Editing Alliance 90/The Greens (section)

===Background===
The Green Party was initially founded in West Germany as ''Die Grünen'' (the Greens) in January 1980. It grew out of the anti-nuclear energy, environmental, peace, new left, and new social movements of the late 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heberer |first1=Eva-Maria |title=Prostitution: An Economic Perspective on its Past, Present, and Future |date=2013 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9783658044961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHPGBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Die+Gr%C3%BCnen%22+january+1980&pg=PA60 |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>

''Grüne Liste Umweltschutz'' (green list for environmental protection) was the name used for some branches in [[Lower Saxony]] and other states in the Federal Republic of Germany. These groups were founded in 1977 and took part in several elections. Most of them merged with The Greens in 1980.

The [[West Berlin]] state branch of The Greens was founded as ''Alternative Liste'', or precisely, ''Alternative Liste für Demokratie und Umweltschutz'' (AL; alternative list for democracy and environmental protection) in 1978 and became the official West Berlin branch of The Greens in 1980. In 1993, it renamed to Alliance 90/The Greens Berlin after the merger with East Berlin's Greens and Alliance 90.

The [[Alliance 90/The Greens Hamburg|Hamburg state branch]] of the Green Party was called ''Grün-Alternative Liste Hamburg'' (GAL; green-alternative list) from its foundation in 1982 until 2012. In 1984, it became the official Hamburg branch of The Greens.