28 Facts About GroenLinks

GroenLinks is a member of the Global Greens and the European Green Party.

GroenLinks was founded in 1989 as a merger of four parties that were to the left of the Labour Party, a social-democratic party which has traditionally been the largest centre-left party in the Netherlands.

Additionally, the association GroenLinks was set up to allow sympathisers, not member of any of the four parties to join.

GroenLinks would continue as an independent and remain in parliament until 1994.

GroenLinks was replaced as party leader by Paul Rosenmoller and her seat was taken by Tara Singh Varma.

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Rosenmoller set out a new strategy: GroenLinks should offer alternatives instead of only rejecting the proposals made by the government.

GroenLinks had an anti-establishment message, combined with a call for restrictions on immigration.

GroenLinks lost one seat in the election, although it had gained more votes than in the 1998 elections.

GroenLinks was replaced as chair of the parliamentary party and top candidate by Femke Halsema.

GroenLinks was succeeded by Henk Nijhof who was chosen by the party council in May 2006.

Under Klaver's leadership, GroenLinks gradually rose in polls before climbing to an all-time high of 14 seats in the 2017 general election.

GroenLinks lost the 2021 general election, and unsuccesfully combined with the Labour Party during the subsequent government formation.

Name "GroenLinks" is a compromise between the PPR and the CPN and the PSP.

The core ideals of GroenLinks are codified in the party's programme of principles.

GroenLinks emphasised the freedom-loving tradition of the left and chose freedom as a key value.

GroenLinks's course is called left-liberal by herself and observers, although Halsema herself claims that she does not want to force an ideological change.

GroenLinks considers itself a "social reform party", which aims to reform the government finances and increase the position of "outsiders" on the labour market, such as migrant youth, single parents, workers with short term-contracts and people with disabilities.

GroenLinks wants to increase spending on development aid to 0.

GroenLinks wants to solve environmental problems, especially climate change, by stimulating durable alternatives.

GroenLinks voters have an eccentric position in their preferences for particular policies.

Logo of GroenLinks is the name of the party with the word "Green" written in red and the word "Left" written in green since 1994.

From 2007 onwards, GroenLinks has adopted the idea of a "permanent campaign", which implies that campaign activities are held even when there is no immediate connection to an election.

Highest organ of GroenLinks is the party congress, which is open to all members.

GroenLinks has 250 branches in nearly all Dutch municipalities and each province.

The total number of members of GroenLinks has been steadily increasing over the last ten years and had 23,490 members in of January 2007.

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GroenLinks cooperates with seven other Dutch parties in the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, an institute which supports democratic development in developing countries.

GroenLinks was founded as a mid-sized party to the left of the Labour Party.

GroenLinks now takes a central position in the Dutch left between the socialist SP, which is more to the left, and the social-democratic PvdA, which is more to the centre.