Green–Left Coalition

Green–Left Coalition (Croatian: Zeleno–lijeva koalicija) is a centre-left to left-wing and green left political alliance in Croatia. It is currently composed of the We can! - political platform (Možemo! - politička platforma), New Left (Nova ljevica or NL), Sustainable Development of Croatia (Održivi razvoj Hrvatske or ORaH), Workers' Front (Radnička fronta or RF), as well some local political parties and platforms, such as For the City (Za grad or ZG, abbr. for Zagreb) and the Zagreb is OURS!.

Green–Left Coalition

Zeleno–lijeva koalicija
LeaderCollective leadership
Founded2017 (as the Left Bloc)
IdeologySocial progressivism
Democratic socialism
Green politics
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
European affiliationEGP-GUE/NGL
Colours     Red      Green
Croatian Parliament
1 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Zagreb Assembly
4 / 51

History

The coalition was formed in 2017 for the Zagreb local elections as the Left Bloc (Lijevi blok), where it won 4 out of 51 seats in the local assembly.[1]

For the 2019 European Parliament election[2][3] and upcoming July 2020 national parliamentary election in Croatia, members of the political alliance continue to collaborate.

2020

For the 2020 parliamentary election, the coalition changed its name into the Green–Left Coalition (Zeleno–lijeva koalicija). In the upcoming elections the coalition is having good rating from the start of campaign and receiving media coverage on daily basis. In June 2020 independent MP Bojan Glavašević joined the We can! - political platform and the coalition parliamentary election list.[4]

Front-men of legendary Hladno Pivo, punk-rock band Mile Kekin and his wife Ivana (clinical psychologist) also joined the party list as socialists who are concerned with lack of social policies in established center-left party SDP[5].

Prominent theater maker, performer and always engaged multi-talented Mario Kovač also joined as the lead candidate of the list for diaspora (again through a performance action).

Composition
Member party Main ideology Position Croatian
Parliament		 European
Parliament		 Zagreb City
Assembly
We can! Social progressivism
Green municipalism		 Left-wing
1 / 151
0 / 12
1 / 51
New Left Social democracy
Anti-fascism		 Centre-left
to left-wing
0 / 151
0 / 12
1 / 51
Zagreb is OURS! Green municipalism
Anti-fascism		 Left-wing
0 / 151
0 / 12
1 / 51
Workers' Front Democratic socialism
Social progressivism		 Left-wing
0 / 151
0 / 12
1 / 51
ORaH Green politics
Social progressivism		 Centre-left
to left-wing
0 / 151
0 / 12
0 / 51

Electoral performance

Parliament of Croatia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Government
2020
0 / 151

Zagreb City Assembly
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Government
2017 24,706 7.64%
4 / 51
 4 opposition

European Parliament
Year Popular votes % of popular votes Overall seats won Seat change Affiliation
2019 19,313 1.79%
0 / 12
 – EGP-GUE

President of Croatia
Year Candidate Party # 1st round votes % # 2nd round votes %
2019 Katarina Peović RF 8th 21,387 1.14% N/A — —

References
  1. Lokalni izbori, 2017, zgizbori.hr, arhiva izbora
  2. National results Croatia, 2019 European Parliament election results, europarl.europa.eu
  3. Henjak, Andrija (June 1, 2019). "Croatia: Towards Further Fragmentation of the Party System".
  4. Glavašević na listi lijevo-zelene koalicije
  5. Teleskop (2020-06-09). "Ivana Kekin je SDP opisala kao stranku s krivim imenom i prezimenom: Je li ona nagovorila supruga Milu da se "baci" u politiku?". Teleskop (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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