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The Greens De Groenen | |
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| Chairperson | Angela Zikking (acting)[1][better source needed] |
| Founded | 17 December 1983 (1983-12-17) |
| Headquarters | De Groenen Oudegracht 60 NL-3511 ASUtrecht |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 0 / 150 |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 75 |
| States-Provincial | 0 / 566 |
| Amstel, Gooi en Vecht Water Board | 1 / 26 |
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The Greens (DG,De Groenen) is apolitical party in theNetherlands. It advocates forGreen politics, an unconditionalbasic income and emphasises itsanti-militarism.
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A group of Dutch environmentalists led by Marten Bierman founded The Greens on 17 December 1983. They entered the European elections under the name "European Greens" since the name "The Greens" was controlled byBas de Gaay Fortman. The party's foundation was supported by theFrancophone Belgian green partyEcolo, while theGerman Greens supported theGreen Progressive Accord. The party became involved in the formation of theCoordination of European Green Parties. It won 1.3% of vote in the1984 European parliament election, below the threshold of 4% for a seat.
For the1986 national elections, the party used now the name "The Greens", which was abandoned. With Marten Bierman as top-candidate, it won 0.2% of the votes, below the threshold of 0.7% for a seat. The party had a federal structure consisting of provincial parties. In 1987, The Greens participated in the North Holland, South Holland and Gelderland provincial elections. They won one seat on theStates of North Holland, partially because of the support of Green Amsterdam led byRoel van Duijn. On March 10, 1989 Green Amsterdam merged with The Greens.
In 1989,GroenLinks was formed by a merger of PPR, PSP, CPN and theChristian leftEvangelical People's Party. The Greens rejected to join the merger because it emphasised social-economic issues too much and environmental issues too little. Independently, they participated in the1989 elections with Roel van Duijn as theirtop candidate. The party won 0.35% of votes, below the threshold. The party abandoned its federal structure in 1992.
For theDutch general election of 1994, GroenLinks proposed a candidate chosen by The Greens on place 10 on their list, but this was rejected by The Green's Congress. The party entered the election with Hein Westerouen van Meeteren as top-candidate and won 0.2% of vote. In the 1994 municipal elections the party expanded its number of seats and won seats inLeiden,Nijmegen,Zwolle andAmsterdam. In 1991, GroenLinksMEPHerman Verbeek left his party and continued as an independent. He became a member of The Greens in 1994 and led their European list in theEuropean Parliament election. The party won 2.36% of vote, below the threshold.
In 1995, the party contested several provincial elections. It won seats in North Holland andSouth Holland (on a combined GroenLinks/The Greens list). The party cooperated with several provincial parties to form a common list for the indirect elections for theSenate by theStates-Provincial. The first seat was taken by the "Federation of Frisian Municipal-interest Parties" and the second by Marten Bierman. Bierman was elected bypreference votes. He formed a separateIndependent Senate Fraction, a novelty in Dutch politics. Before no group had previously had representation in the Senate without also being present in theHouse of Representatives. In the1998 elections the party participated with Jaap Dirkmaat as top-candidate and won 0.2% of the votes. The party did keep its seats in municipal councils and expanded toHaarlem,Zeist,Arnhem,Groningen andHaren.
The Greens have not participated in the Dutch general elections since 1998. The party received 0.19% of the vote in theEuropean elections of 2009 and 0.23% of the vote in theEuropean elections of 2014.
By 2017, the party was split into two conflicting groups both claiming legitimacy with the total party membership being 33. One faction held a congress with 10 attendees which elected Otto ter Haar party leader.[2]
The Greens have participated in five elections, failing to pass the threshold of 0,67 percent on each occasion.
| Election | Lead candidate | List | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 1986 | Marten Bierman | List | 18,641 | 0.20 | 0 / 150 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1989 | Roel van Duijn | List | 31,312 | 0.35 | 0 / 150 |  0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1994 | Hein Westerouen van Meeteren | List | 13,902 | 0.15 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1998 | Jaap Dirkmaat | List | 16,585 | 0.19 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2021 | Otto ter Haar | List | 119 | 0.00 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2023[a] | Mark van Treuren | List | 9,117 | 0.09 | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
The Greens is a founding party of theEuropean Green Party.[3]
The Greens participated since 1984 six times in the European elections.
| Election | List | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 1984 | List | 67,413 | 1.27 (#8) | 0 / 25 | New | – |
| 1994 | List | 97,206 | 2.35 (#7) | 0 / 31 | 0 | |
| 2009 | List | 8,517 | 0.19 (#14) | 0 / 25 | 0 | |
| 2014 | List | 10,883 | 0.23 (#14) | 0 / 26 | 0 | |
| 2019 | List | 9,546 | 0.17 (#15) | 0 / 26 | 0 | |
| 2024[a] | List | 23,764 | 0.38 (#16) | 0 / 31 | 0 |
The Greens have been elected in theStates of North Holland between 1987 and 2003,South Holland (1995–1999) andGelderland (1995–2003).
The Greens have been elected in the municipal councils ofAmsterdam,Leiden,Zwolle,Nijmegen,Haarlem andHaren.[citation needed]
In March 2015 The Greens were elected to thewater board ofAmstel, Gooi en Vecht with 23,604 votes (5.9%).[4]
