The Ecologist Greens (, , OP) is a Greek green political party. The party was a member of the European Green Party, but decided to leave the organisation in 2025.
History The political party Prasini Politiki (, "Green Politics"), the body that lead to the establishment of the party under the name "Oikologoi Prasinoi", was founded in 1996 and already registered as the Greek member of the European Green Party, including other local ecological groups and independent ecologists, like the Ecological Forum (Οικολογικό Φόρουμ) and the Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki.
During 7–8 December 2002, the "Prasini Politiki" council called for a conference that convened in the building of the Athens Lawyer Association, and it decided to establish the Ecologist Greens and elected an 18-member council to coordinate the establishment of a new political entity. In the coming months, focus groups were created to shape the constitution and the political positions of the body, which were adopted by the first congress of the party in May 2003 at Panteion University.
In January 2015, the Ecologist Greens decided to collaborate with SYRIZA. Alexis Tsipras' called for unity against the Memorandum and the Ecologist Greens decided to support SYRIZA's electoral list for the upcoming legislative election. One Ecologist Green MP was elected on the SYRIZA ticket, Giorgos Dimaras, and another Ecologist Green, Giannis Tsironis, was appointed Alternate Minister of Environment and Energy in the first Tsipras Cabinet.
Giorgos Dimaras was reelected and Giannis Tsironis was elected for the first time. Tsironis was reappointed as Alternate Minister of Environment in the second Tsipras cabinet on 23 September 2015.
Aims The basic principles of the Ecologists Greens (Oikologoi Prasinoi), as determined by their constitution are: sustainability, social justice, nonviolence, direct and participatory democracy, respect for diversity, decentralization and subsidiarity, protect and restore natural ecosystems, the quality of life, personal and social responsibility, equity and anti-austerity.
Election results Hellenic Parliament Election Hellenic Parliament Rank Government Leader Votes % ±pp Seats won +/− 2007 75,502 1.05% New New 6th Collective leadership 2009 173,589 2.53% +1.48 0 6th May 2012 185,485 2.93% +0.40 0 8th Jun 2012 54,408 0.88% –2.05 0 10th Jan 2015 2,245,978 36.34% +35.46 1 1st Sep 2015 1,925,904 35.46% –0.88 1 1st 2019Did not contest 2 May 2023 35,174 0.60% –34.80 0 12th Jun 2023 21,054 0.40% –0.20 0 12th
Other elections Results since 2004YearType of ElectionVotes%Mandates 2004 European 40,873 0.67 0 2006 Local (Athens Municipality) 3,822 1.39 0 2006 Local (Prefecture of Thessaloniki) 25,655 4.6 2 2009 European 178,964 3.49 1 2010 Local (peripheries) 2.9 11/725 2014 Local (peripheries) 26/703 2014 European 51,673 0.90 0 2019 European 49,418 0.87 0 2019 Local 44,078 0.81 4/704
Affiliations European Green Party
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