Groen (political party) made some important strategic decisions. Agalev would continue as an independent Flemish progressive Green party. The party congress rejected the proposal of Agalev-Limburg to form a federal cartel with the SP.A and Spirit. The party also ruled out any participation in the future Flemish Government. The party would allow provincial and municipal cartels. The party changed its name to Groen!. The party changed the function of political secretary to party president, bringing the party more in line with other Belgian parties. Vera Dua became the first party president. The decision to continue separately led to considerable upheaval within the party,
Article 50 (political party) Article 50 (political party) Article 50 () was a Eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded by MEP Daniël van der Stoep in 2012. The name refers to article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, of which the first sentence is ""Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements"", as well as article 50 of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which states that ""[t]he States General shall represent the entire people of the Netherlands."" On 27 January 2015, the party merged into For the Netherlands, and therefore Article 50