens 2004" and formally registered itself in February 2004. It supports principles of green politics,[3] and it is positioned on the centre-left[4] and leans towards the left-wing.[5] The party is an international member of the Global Greens, European member of European Green Party and cooperates with the European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

  1. ^ "Władze Partii – Zieloni". partiazieloni.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kontakt – Zieloni". partiazieloni.pl. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Polish Shades of Green: Green Ideas and Political Powers in Poland" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Foundation. December 2008.
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    • Majmurek, Jakub (25 May 2021). "Lewaki kontra libki. Dlaczego lewica nie cierpi Platformy (i odwrotnie)". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
    • "Zwycięzca bierze wszystko. Ordynacja wyborcza z systemem JOW-ów jest kompletnie nieprzewidywalna!". wpolityce.pl. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
    • "Manipulacje Greenpeace". wiadomosci.dziennik.pl (in Polish). 12 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
    • Dąbrowski, Jakub; Demenko, Anna (2014). Censorship in Polish Art After 1989: Art, Law, Politics. Mosaic Press. p. 374. ISBN 9781771614658. The leftwing Zieloni 2004 party were attempting to organise a support campaign for the artist at the time – yet their initiative, while important, enjoyed little public response (see p.319).
    • Elżbieta Korolczuk (11 October 2021). "Populizm, nierówności i uwiąd obywatelstwa socjalnego" (in Polish). Francuski ekonomista porównał dane pochodzące z Francji, Wielkiej Brytanii i USA od lat 20. do 2016 roku, które wskazują, że we wszystkich trzech krajach elektorat partii lewicowych (takich jak Partia Pracy czy Zieloni) znacząco się zmienił. [The French economist compared data from France, the UK and the US from the 1920s to 2016, which shows that in all three countries, the electorate of left-wing parties (such as Labour and the Greens) has changed significantly.]
    • Agnieszka Kwiatkowska (12 June 2019). "Institutionalisation without voters: the Green Party in Poland in comparative perspective". Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 13 (2): 290. doi:10.1007/S12286-019-00424-6. ISSN 1865-2646. Affiliation to the European Green Party increased the external institutionalisation of the Green Party in Poland without acquiring a large number of voters. Since the party foundation, thanks to endorsements from the key EGP politicians, the Greens has attracted attention of media and other political parties far exceeding their electoral support. Their radical left-wing program also provided an incentive for more ideologically blurred parties to attract new groups of voters.