The Green Party (), also known as the Greens (), is a green political party in the Czech Republic.
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 (rejecting the hosting of foreign military bases in the Czech Republic) 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 (ODS) 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 (VAT) 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 Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats Place Government1990 Jan Martin Ječmínek 295,844 4.1 7th No seats 1992 František Trnka 421,988 6.52 4th Opposition Part of Liberal-Social Union, which won 16 seats in total 1996 colspan="7" 1998 Emil Zeman 67,143 1.12 9th No seats 2002 Miroslav Rokos 112,929 2.36 6th No seats 2006Martin Bursík 336,487 6.29 5th 2010 Ondřej Liška 127,831 2.44 9th No seats 2013 Ondřej Liška 159,025 3.19 8th No seats 2017 Matěj Stropnický 74,335 1.46 11th No seats 2021 Michal Berg &Magdalena Davis 53,334 0.99 10th No seats 2025 Matěj Pomahač &Gabriela Svárovská 504,537 8.97 4th Opposition Joint list with Pirates which won 18 seats
Senate 1996 Senate: no seats 1998 Senate: no seats 2000 Senate: no seats 2002 Senate: no seats 2004 Senate: 1 seat (Jaromír Štětina) 2006 Senate: no seats 2008 Senate: no seats 2010 Senate: no seats 2012 Senate: 1 seat separately (Eliška Wagnerová) and 1 seat together with Pirates and KDU-ČSL (Libor Michálek) 2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat (Ivana Cabrnochová) together with Social Democrats 2014 Senate: 2 seats 2016 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with Christian Democrats (Petr Orel) and 1 together with Pirates and local Prague movement HPP11 (Ladislav Kos) 2018 Senate: 1 seat 2020 Senate: 1 seat 2022 Senate: 0 seats 2024 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with TOP 09, ODS and Pirates (Břetislav Rychlík)
Presidential Indirect ElectionCandidateFirst round resultSecond round resultThird round resultVotes%VotesResultVotes%VotesResultVotes%VotesResult 2008 Jan Švejnar 128 49.10 141 47.19 111 44.05 Direct ElectionCandidateFirst round resultSecond round resultVotes%VotesResultVotes%VotesResult 2013 Táňa Fischerová 166,211 3.23 7th supported Karel Schwarzenberg
European Parliament Election List leader Votes % Seats +/− EP Group 2004 Unclear 73,932 3.16 (#7) New− 2009 Jan Dusík 48,621 2.06 (#9) 0 2014 Ondřej Liška 57,240 3.78 (#9) 0 2019 Jiří Pospíšil 276,220 11.65 (#4) 0 2024 Johanna Nejedlová 46,127 1.55 (#11) 0
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See also
Green party Green politics List of environmental organizations Renewable energy in the Czech Republic
References
External links
Profile of party – From European Greens website (in English) Official party website (in Czech) Zelená politika jako odpovědnost za sdílený svět [Green Policy as Responsibility for a Shared World] (the party's "long-term program" as it was approved in January 2017) Volby 2025 – Kde kandidujeme? [Elections 2025 – Where Are We Running?] (in Czech on the party's website)