1. EUROPEAN GREEN PARTIES
An Overview
By Adolfo Alonso

2. HISTORY 1960s; Emergence of green groups at the local level
1970s; Transition towards the national level
Late 1970s; Futile approach to existing left-wing parties
Economic crisis
1980s; Birth of national Environmental (Green) Parties

3. PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES
From “Old politics” to “New politics”:
Ecology
Individualism
Participatory democracy
Leftism
Solidarity
Unilateral disarmament

4. POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL PROFILE
Electorate: post-materialist, young, urban, highly educated, new middle class people
Strategy:
Achievement of goals through parliamentary action;
Extra parliamentary actions
Future: important competence for left-wing parties

5. LOS VERDES (The Greens)
Spanish national political, ecologist, pacifist organization
Aim Change society on the basis of the ecology, autogovernment, feminism and pacifism

6. It is a confederation of local and autonomic green parties
Member of the European Federation of Green Parties
Principles informing the party coincide with programmatic features
Coalition with Communist Party in national elections with program based on environmental issues.

7. Any Questions?
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