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Green partyThere are numerous Green parties in Europe, 32 of which are members of the European Federation of Green Parties. In 2003 those parties established the European Green party, in part in order to campaign on a common platform in EU elections. The German Green party, founded in West Germany in 1979, had some political successes in the 1980s and merged with a group from the former East Germany in 1993. In 1994 it outpolled the Free Democrats, previously Germany's third largest party; it again was the third largest party in 1998, when it first entered the government in a sometimes strained coalition with the Social Democrats, and in 2002. In 2005, however, it placed fifth, and was excluded from the coalition government formed by the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats. Green parties in several other European nations have been part of coalition governments, perhaps most notably in France (1997–2002).
A U.S. group has existed since 1973; the Green party of the United States was officially formed in 2001 from the Association of State Green Parties. There are 43 state organizations affiliated with the national confederation. Ralph Nader was the Green party's presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, and in the latter election the party garnered the largest vote (2.6%) of any U.S. third party. In 2004 the party nominated David Cobb.
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