Małgorzata Tracz
Who was the head of The Greens (Poland) from 2015 to 2016?
The Greens ( Poland ) The Greens ( ) is Polands Green Party . It was founded in September 2003 under the name Greens 2004 ( ) and formally registered in February 2004 . The party is an international member of the Global Greens , European member of European Green Party and cooperates with the European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament . History . The party was established in 2003 by activists of several social movements . Among its founding members there were environmentalists , feminists , LGBT people and anti-war activists . The first political campaign of the emerging party concerned the Polish European Union membership referendum , the Greens campaigned for a yes vote . Greens 2004 took part in the movement against the Iraq War in 2003 and participated in Equality Parades and other social protests in the time of Fourth Republic ( 2005–2007 ) . Since 3 March 2013 the official name of the party is Partia Zieloni ( The Greens ) , while Greens 2004 is a historical name and can still be used . During the late 2000s and the early 2010s the party cooperated with various socialists parties in the elections . The party was represented in the Sejm between 2014 and 2015 by Anna Grodzka ( she was elected as Polikots Movement member in 2011 ) . By mid-2010s the party lost many members ( e . g . Marcelina Zawisza ) , who formed new party called Razem ( Together ) . Since 2018 the party began to cooperate with Civic Platform and Modern parties . In 2019 , as part of Civic Coalition , it won 3 seats in Sejm . These representatives became members of Civic Coalition parliamentary group Election results . European Parliament election of 2004 . In the 2004 European Parliament election , the Greens received 0.27% of the votes . Polish presidential election of 2005 . In the 2005 presidential election , the Greens supported Marek Borowski , the chairman of the SDPL , who received 10.33% of the votes . Polish local elections of 2006 . In the 2006 local elections , the Greens structured themselves decided on the formula for the start of elections ( because the partys national authorities rejected the invitation to the alliance of the Left and Democrats ) . The independent list of the Greens in Warsaw received 11 210 votes ( 1.68% ) and 7th place out of 14 . Less than 1% of support was obtained in Wrocław and Gdańsk by the local committees co-created by the Greens with Young Socialists . In other cities , people associated with the party were candidates from local , mainly non-party lists or the Left and Democrats coalition . Polish parliamentary election of 2007 . In the 2007 parliamentary election , the Greens contested one district in the Senate . European Parliament election of 2009 . In February 2009 , the Greens formed a coalition called Alliance for the Future ( Porozumienie dla Przyszłości - CentroLewica ) with the social liberal Democratic Party and the social democratic SDPL , forming a common list for the 2009 European Parliament election . Polish presidential election of 2010 . In the 2010 presidential election , the Greens supported Grzegorz Napieralski based on the analysis of the programs of the most important candidates . The SLD candidate obtained the highest score in the Green Index ranking : 78 on a scale from -200 to +200 points . In the second round , the party members encouraged to vote , but they did not support any of the candidates , pointing to their conservatism and economic neoliberalism . Polish local elections of 2010 . In the 2010 local elections , members of the Greens ran in most cases from the lists of Democratic Left Alliance . In these elections , the Greens won five seats in local councils and regional parliaments . Polish parliamentary election of 2011 . In the 2011 parliamentary election , representatives of the party again found themselves on the lists of the Democratic Left Alliance , but they did not obtain any seats in the Sejm . The Green candidates themselves gained 23 421 votes , which gave 0.16% of the votes . The only one of the Greens was their chairman Dariusz Szwed opening the list in the Chrzanów constituency , in which he obtained 3 842 votes . European Parliament election of 2014 . In the 2014 European Parliament election , the Greens formed their own Election Committee of the Greens . The representatives of the Womens Party , the Polish Socialist Party and Young Socialists have announced the start of the Green Committees lists . The Committee registered lists in five districts . The Committee of the Greens obtained 22 221 votes ( 0.32% ) in the elections , taking the 10th place ( ahead of , among others , the Direct Democracy