Green List (2005) Explained

Country:Croatia
Native Name:Zelena lista
Green List
Leader:Vlasta Toth and Milan Lončar
Founded:2005
Dissolved:2014
Merged:ORaH
Ideology:Green politics
Social progressivism
Headquarters:Zagreb
International:Global Greens (observer)
European:European Green Party (observer)
Colours:Green
Website:http://www.zelena-lista.hr

The Green List (Croatian: Zelena lista or ZL) was a green political party in Croatia. It was founded in 2005 prior to local elections for Zagreb Assembly in which it first competed. Its initial name was Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 seats in Zagreb city districts (gradske četvrti, sg. gradska četvrt) councils and five in other local councils.[1] In addition to their green politics, the party strongly supported gender equality, equal gender representation and participation and LGBT rights. In 2014 the Green List merged with ORaH.

2009–2010 Presidential election

On October 26, the Green list announced they would support Alka Vuica as their candidate for President of Croatia. However, they failed to collect the required 10,000 signatures. In the 2nd round, they supported the SDP candidate Ivo Josipović.

2007 general elections

These were the first general parliamentary elections for which the Green List put forward their candidates, contesting 7 out of 12 of the multi-member constituencies. They won between 0.3 and 0.7% of votes. In their program they warned of dangers of global warming and advocated measures such as removing the legal barriers they believed held back small scale solar power generation and ensuring that small scale producers would be paid for surpluses.[2] It is the first political party in Croatia to have included an LGBT program for any election campaign.[3] [4]

2014 joining ORaH

The Green List joined the recently established Sustainable Development of Croatia ORaH party, led by parliamentary deputy Mirela Holy. By joining ORaH, the Green List, which had been active on the Croatian political scene for eight years, has ceased to exist.[5]

Electoral history

Legislative

!Election!In coalition with !Votes won !Percentage!Seats won !Change
2007None5,9720.24%
2011None8,5750.36%

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tko je tko u zelenoj listi - Zelena Lista . 2007-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071208034826/http://www.zelena-lista.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=10 . 2007-12-08 . dead .
  2. Web site: Izborni program Zelene Liste za parlamentarne izbore 2007. zelena-lista.hr. 13 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20071217064851/http://www.zelena-lista.hr/ZL_Izborni_program_2007.html. 17 December 2007. dead.
  3. Web site: Zelena Lista - Izborni program 2007. Green List - Electoral program 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071128083300/http://www.zelena-lista.hr/UserFiles/File/Zelena_Lista__Izborni_program_2007.pdf. 28 November 2007. 27 October 2007. Zelena Lista. hr.
  4. http://izbori.hrt.hr/content/view/1404/42/<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=May 2021|fix-attempted=yes}}
  5. Web site: Green List joins ORaH party - Current Events - Croatia - Dalje.com. dalje.com. 13 October 2016. 7 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090745/http://dalje.com/en-croatia/green-list-joins-orah-party/494037. dead.