Green Party (Sweden)
Green Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Peter Eriksson Maria Wetterstrand (spokespersons) |
| Founded | 6 December 1981 |
| Headquarters | Pustegränd 1-3, Stockholm |
| Ideology | Green |
| European Parliament group | European Greens - European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA) |
| International affiliation | Global Greens, European Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Website | |
| www.mp.se | |
The Green Party (Swedish: Miljöpartiet de Gröna, literally "The Environment Party the Greens", and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the "The Environment Party") is a green political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1981 emerging out of the movement opposing nuclear power in a referendum held 1980. It won seats in the Parliament of Sweden for the first time in 1988, failed to enter in the following election in 1991, but returned again in 1994.
The Green Party is an environmentalist party that attracts young people. The party takes a stand against membership in the European Union and wants a new referendum on the issue. The Greens support a phasing-out of nuclear energy in Sweden and hope to replace it with alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources. Right now it's more to the left than to the right on the "Left-Right politics", at least on the national level. But in several communes, the party cooperates with liberal parties, and the party does not count itself as left, nor right. Rather, they place themselves on one end of a scale between sustainability and growth.
Currently, the party is in opposition in Sweden, and the three most important issues are: 1) The climate change, 2) Anti-discrimination laws, and 3) equal rights.
Party spokespersons
The party does not have a formalized leadership, instead having chosen a system with two party spokespersons (always one male and one female as a promotion of gender equality). The current spokespersons are Peter Eriksson and Maria Wetterstrand.
See also
- Green Youth (Sweden)
- Politics of Sweden
- Parliament of Sweden
- Elections in Sweden
- Referendums in Sweden
- Worldwide green parties
References
External links
| Riksdag (349 seats) |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Parliament (21 of 720 seats) |
| ||||||
| Minor parties (below 4% parliamentary threshold) |
| ||||||
| Regional and local parties | |||||||