committee , whose lists were registered in six districts ) . Polish local elections of 2014 . In the 2014 local elections , the Greens issued their own letters to the city council in Warsaw and Wrocław , in Warsaw , issuing Joanna Erbel as their own candidate for the citys presidency , and in Wrocław supporting the SLD candidate . In Kraków , together with trade unions and city movements , they co-founded the Kraków Against the Olympic Committee . In Opole , the current councilor of the Greens , Beata Kubica ( elected in 2010 from the SLD list ) ran for the city council from the list of German Minorities . In the Lubuskie voivodeship , the Greens together with the Social Justice Movement , trade unions and civic movements , co-founded the Nowy Ład Committee in the elections to the regional council . The Greens also issued a dozen or so candidates in the One-National Electoral Circumscriptions in Poland . As a result of the elections , the independent lists of the Green Party in Warsaw received 2.55% of votes to the city council . A similar result ( 2.48% ) was received by the candidate for the mayor of the city , Joanna Erbel . The Wrocław Green list received 1.97% of the votes to the city council . In Kraków , the Kraków Against the Olympic Committee , co-created by the Greens , received 6.7% of the votes , which did not translate into mandates , with Tomasz Leśniak receiving 4.84% of the votes in the elections for the city president . The Electoral Committee New Deal , co-created by the Greens , received 0.62% of support in the elections to the Lubusz Regional Assembly ( it was the 10th result from among 11 committees ) . No Green candidate for a councilor in the single-member district has obtained a seat . Polish presidential election of 2015 . In the 2015 presidential election , the candidate for the party was the deputy Anna Grodzka , who , however , did not collect the required number of 100 000 signatures . Polish parliamentary election of 2015 . Greens joined the Zjednoczona Lewica ( United Left ) electoral alliance for the 2015 parliamentary election in July 2015 . In the election the alliance received 7.6% of the vote , below the 8% electoral threshold leaving the alliance with no parliamentary representation . It was officially dissolved in February 2016 . Polish local elections of 2018 . In the 2018 local elections , the Greens , without any electoral alliance , managed to obtain the highest ever result in their party history of 1.15% of the votes , with their highest result as a percentage in Lubusz voivodeship ( 2.62% ) , and the highest local Gmina result being in Gmina Żary ( 10.0% ) . This concludes that the Greens achieved better overall results in Western Poland areas which are near to the borders of Germany . Sejm and European Parliament elections of 2019 . On 6 November 2018 , at a press conference , the Greens officially announced preparations for the 2019 elections both at the national and European level . Announced at the end of July 2019 , the party will participate in the 2019 Polish parliamentary election as part of the Civic Coalition . Principles and policies . The framework for Green policies , called The Green Manifesto , was adopted by the founding congress of the party on 6 and 7 September 2003 . The Green Manifesto outlined the principles of green politics in seven areas : social justice and solidarity , civil society and reclaiming the state for citizens , environmental protection and sustainable development , gender equality , respect for national , cultural and religious diversity , protecting minority rights , and non-violent conflict resolution . At the 4th Congress in April 2011 , the Greens 2004 adopted elaborated policy documents concerning the principles of social policy , education policy , and health care policy . Current policies . The current official policies approved during the partys XI Congress : Protection of Earth resources is our obligation 1 . The total departure from obtaining energy from oil , coal and other fossil fuels and obtaining it in at least 50% from renewable energy sources by 2030 . 2 . Resignation from plans for the construction of nuclear power plants . 3 . Supporting efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels . 4 . Increase energy efficiency by 45% by 2050 to combat air pollution , energy poverty and combating climate change . 5 . Completion of production and sale of new combustion vehicles by 2030 and replacement with non-standard vehicles . 6 . Establishment of a national program for the construction and reconstruction of railway connections for 2020–2030 . 7 . Protection of current and gradual increase of existing valuable natural areas , e.g . Białowieża Forest . 