!!!grüne Parteien

Green Parties: The  "New Social Movements" that have 
developed since the 1970s and questioned contents and modes of 
established politics resulted, in the 1980s, in the foundation of 
political parties which demanded the priority of ecological issues 
over economic ones, far-reaching democratisation of and control over 
political decisions, solidarity with third-world countries and 
disarmament. In Austria, it was the controversy over energy policy 
that led to "green", ecology-centred initiatives. The geologist A.  
Tollmann, who has become famous for his commitment against the 
Zwentendorf nuclear power plant, founded the first green party in 
Austria in 1982, the rather conservative "Vereinte Gruene 
Oesterreichs" (VGOe). The "Alternative Liste Oesterreichs" (ALOe), 
founded in 1983, was much more oriented towards achieving a change in 
society. However, the two groups did not come to an agreement and were 
on two different lists during the elections to the Nationalrat of 1983 
and failed to enter Parliament. Not until shortly before the elections 
of 1986 (in which they were to win 8 seats), in the wake of the 
successful fight against the Hainburg power station on the River 
Danube ( Occupation of Hainburg Au), did they set up a unified party 
under the name of "Gruene Alternative" (GA) with F.  Meissner-Blau as 
leading candidate; the party won 8 seats. Since 1995 the official name 
of the part is " Die Gruenen - Die Gruene Alternative 
(Gruene)" ("The Greens - The Green Alternative 
(Greens)"). Green parties are also represented in the Landtag of 
Vorarlberg, Tirol, Salzburg, Styria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria and 
Vienna. Voters for the green parties are mainly found in the younger 
generation, the potential green electorate consists primarily of 
university graduates, self-employed business people, members of the 
liberal professions, civil servants, and white-collar workers.


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