Vesna – Green Party

Vesna – Green Party VESNA – zelena stranka
Abbreviation	Vesna
Leader	Uroš Macerl, Urša Zgojznik
Founded	9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)
Ideology	Green politics Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	European Green Party
Colours	Green
National Assembly	0 / 90
European Parliament	1 / 9
Municipal council	5 / 2,750
Website
vesnazelenastranka.si
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Vesna – Green Party (Slovene: VESNA – zelena stranka; Vesna) is a Slovenian green political party, founded on 9 February 2022. At the founding congress, it presented the program and 4 program pillars: environment, democracy, social justice and creativity.[1][2] The name Vesna derives from the Slavic goddess Vesna, associated with spring.

Since December 2021, the party began to appear in the opinion polling for the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election.[3] The party became an Associate Member of the European Green Party on 3 June 2023.[4]

Election results

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2022	Uroš Macerl Urša Zgojznik	16,089	1.35 (#15)	0 / 90	New	Extra-parliamentary

Presidential

Election	Candidate	1st round		2nd round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2022[a]	Vladimir Prebilič	92,456	10.60			Lost

1. Supported Vladimir Prebilič as independent candidate.

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Vladimir Prebilič	70,398	10.54 (#3)	1 / 9	New	Greens/EFA

References

1. "Ustanovljena je stranka Vesna, vodita jo Urša Zgojznik in Uroš Macerl". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
2. "Na politični oder uradno vstopila zelena stranka Vesna". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
3. "Največjo podporo med parlamentarnimi strankami ima še naprej SDS". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
4. "The 37th Extraordinary EGP Congress in Vienna welcomed 4 new EGP Members!".