The Current State of the “Green” Parties: Russia, Europe, the World

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the current state of the «green» parties in the world as a whole, as well as in Europe and the Russian Federation in particular. The history of the formation of the «green» parties is also revealed and their common features are analyzed. In addition, the difference between the European «green» parties and the Russian ones is considered there. An important part of the study is the analysis of the percentage of representatives of «green» parties in the legislative authorities in the countries. As a result of the research, the author comes to several conclusions: currently, «green» parties exist in almost half of the countries where the existence of parties is possible as such. In a quarter of these countries, representatives of these parties are in the government, and about 4% of them are in the ruling coalitions. Nevertheless, for half a century, this is quite a great achievement for parties that were once considered oppositional. Most of these parties are represented in the European parliaments, but they have a number of differences from the «green» parties of the Russian Federation, which is also noted in this article.