8 . Protection of water resources and their rational use through proper retention and saving . 9 . Prohibition of animal husbandry for fur and circuses with animals . Good governance economy 1 . Introduction of an economy model based on such values as human rights , solidarity , the rule of law , ecological responsibility and democracy . 2 . Circular economy ( secondary use of raw materials ) and promotion of conscious consumer choices . 3 . Guarantee of places in nurseries and kindergartens , enabling parents to return to the labor market . 4 . Begin the process of gradually shortening the work week to 30 hours per week . 5 . The gradual introduction of basic guaranteed income . 6 . Opposition to the construction of the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline . 7 . Equal pay for men and women . 8 . Limiting wage redistribution in Europe and guaranteeing a minimum European pension . 9 . Prohibition of advertisements directed to children and promoting parapharmaceutical products . Equality and solidarity being everyones right 1 . Fighting against racial , religious and ideological discrimination as well as the reasons for the escape of people from their countries . 2 . Prohibition of arms exports to conflict regions . 3 . The right to breathe clean air . 4 . Active help for people suffering from exclusion from traffic and random events . 5 . Dissemination of nursing , dental and psychological care in nurseries , kindergartens and schools . 6 . Support for seniors raising children and carers and carers of people with disabilities . 7 . Introduction of parish properties by same-sex couples . 8 . Equal retirement age for women and men at the age of 65 with the possibility of retirement earlier by 5 years . 9 . Lowering the active electoral law to the age of 16 in local elections . 10 . Legal admissibility of euthanasia for terminally ill people , who will express their will to end their lives . Good quality food based on sustainable development 1 . Moving away from industrial animal husbandry , moving to agriculture without chemical poisons by 2040 and not allowing GMO . 2 . Support for organic farming as well as local and direct sale of agricultural products . 3 . Protection of the durability of family farms and protection of social rights of farmers and farmers as well as employees and employees in the farm . 4 . Education and raising public awareness of issues related to food consumption and its impact on human health - especially diseases such as obesity , diabetes , allergies . 5 . A more just system of subsidies for all agriculture and increased subsidies for sustainable and local agriculture . Policies formulated in previous years . In the past , the Greens in their manifestos have declared , among others : - sustainable economic , social and ecological development ; - energy model based on energy efficiency and prosumer renewable energy ; - social justice and the elimination of inequality ; - maintaining the separation of churches and religious associations from the state ; - the right of women to legal abortion ; - introduction of registered partnerships ( available for both homosexual and heterosexual persons ) ; - drug policy based on education and prevention , not punishment ; - maintaining state education and health care ; - withdrawal of Polish troops from Afghanistan ; - urban policy based on public services , active housing policy , development of accessible public transport , support for universal and accessible education , health and culture , respect for greenery and ecosystems ; - sustainable development of rural areas , support for organic farming , total elimination of GMOs . The Greens , due to their pacifist stance , also oppose the restoration of the death penalty and the introduction of a flat tax , as well as the construction of elements of US anti-missile installations in Poland ( the so-called anti-missile shield ) . Cooperating entities . Organizations which are affiliated or managed with and by the Greens . - The Green Area Foundation ; promotes sustainable , sustainable economic , social and ecological development . It supports financially and substantively activities in line with the ideology and program of the Greens , as well as political parties and non-governmental organizations . - Association Acute Green ; involved in the promotion of human rights , sustainable development , democracy , environmental protection . It is the partys youth wing and it focuses on mainly young pro-environmental activists . - The journal Green News ; discusses issues related to ecology , sustainable development , democracy , human rights , minority rights , presenting alternatives to the dominant socio-economic system . Party leaders and