Groen (Belgium)

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Meyrem Almaci
Party leader Meyrem Almaci
Deputy Chairman Jeremie Vaneeckhout
founding 1981 as AGALEV
2003 as Groen
Headquarters Sergeant De Bruynestraat 78-82
1070 Brussels
Alignment Green politics
Colours) green
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
8/150
Belgian Senate
4/60
Flemish Parliament
14/124
Brussels Parliament
4/89
Number of members 7,800 (2014)
International connections Global Greens
MEPs
1/21
European party EGP
EP Group Greens / EFA
Website www.groen.be
Logo 2003–2012

Groen listen ? / i (German: Green ) is a green party in Belgium . It appears in Flanders ( there is Ecolo in Wallonia ), but it is also represented in the entire Belgian Parliament and in the European Parliament. Groen is a member of the European Green Party and Global Greens . Audio file / audio sample

Party history

Initially, the party was founded under the party name Agalev ( A nders Ga an Lev en). The founding members were inspired by the Agalev social movement. This movement originated in the 1970s through the Jesuit Luc Versteylen . The movement combined environmental protection with left- wing Catholicism .

In the 1981 elections to the Belgian Parliament, the party won four percent of the vote and two seats in the Belgian Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Belgian Senate . In the same election in 1981, the Walloon Greens ( Ecolo ) won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies and three seats in the Senate for the first time. The party was officially founded in 1982.

In the 1985 elections, Agalev won two more seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two more seats in the 1987 elections and another in 1991. So Agalev came in 1991 with seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies. After the 1999 elections, Agalev took part in government for the first time, and Agalev politician Magda Aelvoet became a cabinet member in Guy Verhofstadt's government .

In 2003 the party slipped under the five percent clause in the elections with 2.6 percent and was no longer represented in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. This election defeat led to a discussion within the party. As a result, the party name Agalev was changed to Groen . It was not until 2007 that the big ones managed to move into the Chamber of Deputies with 4 seats and one seat in the Senate.

Political representation and election results

year Chamber of Deputies senate EP Fle. Bru. cabinet Party leader
Belgian elections 1979 0 0 0 n / A n / A extra-parliamentary unknown
1980 0 0 0 n / A n / A extra-parliamentary unknown
Belgian elections 1981 2 1 0 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1982 2 1 0 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1983 2 1 0 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1984 2 1 1 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
Belgian elections 1985 4th 2 1 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1986 4th 2 1 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
Belgian elections 1987 6th 3 1 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1988 6th 3 1 n / A n / A opposition Leo Cox
1989 6th 3 1 n / A 1 opposition Leo Cox / Johan Malcorps
1990 6th 3 1 n / A 1 opposition Johan Malcorps
Belgian elections 1991 7th 5 1 n / A 1 opposition Johan Malcorps
1992 7th 5 1 n / A 1 opposition Johan Malcorps
1993 7th 5 1 n / A 1 opposition Johan Malcorps
1994 7th 5 1 n / A 1 opposition Johan Malcorps
Belgian elections 1995 5 1 1 7th 0 opposition Johan Malcorps / Wilfried Bervoets
1996 5 1 1 7th 0 opposition Wilfried Bervoets
1997 5 1 1 7th 0 opposition Wilfried Bervoets / Jos Geysels
1998 5 1 1 7th 0 opposition Jos Geysels
Belgian elections 1999 9 3 2 12 1 Magda Aelvoet Jos Geysels
2000 9 3 2 12 1 Magda Aelvoet Jos Geysels
2001 9 3 2 12 1 Magda Aelvoet Jos Geysels
2002 9 3 2 12 1 Magda Aelvoet Jos Geysels
Belgian elections 2003 0 0 2 12 1 extra-parliamentary Dirk Holemans
2004 0 0 1 6th 1 extra-parliamentary Vera Dua
2005 0 0 1 6th 1 extra-parliamentary Vera Dua
2006 0 0 1 6th 1 extra-parliamentary Vera Dua
Belgian elections 2007 4th 1 1 6th 1 opposition Vera Dua
2008 4th 1 1 6th 1 opposition Mieke Vogels
2009 4th 1 1 7th 2 opposition Mieke Vogels / Wouter Van Besien
Belgian elections 2010 5 2 1 7th 2 opposition Wouter Van Besien
2011 5 2 1 7th 2 opposition Wouter Van Besien
2012 5 2 1 7th 2 opposition Wouter Van Besien
2013 5 2 1 7th 2 opposition Wouter Van Besien
Belgian elections 2014 6th 3 1 10 3 opposition Wouter Van Besien
Belgian elections 2019 8th 4th 1 14th 4th opposition Meyrem Almaci

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2133806