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	Green Party of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz / Les verts - Parti écologiste suisse) is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland (the largest not represented on the Federal Council).
		On the national level, in 2003 the Green party was not represented in the Council of States or Federal Council.
		The Green party was represented in the goverments of the cantons Basel-City, Geneva (2 ministers), Neuchâtel, Nidwalden and Vaud.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland (553 words)

	Learn more about Worldwide green parties in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Green Parties are part of, but do not exclusively represent, a larger political movement to reform human governance to better fit the constraints of the biosphere -- usually called the Green movement to contrast it from the electoral participation of the legally-registered Parties.
		Many people also confuse Green Parties with Greenpeace, a global NGO prominent in the ecology movement, which was founded in the 1970s as the green parties and shares some green goals and values, but does work with different methods and isn't organized as a political party.
		Green Parties are often formed in a given jurisdiction by a coalition of scientific ecologists, community environmentalists and local (or national) leftist groups or groups concerned with peace or citizens rights.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wo/worldwide_green_parties.html (3216 words)

	Worldwide green parties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Green Parties are part of, but do not exclusively represent, a larger political movement to reform human governance to better fit the constraints of the biosphere — usually called the Green movement to contrast it from the electoral participation of the legally-registered Parties.
		Many people also confuse Green Parties with Greenpeace, a global NGO prominent in the ecology movement, which like the Green political movement was founded in the 1970s, and shares some green goals and values, but works with different methods and is not organized as a political party.
		As Green Parties generally grow from the bottom up, from neighborhood to municipal to (eco-)regional to national levels, and are often ruled by a consensus decision making process, strong local coalitions are a pre-requisite to electoral breakthroughs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Party (3970 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Green Party of Switzerland
		Switzerland is a federal republic, and perhaps the closest state in the world to a direct democracy.
		Green issues The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fÃ©dÃ©ral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
		Global Greens Charter: ecological wisdom · social justice · participatory democracy · nonviolence · sustainability · respect diversity The Global Greens Charter is a document that 800 delegates from the Green parties of 70 countries decided upon a first gathering of the Global Greens in Canberra, Australia in April 2001.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Green-Party-of-Switzerland (2441 words)

	Switzerland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Switzerland participated in a non-military capacity by organizing Red Cross units, tracing the missing, and permitting incapacitated prisoners of war to be interned within its frontiers.
		Switzerland in World War II In World War II the conquest of France by Germany in 1940 made Switzerland economically dependent upon the latter, and in August 1940 a new trade agreement between the two countries was signed.
		Switzerland's far-right People's Party, which was hostile to immigration and against joining the EU, made spectacular electoral gains in parliamentary elections held in October 1999, emerging as the second strongest force in parliament.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Switzerland (2789 words)

	Green Party (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This page is about parties called Green Party (or the equivalent to that in the local language).
		The name Green Party or The Greens is used by a lot of political parties all over the world.
		United States - Green Party (United States), whose national committee is the Green Party of the United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Party_(disambiguation) (201 words)

	Global Greens -
		After the first Green Parties in French speaking Switzerland were successful in the cantonal elections of Neuchâtel and Vaud, Greens were elected in municipal and cantonal elections even in the German speaking part.
		The first Swiss Green group elected in the canton of Berne at the end of the seventies was the Demokratische Alternative, founded in 1976.
		In August 1978 the Green Party in the canton of Zurich was founded and participated for the first time in the cantonal and national elections in 1979.
	www.globalgreens.info /literature/books/20years/schaffner.html (507 words)

