The Greens (Portugal)

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Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" is the Portuguese Green Party, a member party of the European Greens. The party was founded 1982, originally named Movimento Ecologista Português - Partido Os Verdes.

In elections, it is closely allied with the Portuguese Communist Party in the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. This explains a nickname given to the Os Verdes by some: "melancias" (lit. watermelons): green outside, red inside.

It has currently (as of 2005) two members in the Assembly of the Republic, Heloísa Apolónia and Francisco Madeira Lopes.

External link

• Official web site
• Info on EFGP site