Green Party (Czech Republic)


The Green Party, abbreviated as the Greens, is a green political party in the Czech Republic.
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History

The Green Party was founded in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution. However, the party remained on the political margins until Jaromír Štětina won a seat in the Czech Senate in 2004. At this time, the Greens campaigned on a platform of pacificism and greater incorporation of grassroots democracy in the country.
Under new leader Martin Bursík, the Greens adopted a more pragmatic approach to politics, and in the 2006 legislative election won 6.3% of the vote and six seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The party joined the resulting governing coalition with the Civic Democrats and KDU–ČSL from January 2007 to March 2009. While in government, the Greens promoted pro-European policies, such as supporting the Lisbon Treaty. They also suggested that a European defence alliance could be an alternative option to Czech membership of NATO. However, following the installation of a new U.S. radar system in the Czech Republic, tensions arose within the party over foreign policy. The party also supported minority rights, immigrant rights and gender rights. In the 2010 elections, the Green Party lost all its seats in both chambers.
In the party's 2022 leadership election, the incumbent co-leaders, Magdalena Davis and Michal Berg, were elected for another term.
In the party's November 2024 leadership election, Gabriela Svárovská and Matěj Pomahač were elected.
In June 2025, the party signed a cooperation agreement with the Czech Pirate Party, which will see around 30 Green Party candidates standing on Pirate Party candidate lists for the 2025 Czech parliamentary election.

Policies

Some of the policies in the party's 2025 program include: more renewable energy, investment in public infrastructure, cheaper and more reliable public transport, ending state subsidies to fossil fuel oligarchs, lowering value-added tax on basic and healthy foods, nappies, hygiene products and other necessities, tackling corruption, ensuring large companies pay their fair share of taxation, regulating cannabis, legalising same-sex marriage, and 200,000 new ecological homes for "ordinary people" with a mix of ownership types, including resident owned, cooperative, rental and municipal with extended state support.

Election results

Senate