the Greens

the Greens, any of various environmentalist or ecological-oriented political parties that formed beginning in the 1970s. An umbrella organization known as the European Greens was founded in Brussels, Belgium, in January 1984 to coordinate the activities of the various European parties. Green representatives sit in the European Parliament as part of the Greens/European Free Alliance. The first national party known as the Greens (die Grünen) was founded in West Germany by Herbert Gruhl, Petra Kelly,...