2007 General Elections
These are the first parliamentary elections for the Green List for which the has party put forward candidates, contesting 7 of 12 of the multi-member constituencies. They won between 0.3 and 0.7% of votes. In their program they warned of the dangers of global warming and advocated measures such as removing the legal barriers they believe holds back small scale solar power and ensuring that small scale producers will be paid for surpluses. It is the first political party in Croatia to have included a LGBT program for any election campaign.
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