Green List of Croatia
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The Green List is a green
political party
in Croatia
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils.
The Green List (Croatian
: Zelena lista, ZL) is a green
political party
in Croatia
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils.
The Green List (Croatian
: Zelena lista, ZL) is a green
political party
in Croatia
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils. http://www.zelena-lista.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=10 > As well as their green politics, the party strongly supports gender equality, equal representation and participation of genders and LGBT rights. The party is against NATO membership.
as their candidate for President of Croatia
. However, they failed to collect needed number of 10,000 signatures. In the 2nd round, they supported the SDP
candidate Ivo Josipovic
.
program for any election campaign.http://www.zelena-lista.hr/UserFiles/File/Zelena_Lista__Izborni_program_2007.pdfhttp://izbori.hrt.hr/content/view/1404/42/
Green politics
Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils.
The Green List (Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Zelena lista, ZL) is a green
Green politics
Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils.
The Green List (Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Zelena lista, ZL) is a green
Green politics
Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb (Zeleni za Zagreb). At the local elections in May 2009, the party won 14 mandates in Zagreb's city quarters (Gradska četvrt) and five in other local councils. http://www.zelena-lista.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=10 > As well as their green politics, the party strongly supports gender equality, equal representation and participation of genders and LGBT rights. The party is against NATO membership.
2009-2010 Presidential election
On October 26th, the Green list announced they would support Alka VuicaAlka Vuica
Alka Vuica is a popular Croatian singer and songwriter. Her musical style can be described as a mixture of pop, folk and Latin.Vuica entered the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010...
as their candidate for President of Croatia
President of Croatia
The President of Croatia , officially styled the President of the Republic represents the Republic of Croatia in the country and abroad as the head of state, maintains the regular and coordinated operation and stability of the national government system, and safeguards the independence and...
. However, they failed to collect needed number of 10,000 signatures. In the 2nd round, they supported the SDP
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Social Democratic Party of Croatia , commonly referred to in Croatia as simply Social Democratic Party , is the largest centre-left political party in Croatia...
candidate Ivo Josipovic
Ivo Josipović
Ivo Josipović is a Croatian politician who has been President of Croatia since 2010. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Croatia , and played a key role in the democratic transformation of this party as the author of the first statute of the SDP that replaced the...
.
2007 general elections
These are the first parliamentary elections for the Green List for which the has party put forward candidates, contesting 7 of 12 of the multi-member constituencies. They won between 0.3 and 0.7% of votes. In their program they warned of the dangers of global warming and advocated measures such as removing the legal barriers they believe holds back small scale solar power and ensuring that small scale producers will be paid for surpluses.Izborni program Zelene Liste za parlamentarne izbore 2007 It is the first political party in Croatia to have included a LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
program for any election campaign.http://www.zelena-lista.hr/UserFiles/File/Zelena_Lista__Izborni_program_2007.pdfhttp://izbori.hrt.hr/content/view/1404/42/