personalities . Leaders . Female co-chair - 2003–2008 Magdalena Mosiewicz - 2008–2010 Agnieszka Grzybek - 2010–2011 Małgorzata Tkacz-Janik - 2011–2015 Agnieszka Grzybek - 2015– Małgorzata Tracz Male co-chair - 2003–2004 Jacek Bożek - 2004–2011 Dariusz Szwed - 2011–2013 Radosław Gawlik - 2013–2016 Adam Ostolski - 2016–2020 Marek Kossakowski - 2020– Wojciech Kubalewski Party Executive Council . - Wojciech Kubalewski – Leader ( male ) - Małgorzata Tracz – Leader ( female ) - Magdalena Gałkiewicz – General Secretary - Mariusz Rusinek – Treasurer - Krzysztof Rzyman – Spokesperson - Joanna Brauła – Member - Arkadiusz Gmurczyk – Member - Ula Zielińska – Member Former Members of the Sejm . - 2014–2015 Anna Grodzka Councillors and members of regional parliaments . - Małgorzata Tkacz-Janik , member of the regional parliament of Silesia - Ewa Koś , member of the regional parliament of West Pomerania - Krystian Legierski , councillor in Warsaw - Beata Kubica , councillor in Opole - Sebastian Kotlarz , councillor in Kąty Wrocławskie Notable members . Other notable members of the party include : Kinga Dunin ( writer , feminist , editor of Krytyka Polityczna ) , Radosław Gawlik ( environmental activist , former deputy minister of the environment ) , Zbigniew Marek Hass , Tomasz Kitliński ( philosopher , LGBT rights activist ) , Wojciech Koronkiewicz ( poet , journalist , film director ) , Izabela Kowalczyk ( art critic ) , Bartłomiej Kozek , Aleksandra Kretkowska , Bartosz Lech ( former co-chair of the FYEG ) , Paweł Leszkowicz ( art curator and art historian ) , Jerzy Masłowski , Magdalena Masny , Adam Ostolski ( sociologist , member of Krytyka Polityczna ) , Monika Paca , Kazimiera Szczuka ( writer , feminist , hosted the Polish version of The Weakest Link ) , Olga Tokarczuk ( writer ) , Ludwik Tomiałojć ( ornithologist ) , Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart ( Consul of Poland in Luxembourg 2007–2011 ) . Other persons who used to be or still are affiliated with the Green party . - Anna Baumgart - Jacek Bożek - Alina Cała - Ewa Charkiewicz - Piotr Czerniawski - Kinga Dunin - Joanna Erbel - Agnieszka Grzybek - Tomasz Kitliński - Jerzy Kochan - Yga Kostrzewa - Izabela Kowalczyk - Krystian Legierski - Robert Leszczyński - Paweł Leszkowicz - Jerzy Masłowski - Magdalena Mosiewicz - Witold Mrozek - Adam Ostolski - Monika Paca - Dariusz Szwed - Tomasz Szypuła - Kazimierz Ślęczka - Magdalena Środa - Małgorzata Tarasiewicz - Olga Tokarczuk - Małgorzata Tkacz - Marcelina Zawisza Party Congresses . Founding Congress , 6–7 September 2003 , Warsaw . - Congress accepted the Green Manifesto , which is the basic policy document of the party . III Congress , 1–2 March 2008 , Warsaw . - Congress accepted the amendments to the statute , replacing the terms co-chairman ( male ) and co-chairman ( female ) with their shorter versions . The Greens also adopted several positions on foreign policy , including on the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and opposition to the anti-missile shields . IV Congress , 16–18 April 2010 , Warsaw . - Congress adopted four program resolutions : on electoral law , social policy priorities , health policy and education policy . V Congress ( program ) , 2–3 September 2011 , Warsaw . - Congress adopted five program resolutions concerning : green economy , protection of employees rights , energy and climate policy , secular state and cultural policy . VI Congress , 2–4 December 2011 , Warsaw . - Congress chose the new party authorities . VII Congress , 2–3 March 2013 , Warsaw . - Congress chose the new party authorities , and adopted two program resolutions regarding European policy and policies to support renewable energy sources . The name of the party from Zieloni 2004 ( Greens 2004 ) to Partia Zieloni ( Green Party ) was also changed . VIII Congress , 12–13 July 2014 , Warsaw . - Congress again chose Agnieszka Grzybek and Adam Ostolski as party chairmen , and also adopted resolutions regarding local government elections , presidential and parliamentary elections . IX Congress , 30–31 May 2015 , Warsaw . - Congress discussed program matters , and elected new party authorities . X Congress , 20–21 February 2016 , Warsaw . - Congress chose the new party authorities and accepted Green Manifesto 2.0 . XI Congress ( program ) , 30 September – 1 October 2017 , Warsaw . - Congress accepted the Green Message program . XII Congress , 17–18 February 2018 , Warsaw . - Congress chose the partys authorities and decided to make an independent start in elections to regional assemblies in local elections in 2018 , and also adopted a resolution on the need to establish a broad coalition in the elections to the European Parliament of 2019 .