The Australian Greens (AG),commonly referred to simply as the Greens,are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election,the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. The leader of the party is Adam Bandt,with Mehreen Faruqi serving as deputy leader. Larissa Waters currently holds the role of Senate leader.
Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005.
The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria. The Greens are in a coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Nehammer government. Before they were part of the Schallenberg government and the Second Kurz government. The current President of Austria,Alexander Van der Bellen,is from the Green Party.
Keith Richard Taylor was a Green Party of England and Wales politician who was MEP for South East England from 2010 to 2019 and was the Party's animal rights spokesperson until his retirement in 2019. He was one of the two Principal Speakers of the party from August 2004 to November 2006.
Patrick Harvie is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings,Active Travel and Tenants' Rights from 2021 to 2024. He has served as one of two co-leaders of the Scottish Greens since 2008,and is one of the first Green politicians in the UK to serve as a government minister. Harvie has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2003.
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.
Larissa Joy Waters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served as a Senator for Queensland since 2018. She previously served in the Senate from 2011 to 2017,resigning during the parliamentary eligibility crisis due to her holding Canadian citizenship in violation of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Waters serves as her party's Senate leader,in office since February 2020. She previously served as co-deputy leader from May 2015 to July 2017 and again from December 2018 to June 2022.
NEOS –The New Austria and Liberal Forum is a liberal political party in Austria. It was founded as NEOS –The New Austria in 2012. In 2014,NEOS merged with Liberal Forum and adopted its current name.
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson is a New Zealand politician who entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2015 as a list MP representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,of which she became the female co-leader in 2018.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.
Miles Edward Frank Briggs is a British politician of the Scottish Conservative Party,who has served as a regional list Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He served as the Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet member for Health and Sport from 2017 to 2020 and as the Scottish Conservative Chief Whip from 2020 to 2021.
Matthew Hughes is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Kalamunda.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2019 to elect the 27th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called in the wake of the Ibiza affair in May,which caused the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the governing coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The government subsequently lost a motion of no confidence in parliament,before ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis.
JETZT –Pilz List,founded in 2017 as the Peter Pilz List,was a green and left-wing populist political party in Austria. It was founded by Peter Pilz,a former member of The Greens –The Green Alternative,who left his previous party in July 2017 and formed the Peter Pilz List to run in the October legislative election. The party won 4.4% of votes cast and 8 seats. In the 2019 legislative election,the party lost its representation in the National Council.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections,the three parties in the ruling coalition government –the Independence Party,Progressive Party and Left-Green Movement –agreed to continue in office,with Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement remaining Prime Minister despite her party being the smallest of the three. It was the first time an incumbent government had retained power in an election since the 2008 financial crisis.
The First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir was formed on 30 November 2017,following the 2017 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement,who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Martha Bißmann is an Austrian politician. She served in the National Council from 2017 to 2019,entering as a member of the Peter Pilz List after its leader Peter Pilz withdrew. She was expelled from the party in July 2018,and thereafter served as an independent deputy. She did not seek re-election in the 2019 election. Prior to this,she was campaign manager for independent candidate Irmgard Griss during her 2016 presidential bid.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2024 to elect the 28th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
The 2020 Viennese state election was held on 11 October 2020 to elect the members of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and The Greens.
The 2022 Tyrolean state election was held on 25 September 2022 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol. Incumbent Governor Günther Platter of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retired at the election;Anton Mattle was the party's lead candidate.
