Greens (Vyvland)
| Greens Gryns Groen Partij | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Maria Alengdon |
| Deputy Chairperson | Alexandre Vringket |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | 13 Sgandersel, Lorence 3
Green House, Jyliaring, Vlud 4 |
| Ideology |
environmentalism |
| International affiliation | Greens |
| Political position | centre-left |
| Official colours | Green |
| Parliament | 33 / 580
|
| Esquarian Parliament | 1 / 23
|
| Provincial Diets | 206 / 2,078
|
| Election symbol | G |
| Website | http://www.gryn.vy |
| Politics of Vyvland | |
The Greens (Vyvlander: Gryns, also referred to as the Green Party or Grynegry) are a Vyvlander environmentalist centre-left political party. They form a traditional green party, and for most of their history were single-issue, although recently, their agenda has broadened to include support for total drug legalisation and transgender rights. They are currently led by Maria Alengdon.
History
Established in 1971 in North Vyvland as a unification of informal political movements from the 1960s, the Greens' initial progress was slow; they were hindered by a lack of public support for the ecologist movement and strong opposition from the then-dominant Christian Democrats and Socialist Party. However, reunification and the Liberal Revolution brought about a new era for the party, and the Greens received their first parliamentary seats in the 1984 elections. Their support peaked in 1993-4, when they were the junior party with the Liberal Party in a short-lived coalition government. From then on, their progress remained steady until the 2005 election, when the Liberals, during their crisis period, dropped their environmentalist policies from their manifesto to try to appease their more right-wing elements. The Greens' largest number of seats in Parliament since their time in government is 26, which they achieved in the 2009 election. The Greens have a history of getting into governments; since Vyvlander reunification, the only periods in which the party was not in government have been from 1989 to 1993, 1998 to 2005 and from 2013 to the present.
Polling in advance of the 2013 election suggested their representation in Parliament may increase dramatically due to poor performance from the Liberals. However, their Esquarian Parliament election results saw them hold onto their one seat, with only a small percentage gain of the vote of about 0.3%. This was reflected in the 2013 election, in which the Greens made only small gains.