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
Volia (political party) Volia (political party) Volia (; meaning "freedom") is a Ukrainian political party registered in 2010. In April 2017 it announced about merging with Movement of New Forces. In August 2009 the party was created under the name "Party of Ukrainian youth" (). In June 2014 Verkhovna Rada MP Yury Derevyanko was a member of the party. Derevyanko was one of the authors of the law on lustration in Ukraine. In June 2014 it appeared that Viktoria Siumar would lead the party; but she joined People's Front soon after. The party participated in the 2014 elections to the Verkhovna Rada. In