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contact persons

International Contacts	Manuela CUNHA (Contact at party office) international@osverdes.pt Heloísa APOLÓNIA (Contact National Parliament) Personal Email: heloisa@ar.parlamento.pt Victor CAVACO (Contact at party office) international@osverdes.pt
EGP Delegate	Victor CAVACO
Publications	FOLHA VERDE (GREEN LEAF) (Contact party office)

Parliamentary group

Grupo Parlamentar Os Verdes, Assembleia da República
Palácio de S. Bento, 1249 - 068 Lisboa, Portugal
Ph: 351 21 391 92 03 or 351 21 391 92 94
Fax: 351 21 391 74 24
gp_pev@ar.parlamento.pt 

Members of the national parliament

party profile

The Portuguese Green party, Partido Ecologistica-Os Verdes, was founded in 1982. Initially called Movimiento Ecologista Português- Partido Os Verdes, the movement was established due to a group of citizens' desire to promote a pro-active ecological presence in Portuguese society.

Determined to alert public opinion to global ecological challenges and to environmental problems affecting Portugal, while also recognising the urgent need to find the right answers to such problems, the aim of Os Verdes was to place these issues as top priorities within institutional concerns. A further goal was to promote activities at the local level, supported by the local population, with the purpose of increasing ecological awareness among the citizens.

To achieve these goals, regional branches of Os Verdes were created, whose growth can still be noted. Several activities were promoted, and environmental, along with other related issues, were brought to the forefront of the political agenda. Os Verdes demanded that the government deal with their resolutions and ideas for future solutions. Political strategies were studied in order to guarantee the presence of an ecological voice in both the national parliament and at the local level. In this way, Os Verdes have participated in several coalitions with other parties (the Communist Party and the Socialist Party, among others) to achieve recognition in various elections.

Now, Os Verdes believe they have provided a valuable contribution to the growth of Portuguese ecological awareness. They play an active role in ensuring that the most profound concerns of the general population (and more specifically environmental movements) are brought to the attention of the national parliament and have a strong voice where ecological issues are concerned.

Os Verdes have unremittingly alerted society to several problems and have presented concrete proposals not only for the resolution of such problems, but also to identify new ways to move toward sustainable development in order to guarantee a better future.

The Green Party, Os Verdes, is present in the national parliament, where they currently hold a Parliamentary Group with 2 seats. On the local level, they have a total of 71 seats, 4 are town councilors. They are also represented in the National Elections Council, the National Council of Education and in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon.
 

current government

National Government: PS (Socialist Party)

Other Parties Represented in National Parliament: PSD (liberals), PCP (Communists), CDS (Christian Democrats), BE (Trotskyites), Os Verdes

election information

Next National Elections:

Latest Green Party Election Results:

• National Election Year: 2005
  MPs: 14 (12 + 2 Greens)
  Total No. National Votes: 432.130** (CDU: Communists + Greens)
  % Gained: 7,57**
• European Elections: 2004
  MEPs:
  Total No. European Votes:
  % Gained: 9,1**

** Os Verdes ran in coalition with the Communist Party and the ID (Democratic Intervention). The value refers to the total number of votes obtained by the coalition.

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