	Green Party News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Switzerland’s Greens are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a national party on Saturday.
		Switzerland's Green Party and the international nongovernmental organization Society for Threatened Peoples are assailing the government's decision to hold talks with Nazarbaev.
		Pia Hollenstein, who represents the Green Party in the Swiss parliament, agrees.
	www.greens.org /media/index.php?location=2:40: (132 words)

	ipedia.com: Worldwide green parties Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Many people also confuse Green Parties with Greenpeace, a global NGO prominent in the ecology movement, which like the Green political movement was founded in the 1970s, and shares some green goals and values, but works with different methods and isn't organized as a political party.
		Green platforms draw terminology from the science of ecology, and policy from Feminism, left-liberalism, libertarian socialism (Social Ecology) and even sometimes libertarian survivalists.
		A Red-Green Alliance is an alliance between Green Parties and left-wing or social democratic parties for elections (mostly in first-after-the-post election systems) or after elections to form a government.
	www.ipedia.com /worldwide_green_parties.html (3231 words)

	Green Party of Switzerland: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz / Les verts - Parti écologiste suisse) is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland (National Council of Switzerland: more facts about this subject) and the biggest party besides the governing parties.
		The first Green party (Green party: An environmentalist political party) in Switzerland was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuenburg.
		In 1987, the Green Party of Switzerland joins the European Federation of Green Parties (European Federation of Green Parties: the european federation of green parties is an umbrella organization of green parties...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/green_party_of_switzerland (400 words)

	The Future of Canadaâs Green Party : Angus Reid Consultants
		Party leader Jim Harrisâ”who ran in the complicated Toronto-Danforth riding alongside New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Laytonâ”was at the centre of one of the earliest controversies of the campaign.
		This past February, Monica Frassoniâ”leader of the Green parties in the European Parliamentâ”publicly expressed her disappointment with the "condemnable political and democratic methods" of Mexicoâs PVEM.
		This past October, the Green Party of Switzerland took control of 13 seats in the National Council, the best tally outside of the four parties that have traditionally shared administrative duties in the country.
	www.angus-reid.com /analysis/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=3270 (708 words)

	People’s Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The decisive victory by the Swiss People’s Party against powerful opponents in Switzerland’s parliamentary election is a further indication of the growing strength of the populist movement across Europe.
		Switzerland is unique in that it has a system of direct democracy in which every citizen votes on political issues, such as whether the nation should join the European Union (EU) or the UN.
		It split from the liberal party 70 years ago and was originally known as the party of citizens, farmers, and small business.
	www.americanfreepress.net /10_28_03/People_s_Party/people_s_party.html (1223 words)

	syngenta cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		BERN - Switzerland’s Green Party and environmental groups are to challenge parliament’s decision not to impose a moratorium on the use of genetically modified crops.
		On Thursday Switzerland's Green Party announced their intention to hold a people’s initiative on the issue of a moratorium - this time for the original demand of ten years, rather than the compromise of five which parliament rejected.
		But since the Green Party has announced its intention to launch a people’s initiative on a moratorium, all sides in the GMO debate will continue to have the chance to state their respective cases.
	www.checkbiotech.org /blocks/dsp_document.cfm?doc_id=3929 (940 words)

	Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism And Racism
		Party president Bernhard Hess, the incumbent of the seat, is known to have regular contacts with far right organizations and to participate in their gatherings.
		Their party program is clearly right-wing extremist as many PNOS members are or were active skinheads.
		On 24 October 2004 a PNOS party member was elected, with 415 votes (2.4 percent of the vote) to the city council of Langenthal (Aargau canton).
	www.tau.ac.il /Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/switzerland.htm (3505 words)

	Elected Greens and their achievements worldwide - Green Party of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Greens have also given continued support to a bill for an Anti-Discrimination Law in the Bundestag and to Agenda 2010, a major reform of the German social security systems that was planned by former chancellor Schröder.
		Furthermore, there are Green MPs in Scotland, Greens in the House of Lords, and Greens in the London Assembly Members, and Green councillors in towns, parishes, counties, and boroughs across Britain, including Brighton and Hackney in London and Green councillors in Oxford.
		Green Party MEP Dr. Caroline Lucas is an outspoken critic of the Common Agricultural Policy, and has campaigned for an organic, local and safe agricultural system.
	www.greenparty.ca /page217.html (1221 words)

