Partijbureau GroenLinks Sint Jacobsstraat 12, Utrecht
Think tank
Bureau de Helling
Youth wing
DWARS
Membership (2024)
40,621[3]
Ideology
Green politics[4]
Social democracy[5][6]
Political position
Left-wing[7][5]
National affiliation
GroenLinks–PvdA
Regional affiliation
Socialists, Greens and Democrats
European affiliation
European Green Party
International affiliation
Global Greens
European Parliament group
Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours
Green Red
Provincial councils
49 / 570
European Parliament
3 / 29
King's Commissioners
0 / 12
Benelux Parliament
2 / 21
Website
groenlinks.nl
Politics of Netherlands
Political parties
Elections
GroenLinks (Dutch pronunciation:[ɣrunˈlɪŋks], lit.'GreenLeft') is a green[4] political party in the Netherlands.
It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party, which shared left-wing and progressive ideals and had previously co-operated in the Rainbow coalition for the 1989 European Parliament election. After disappointing results in the 1989 and 1994 general elections, the nascent party fared particularly well in the 1998 and 2002 elections under the leadership of Paul Rosenmöller, who came to be seen as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition against the first Kok cabinet, a purple government. The party's number of seats fell from 10 to 4 seats in the 2012 election, before increasing to 14 in 2017 and falling back to 8 in 2021.
After the 2021 general election, the party intensified cooperation with the Labour Party (PvdA) in an alliance called GroenLinks–PvdA. The two parties participated in the 2023 general election with a joint candidate list, and currently have a joint parliamentary group of 25 seats.
GroenLinks describes itself as "green", "social" and "tolerant".[8] The party's voters are concentrated in larger cities, particularly in college towns.
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^"Ledentallen Nederlandse politieke partijen per 1 januari 2024" [Membership of Dutch political parties as of 1 January 2024]. University of Groningen (in Dutch). Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ abNordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ ab"Van poppodia naar de bedrijfskantine - Klaver wil van GroenLinks brede volkspartij maken". 22 November 2017.
^"De ideologische herprofilering van GroenLinks: na 28 jaar de gehoopte doorbraak?". 8 December 2017.
^Terry, Chris (11 May 2014). "GreenLeft (GL)". The Democratic Society. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
^Vendrik, Kees; Bart Snels; et al. (18 November 2006), Groei Mee. Programma van GroenLinks. Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 22 november 2006, Utrecht: GroenLinks
historische uitslag voor GroenLinks". groenlinks.nl (in Dutch). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022. Vrouwen kiezen vaker voor links, mannen voor rechts...
The Leader of GroenLinks (GL, lit. 'GreenLeft') is the most senior politician within GroenLinks in the Netherlands. The post is currently held by Jesse...
as a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015. Prior to this, he chaired the youth union of the Christelijk...
This is a list of all members of the Senate for GroenLinks. Was previously member of the Senate for the CPN. Was previously member of the Senate for the...
parliament, he would not be candidate for leader of the Labour Party–GroenLinks alliance. Additionally, Vera Bergkamp, the Speaker of the House of Representatives...
21 November 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023. "I&O-slotpeiling: PVV, GroenLinks-PvdA en VVD op gelijke hoogte". I&O Research. 21 November 2023. Retrieved...
renames itself Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij; SP) 1989 GroenLinks (English: GreenLeft) is formed by the ⇒PSP, the ⇒CPN, the green Political...
provincial elections, entered the Senate with 16 seats. The Labour Party and GroenLinks, which intend to form a joint parliamentary group, won a combined 14 seats...
a member of the House of Representatives for the leftist green party GroenLinks from 1998 to 2011, and served as the party's parliamentary leader from...
March 2024. "Bas Eickhout gekozen tot Europese lijsttrekker GroenLinks-PvdA". GroenLinks/PvdA. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024. "Azmani kandidaatlijsttrekker...
politics. He vacated his post in the European Commission to lead the GroenLinks–PvdA alliance in the 2023 Dutch general election. GL–PvdA became the second...
of South Africa GroenLinks, green political party in the Netherlands Groen (political party), green political party in Belgium Groen Brothers Aviation...
Freedom (PVV) made gains to reach second place, with the CDA, D66 and GroenLinks also increasing their number of seats. It was clear that at least four...
from the original on 12 March 2009. "GroenLinks dik tevreden over verworven posities in Europarlement". GroenLinks (in Dutch). Archived from the original...
16 January 2011. Geert Wilders issues statement on PVV Norway shooting links Archived 4 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine DutchNews.nl, 26 July 2011...
Joop Atsma - CDA Farid Azarkan - Denk Malik Azmani - VVD Naïma Azough - GroenLinks Hans van Baalen - VVD Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart - PvdA Jan Baas...
European integration. Mostly economically liberal. GroenLinks–PvdA, a political alliance of GroenLinks and the Labour Party. The party combines centre-left...
Democracy (VVD; 7 seats) and GroenLinks (5 seats). Since 2019, the municipal executive has comprised VVD, D66, GroenLinks, CDA and PvdA. The chairman of...
This is a list of all (former) Member of the European Parliament for the GreenLeft (GL) and its predecessors Source: Current members of the European Parliament...
van der Lee (born 9 July 1964) is a Dutch politician representing the GroenLinks who has served in the House of Representatives since the 2017 general...
Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party in 1991, forming the GroenLinks. Members opposed to the merger founded the New Communist Party of the...
from 2012 to 2015. In the latter three years he also served as leader of GroenLinks. He had also been an Envoy of the Netherlands for human migration since...
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40,621[3]