Editing GroenLinks (section)

==Organisation==

===Name and logo===
The name "GroenLinks" (until 1992 "Groen Links" with a space between Groen and Links) is a compromise between the PPR and the CPN and the PSP. The PPR wanted the word "[[Green politics|Green]]" in the name of the party, the PSP and the CPN the word "[[Left-wing politics|Left]]". It also emphasises the core ideals of the party, environmental sustainability and social justice.<ref name="Illusie"/>

In 1984, the common list of the PPR, PSP and CPN for the [[1984 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|1984 European elections]] was called [[Green Progressive Accord]] – at that time the PPR did not want to accept the word "left" in the name of the political combination. The parties had entered in the [[1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|1989 European elections]] as the [[Rainbow (Netherlands)|Rainbow]] (''Regenboog''), in reference to the [[Rainbow Group (1984–89)|Rainbow Group]] in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989.<ref name="Koole"/>

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GroenLinks logo (1989–1994).svg|Logo from 1989 to 1994
GroenLinks logo (1994–present).svg|Current logo
GroenLinks logo (variant).png|Variant logo
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===Organisational structure===
The highest organ of GroenLinks is the [[party congress]], which is open to all members. The congress elects the party-board, it decides on the order of the candidates for national and European elections and it has a final say over the party platform. The congress convenes at least once every year in spring or when needed.

The party board consists of fifteen members who are elected for a two-year term. The [[Party chair|chairperson]] of this board is the only paid position on the board, the others are unpaid. The chairperson together with four other board members (the vice-chair, the treasurer, the secretary, the European secretary and the international secretary) handles the daily affairs and meet every two weeks while the other ten board members meet only once a month.<ref name="statuten">{{citation
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For the months that the congress does not convene, a party council takes over its role. It consists out of 80 representatives of all the 250 municipal branches. The party board and the nationally elected representatives of the party are responsible to the party council. It has the right to fill vacancies in the board, make changes to the party constitution and takes care of the party's finances.<ref name="statuten"/> Politicians are required to donate 10% of their gross income to the party, making GroenLinks one of the top recipients of donations among Dutch political parties.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.ad.nl/politiek/giften-politieke-partijen-sp-en-groenlinks-harkten-meeste-geld-binnen~a86d746d/ |date = 9 January 2025 |last1 = Verweij |first1 = Elodie |last2 = Keultjes |first2 = Hanneke |access-date = 9 January 2025 |language = nl |website = [[Algemeen Dagblad]] |title = Giften politieke partijen: SP en GroenLinks harkten meeste geld binnen |trans-title = Donations to political parties: SP and GroenLinks received most money }}</ref>

There are several independent organisations which are linked to GroenLinks:
* [[DWARS]], the independent youth organisation of GroenLinks
* De Linker Wang ("The Left Cheek"), platform for Religion and Politics, which is a [[Christian left|progressive Christian]] platform, which was formed by former members of the [[Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands)|Evangelical People's Party]].<ref name="DNPP1991">Lucardie, P., I Noomen en G. Voerman, (1992) "Kroniek 2001. Overzicht van de partijpolitieke gebeurtenissen van het jaar 1991" in ''Jaarboek 1991'' Groningen: Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen</ref>
* Scientific Bureau GroenLinks, the independent political [[think tank]] which publishes "De Helling"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dehelling.net/|title=Dehelling|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=5 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105040804/http://www.dehelling.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Dutch for "the Slope").<ref>For a complete overview of the DNPP see {{citation|title=GroenLinks - nevenorganisaties|url=http://www.rug.nl/dnpp/politiekepartijen/groenlinks/nevenorganisaties/index|access-date=2008-04-28}}</ref>
* [[PinkLeft]], an [[LGBT]] organisation for GroenLinks members.<ref>[http://rozelinks.groenlinks.nl/ PinkLeft ("RozeLinks") site] (in Dutch)</ref>

