The Greens – The Green Alternative | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-02

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00:02:11 1 History
00:02:41 1.1 Federal level
00:05:14 1.2 Chairpersons since 1986
00:06:00 1.3 Federal state level
00:06:21 1.3.1 Burgenland
00:06:52 1.3.2 Carinthia
00:08:19 1.3.3 Lower Austria
00:09:13 1.3.4 Salzburg
00:10:18 1.3.5 Styria
00:11:12 1.3.6 Tyrol
00:15:19 1.3.7 Upper Austria
00:16:43 1.3.8 Vorarlberg
00:18:13 1.3.9 Vienna
00:21:47 2 Organisation
00:27:40 3 Electoral results
00:27:49 3.1 Parliament (iParlament/i)
00:27:58 3.2 President
00:28:49 3.3 European Parliament
00:28:58 4 Prominent members
00:31:10 4.1 Members of the European Parliament
00:31:48 5 See also



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The Austrian Green Party (German: Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative, lit. 'The Greens – The Green Alternative') is a green political party in Austria.
The party was founded in 1986 under the name "Green Alternative" (Grüne Alternative), following the merger of the more conservative Green party Vereinte Grüne Österreichs (United Greens of Austria VGÖ, founded 1982) and the more progressive party Alternative Liste Österreichs (Alternative List Austria, ALÖ, founded 1982). Since 1993, the party has carried the official name Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne), but refers to itself in English as "Austrian Greens". There are still differences between the former members of the old Alternative and VGÖ factions within the party, reflected in the differing approaches of the national and state parties.
Apart from ecological issues such as environmental protection, the Greens also campaign for the rights of minorities and advocate a socio-ecological (ökosozial) tax reform.  Their basic values according to their charter in 2001 are: "direct democracy, nonviolence, ecology, solidarity, feminism and self-determination". The party is a member of the European Green Party and Global Greens.
The Greens currently have no seats in the  National Council. Over the past decade, it had polled 11.0, 10.4, and 12.4 percent in federal elections.  However, in 2017, the party was beset with internal difficulties including the defection of its entire youth wing. In the 2017 general election, the party suffered a disastrous defeat, losing all 24 of its seats by failing to clear the 4% hurdle to get representation in parliament. The Green Party spokesperson from Lower Austria, Helga Krismer-Huber described it as a 'catastrophe'. The party has 2 seats but no parliamentary group  in the less powerful Federal Council.