Green party to their charismatic leader Petra Kelly, a German who was of interest to the American media because she had an American step-father. Since its foundation in 1980 and merger with Alliance 90 after the German reunification, Kelly's party, now named Alliance '90/The Greens, has become one of Europe's most important Green parties. It played an important role in the formation of national-level Green parties in other countries such as Spain as well. The forerunner of the Green Party in the United Kingdom was the PEOPLE Party, formed in Coventry in 1972. It changed its name to the Ecology Party in
Svoboda (political party) right-wing and the far-right. of the political spectrum. It is widely considered a fascist and/or anti-semitic party, while others have disputed the neo-fascist label, and simply considers it a radical nationalist party. In 2004, the party was reformed under the current name, and since then Oleh Tyahnybok has been party leader (elected every two years). During the 2009 and 2010 local elections in western Ukraine, the party made significant gains and became a major force in local government. The Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) was registered as a party on 16 October 1995; the constituent congress of the party took