European Green Party

The European Green Party (or European Greens or EGP) is the European political party that operates as a federation of political parties across Europe supporting green politics. Along with the European Free Alliance (EFA), the EGP forms The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary group in the European parliament.

History

The European Green Party was founded on 22 February 2004 at the Fourth Congress of the European Federation of Green Parties (EFGP) in Rome attended by over 1,000 delegates. Thirty-four Green parties from all over Europe have joined this new pan-European party. The Greens were the first to form a political party at European level. The other European political federations followed suit in the period 2004–2006. For the Greens this was the culmination of a process which had started with the formation of a loose co-ordination 1979–1993 and the EFGP 1993–2004.

1979 to 1993

In 1979 the Coordination of European Green and Radical Parties (CEGRP) was set up to co-ordinate the participation of Green and Radical parties in the 1979 European Parliament election: There were considerable differences between the Green and Radical groups and the parties were unable to form a common pan-European electoral platform. Although some parties polled well, no Green entered the European Parliament.