Editing Red–green alliance (section)

== Red–green alliances with centre-left parties ==
There are also red/green political alliances and/or electoral agreements between social-democratic or [[liberalism|liberal]] parties cooperate with green parties
*In Canada, the term ''red–green alliance'' has been used to describe the limited co-operation between the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] which uses red as its colour, and the [[Green Party of Canada]],<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/2008/01/19/could_the_redgreen_coalition_be_revived.html TheStar.com | News | Could the 'red-green coalition' be revived?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> which is centre-left but not seen as being as radical as many of its overseas sister parties and take a more moderate stance than [[New Democratic Party]].
* A red–green alliance of sorts occurred during the campaign leading up to the [[2008 London mayoral election]]. Incumbent mayor [[Ken Livingstone]], candidate for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], formed an electoral pact with the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] mayoral candidate [[Siân Berry]] via the [[Contingent vote#Supplementary Vote|supplementary voting system]], in which Labour voters were encouraged to place the Green candidate as their second preference, and vice versa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/mar/18/london08.politicalnews|title=Greens and Livingstone join forces against Johnson|last=Taylor|first=Matthew|date=19 March 2008|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* In Italy, [[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] and [[The Union (Italy)|The Union]] coalitions comprised the [[Federation of the Greens]] along with social-democratic, [[Christian left|social Christian]], [[centrism|centrist]] and other parties in a broad heterogenous centre-left alliance. The successor party to the Olive Tree, the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]], maintains an internal faction of greens called the [[Democratic Ecologists]].
* In Australia, the term ''red–green alliance'' has been used to describe the co-operation between the centre-left [[Australian Labor Party]] and the [[Australian Greens]]. The Greens supported Labor to form the [[minority government]] in [[2010 Australian federal election|2010]]. As the Greens is the third party in the [[Australian Senate]] which hold the balance power from [[crossbench]], the Labor minority government needed to rely support from the Greens from 2010 to 2013.
* In New Zealand, after the [[2017 New Zealand general election|2017 general election]], the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] and the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]] signed a [[memorandum of understanding]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/305285/labour,-greens-to-work-to-change-govt|title=Labour, Greens to work to change govt|date=2016-05-31|work=Radio New Zealand|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en-nz}}</ref> This formed a loose relationship between the two parties with the goal of working together when possible to unseat the incumbent [[Fifth National Government of New Zealand|National Government]]. Later, the two parties also agreed to a set of budget responsibility rules, committing both parties to sustainable surpluses and capping debt, amongst other rules.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/90775621/Labour-Greens-have-signed-up-to-a-joint-position-on-surpluses-cutting-debt|title=Labour-Greens have signed up to a joint position on surpluses, cutting debt|last=Small|first=Vernon|date=2017-03-24|work=Stuff.co.nz|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en}}</ref> Following the [[2020 New Zealand general election|2020 election]], a Labour majority government was formed, supported by the Greens through a confidence and supply arrangement.
* In Hungary, [[Unity (Hungary)|Unity]] comprised the social democratic [[Hungarian Socialist Party]] and [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]] and the green [[Dialogue for Hungary]] alongside smaller liberal parties.
* In France, [[New Ecological and Social People's Union]] includes the left-wing [[La France Insoumise]] and [[French Communist Party]], the centre-left [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] and the green [[Ecologist Pole]].
* In the Netherlands, [[GreenLeft]] and the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] formed an [[GroenLinks–PvdA|alliance]] during the [[2021-2022 Dutch cabinet formation|2021-2022 cabinet formation]], vowing to only join a government coalition together. In 2023, the parliamentary groups in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] merged following a joint election campaign. In the [[2023 Dutch general election|2023 snap election]], the two parties ran on a joint list, after members of both parties voted in favour.