GroenLinks is also active on the European and the global stage. It is a founding member of the [[European Green Party]] and the [[Global Greens]]. Its MEPs sit in [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]] group. GroenLinks cooperates with seven other Dutch parties in the [[Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy]], an institute which supports democratic development in developing countries.<ref>{{citation|title=About NIMD |url=http://www.nimd.org/default.aspx?menuid=1&type=content&contentid=1&special= |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222043844/http://www.nimd.org/default.aspx?menuid=1&type=content&contentid=1&special= |archive-date=2007-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Relationships with other parties===
GroenLinks was founded as a mid-sized party to the left of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA). In the 1994 elections, the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] (SP) also entered parliament. GroenLinks now takes a central position in the Dutch left between the socialist SP, which is more to the left, and the social-democratic PvdA, which is more to the centre.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laver|first1=Michael| author-link1 = Michael Laver| last2 = Mair| first2 = Peter| author-link2 = Peter Mair|title=Party Policy and cabinet portfolios in the Netherlands 1998: Results from an expert survey|journal=[[Acta Politica]]|volume=34|pages=49–64|year=1999| url = http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ap}}</ref> This position is exemplified by the call of Femke Halsema to form a left-wing coalition after the 2006 elections, knowing that such a coalition is only possible with GroenLinks. The [[electoral alliance]] between SP and GL in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 elections,<ref>{{citation|title = SP en GroenLinks gaan lijstverbinding aan; PvdA ziet daarvan af on parlement.com|access-date = 2008-05-01|url = http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/fyakie4j?key=heqly7lk|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130111082143/http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/fyakie4j?key=heqly7lk|url-status = dead|archive-date = 11 January 2013}}</ref> and between GroenLinks and PvdA in the 2004 European elections are examples of this position.<ref>{{citation|title=Nederlandse partijen in het Europees Parlement on parlement.com|access-date=2008-05-01|url=http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/gn0nesg1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223160049/http://www.parlement.com/9291000/modulesf/gn0nesg1|archive-date=23 December 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[2007 Dutch Senate election|2007 First Chamber election]], it had an electoral alliance with the [[Party for the Animals]].<ref>{{citation|title=Linkse lijstverbinding GroenLinks strandt |newspaper=De Telegraaf |date=28 April 2007 |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/article62745661.ece?cid=rss |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103203733/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/article62745661.ece?cid=rss |archive-date=November 3, 2007 }}</ref> More and more, however, GroenLinks is seen as the most culturally progressive of the three parties.<ref>Pels, D. "Vrijheid: Het politieke spectrum" in [[Bart Snels|Snels, B.]] (ed.) (2007). ''Vrijheid als Ideaal.'' Nijmegen: SUN.</ref><ref>{{Citation|last = Krouwel|first = Andre|author-link = Andre Krouwel|title = Kieskompas|publisher = [[Vrije Universiteit]]|url = http://tweedekamer.kieskompas.nl/|access-date = 2008-05-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080412153431/http://tweedekamer.kieskompas.nl/|archive-date = 12 April 2008|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Since 2023 GroenLinks has significantly intensified cooperation with PvdA, generally entering elections with a shared electoral list,<ref>https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4912552/groenlinks-en-pvda-gaan-voor-een-lijst-bij-gemeenteraadsverkiezingen-willen-de-grootste-worden</ref> including in European Parliament elections after which elected politicians joined separate groups.<ref>https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/13972/artikel/2519912-groenlinks-en-pvda-voorlopig-niet-in-een-europese-fractie-niet-over-gesproken</ref> Both parties are internally discussing a possible complete merger.<ref>https://historiek.net/na-bijna-80-jaar-komt-er-een-einde-aan-de-pvda/160154/</ref>

GroenLinks does not run an independent list for the [[Water board (Netherlands)|water board elections]]. Instead, like [[Democrats 66|D66]] and [[Volt Netherlands]], it recommends that its voters support [[Water Natuurlijk]], an independent, [[Green politics|green]]-oriented political party focused solely on water board elections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veelgestelde vragen |url=https://waternatuurlijk.nl/over-water-natuurlijk/veelgestelde-vragen |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Water natuurlijk |language=nl}}</ref>