East German Green Party Explained

Country:East Germany
Green Party
Native Name:Grüne Partei
Foundation:9 February 1990
Dissolved:3 December 1990
Merged:Alliance 90/The Greens
Headquarters:East Berlin, East Germany
Ideology:Green politics
Position:Centre-left

The Green Party (German: Grüne Partei) in East Germany was founded in February 1990. At the first free Volkskammer elections it stood with the Independent Women's Association (German: Unabhängige Frauenverband) and received 2.0% of the vote. They received 8 seats but could not resolve how to allocate them. The Women's Association pulled out and the Green Party formed a joint parliamentary group with Bündnis 90.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Arche Nova. Opposition in der DDR. Das „Grün-ökologische Netzwerk Arche“ 1988–1990. Herausgegeben von Carlo Jordan und Hans Michael Kloth, Basisdruck, Berlin 1995, .
  2. Christoph Hohlfeld: Die Grünen in Ostdeutschland. In: Joachim Raschke; Gudrun Heinrich: Die Grünen. Wie sie wurden, was sie sind. Köln: Bund 1993, S. 395–416, .