The European Federation of Green Parties is organizationally distinct from the grouping of Green (and some other) members of the European Parliament, who are called the European Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance. On February 21, 2004, the European Federation of Green Parties met in Rome to found a real party organization (i.e., not an umbrella organization, but a member organization). This new organization is called European Greens.

The European Federation facilitates communication between member parties. At meetings it arrives at shared manifestos for European elections, and provides an opportunity for networking and the discussion of strategy. It also gives support to smaller or newer parties in order to strengthen them. For example, they did work in Spain to unify divided groupings in each region, and succeeded to an extent - two regions elected Green MPs to the Spanish Parliament.

As of 2004, the Federation included 32 Green Parties in 29 European countries.

Members

Member parties

• Austria - Die Grünen
• Belgium - Groen!
• Belgium - Ecolo
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian Green Party
• Cyprus - Cyprus Green Party
• Czech Republic - Strana Zelenych
• Denmark - De Grønne
• Estonia - Eesti Rohelised
• Finland - Vihreä Liitto
• France - Les Verts
• Georgia - Georgia Greens
• Germany - Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
• Greece - Ecologists Greens
• Hungary - Zöld Demokraták
• Ireland - Comhaontas Glas
• Italy - Federazione dei Verdi
• Latvia - Latvijas Zala Partija
• Luxembourg - Déi Gréng
• Malta - Alternattiva Demokratika
• Netherlands - De Groenen
• Netherlands - GroenLinks
• Norway - Miljöpartiet de Grønne
• Portugal - Os Verdes
• Romania - Federatia Ecologista din Romania
• Russia - The Interregional Green Party
• Scotland - Scottish Green Party
• Slovakia - Strana Zelenych na Slovensku
• Spain - Confederatión de Los Verdes
• Sweden - Miljöpartiet de Gröna
• Switzerland - Grüne / Les Verts
• Ukraine - Partija Zelenych Ukrajiny
• United Kingdom - The Green Party

Observers

• Albania - Te Gjelberit/Greens of Albania
• FYEG - Federation of Young European Greens
• Denmark - Socialistisk Folkeparti
• Republic of Moldova - Partidul Ecologist Alianta Verde diu Maldova
• Poland - Forum Ekologiczne Unii Wolnosci
• Slovenia - Stranka mladih Slovenije/Youth Party of Slovenia
• Spain - Federacion de Los Verdes - Izquierda Verde
• Serbia and Montenegro - Zeleni/Greens of Serbia

See also

Political parties of the world, Green Party

External links

• http://www.europeangreens.org/ European Green Party/European Federation of Green Parties
• http://www.eurogreens.org/ - European Elections Campaign website
• http://www.greens-efa.org - Website of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament