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green parties worldwide: Global Greens · European Greens · Asia-Pacific Green Network This article is about the green parties around the world. ... This article is about the green parties around the world. ... European Greens is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ... The Asia-Pacific Green Network is a federation of national Green parties in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is a member of the Global Greens. ...

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The European Federation of Green Parties is an umbrella organization of green parties in Europe. On February 21, 2004, the European Federation of Green Parties met in Rome to found a real party organization (i.e., not an umbrella organization, but a member organization). This new organization is called European Greens. An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... This article is about the green parties around the world. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... European Greens is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ...

Prior to the founding of the European Greens, EFGP was one of the two subgroups in the Greens-EFA group in the European Parliament. The European Greens - European Free Alliance (The Greens/European Free Alliance; Greens/EFA; French: Le Groupe Verts/Alliance libre européenne; Les Verts/ALE, German Fraktion der Grünen/Freie Europäische Allianz) is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

The European Federation facilitates communication between member parties. At meetings it arrives at shared manifestos for European elections, and provides an opportunity for networking and the discussion of strategy. It also gives support to smaller or newer parties in order to strengthen them. For example, they did work in Spain to unify divided groupings in each region, and succeeded to an extent -- two regions elected Green MPs to the Spanish Parliament.

As of 2004, the Federation includes 32 Green parties in 29 European countries. See European Greens for detailed information on membership. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... European Greens is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ...

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