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
Groen (political party) strong social organizations and pillars. The party is strongest in urban areas with concentrated student populations like Ghent and Leuven. Green!'s support is distributed in the following way between the electoral districts in the 2014 general election: Provincial councilors Chamber of Representatives Brussels Parliament European Parliament Flemish Parliament Provincial councilors The highest organ of Green is the party congress, which is open to all members. The party has a relatively decentralized organization with strong municipal branches and a relatively small national organization. For a long time the party did not have a party president who set out the political strategy,