	Latvian Green Party: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Latvian Green Party (Latvian (Latvian: A native or inhabitant of Latvia) : Latvijas Zaļā partija) is a political party (political party: An organization to gain political power) in Latvia (Latvia: A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea).
		In the 6th Saeima (1995-1998), the Latvian Green party was represented by four members: Indulis Emsis (Indulis Emsis: indulis emsis (born january 2, 1952) is a biologist and latvian politician who...
		The Latvian Green Party is a member of the European Federation of Green Parties (European Federation of Green Parties: the european federation of green parties is an umbrella organization of green parties...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/latvian_green_party (462 words)

	The Green Party of Virginia - Winter 2002 Newsletter
		Greens believe Ontario should adopt proportional representation so that no future government is able to govern without the support of the majority of Ontario's voters.
		Party members and supporters around the country are celebrating "Green Day" with a number of events, including a get together Saturday night at the "Green Capital" — tiny Pokororo Hall in the Motueka River valley.
		On election night, 1999, the Greens won the Pokororo polling booth with 41% of the vote, the highest percentage of Green Party votes cast anywhere in the country.
	www.vagreenparty.org /newsletters/nl28winter02j.html (1190 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The party’s parliamentary bloc, led by Cecil Buhlman, accused the journalist of not only assailing Islam in violation of the anti-racism laws, but also undermining the country’s religious harmony protected by the constitution.
		It argued that the party’s lawsuit had killed all chances for a peaceful settlement of the issued outside the courtroom.
		The Green’s case brings to 10 the number of lawsuits filled against anti-Islam campaigners in Switzerland.
	www.al-amana.org /article.php?id=694 (350 words)

	In World's First Referendum, 2/3 of Swiss Vote to Allow Scientists to Experiment on Stem Cells Taken from Human Embryos
		Voters in Switzerland yesterday overwhelmingly approved a law allowing scientists to experiment on stem cells taken from human embryos, in a move which will deepen the division between Europe and the US over the use of such research.
		Switzerland's Green party and an alliance of conservative Christian groups had both campaigned for a no vote in the referendum.
		Maya Graff, however, a Green MP, said she was dismayed by the yes campaigners, who campaigned under the slogan: 'Hope'.
	www.infowars.com /articles/life/swiss_stemcell.htm (595 words)

	Green Party of Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz / Les verts - Parti écologiste suisse) is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the biggest party besides the parties.
		The first Green party in Switzerland was founded as a party in 1971 in the town of Neuenburg.
		In 1983 two different national green party federations created: in May diverse local green groups together in Fribourg to form the Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland and in June left-alternativ groups form Bern the Green Alternative Party of Switzerland.
	www.freeglossary.com /Green_Party_of_Switzerland (433 words)

	Green Party of Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz / Les verts - Parti écologistesuisse) is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the biggest party besides the governing parties.
		In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverselocal green groups come together in Fribourg to form the Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland, and in June,left-alternativ groups form in Bern the Green Alternative Party of Switzerland.
		In the 1990s, members of the Green Party become town majors, members of the high court and even president of a stategovernment (Verena Diener in 1999).
	www.therfcc.org /green-party-of-switzerland-98233.html (334 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Switzerland's sovereignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two World Wars.
		Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
		Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/sz.html (1152 words)

	Greens, Green Party Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area
		Greens, Green Party Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area
		1547 Greens, friends, and people who want to learn more.
		Meet other local members of the Green Party to discuss today's hot issues.
	green.meetup.com (44 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Swiss endorse stem cell research
		Nationwide referendums are common in Switzerland, but this vote makes it the first country in the world to put the controversial issue to a popular vote.
		They said Switzerland, with its long tradition of medical research, should not be left out of such potentially ground-breaking work.
		But the Catholic Church, Switzerland's influential Green Party and medical ethics groups oppose the new law.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4049141.stm (345 words)

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