Green List of Croatia

Infobox Political_Party
party_name = Green List
party_
party_wikicolourid =
leader = (co-presidents) Vlasta Toth and Dragutin Ribarić
foundation = 2005
ideology = Green politics, Social progressivism [http://www.zelena-lista.hr/UserFiles/File/Zelena_Lista__Izborni_program_2007.pdf]
headquarters = Zagreb
website = http://www.zelena-lista.hr
international = European Green Party

Green List of Croatia (Croatian: "Zelena lista") is leading green party in Croatia with no parliamentary representation. It was created in 2005 for local elections for Zagreb Assembly. It was firstly named Greens for Zagreb ("Zeleni za Zagreb"). The party is represented in six of Zagreb's city quarters ("Gradska četvrt") and in the municipality council of Šolta. [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.

2007 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.` In their program they warned of the dangers of global warning 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. [ [http://www.zelena-lista.hr/ZL_Izborni_program_2007.html Izborni program Zelene Liste za parlamentarne izbore 2007 ] ] It is the first political party in Croatia to have included a LGBT program for any election campaign. [http://www.zelena-lista.hr/UserFiles/File/Zelena_Lista__Izborni_program_2007.pdf] [http://izbori.hrt.hr/content/view/1404/42/]

See also

*Green party
*Green politics
*List of environmental organizations

External links

* [http://www.zelena-lista.hr Official web site]
* [http://www.zeleni-zagreb.org Zeleni Za Zagreb - Green List's Zagreb-based organisation]
* [http://www.europeangreens.org/cms/default/dok/202/[e-mail] European Green Party's info on Green List]

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