Regional MP: 1 in the Balearic Islands in coalition with Bloc per Mallorca (PSM, EU-Els Verds, Esquerra).
Los Verdes are sharing responsibilities in coalition governments in Asturias, Mallorca and Menorca.

David HAMMERSTEIN MINTZ, MEP
EP-ASP 08 G 257, rue Wiertz, B-1047 Brussels
Ph: 32 2 284 5754
Fax: 32 2 284 9754
david.hammerstein@europarl.europa.eu
www.davidhammerstein.org

In 2004, Los Verdes reached an agreement with Spanish Socialists (PSOE) for the general elections and the European elections. The agreement included a Socialist-Green programmatic platform, the presence of Greens on the electoral lists and the commitment for Greens to take on responsibilities in a future left coalition government. A green MP was elected and joined the socialist group in the Congress and a green MEP was elected and joined the Green group in the European Parliament. In 2007, an other green MP entered the Socialist group in the Congress.

The 2007 national elections produced a bad result for Spanish greens. The green vote in Spain remained generally weak due to the lack of a strong central green party structure, the internal division of the green movement in Spain, a national political scene dominated by bipolarisation (PSOE-PP) and debate over nationalism and the Basque question, with the existence of many important regional parties. We can remark too the persistence of a communist left (Izquierda Unida - IU) that is trying to "green" its message, to the degree of trying to add "Los Verdes" to its official name (nevertheless IU -that is going through a very tough internal crisis- only won one seat in these elections).

The 2007 local elections brought around 70 green local council members, some of them in local governements (Mallorca, Basque Country, Canarias, Asturias, etc.) and for the first time local mayors (at least 3 in the region of Segovia, Málaga and Madrid). In 2008 was created the first Green Local Council members Network. To contact this network: concejalesverdes@gmail.com

• State Government: Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)
• Other Parties Represented in Parliament: Partido Popular, Convergència i Unió, Izquierda Unida, Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Bloque Nacionalista Gallego, Coalición Canaria, UPD, Nafarroa Bai.
  

Next National Elections: Basque Country and Galicia elections: March 2009

Latest Green Party Election Results:

• National elections. 2007
  The Confederation of Los Verdes won 41.153 votes (around 0.16%).
  No MP.
• European Elections: 2004
  MEPs:1
  Total No. European Votes: 269.644
  % Gained: 43,3 in coalition with PSOE
• Local elections: May 2007
  around 70 green local councillors elected