Green Party for Progress (, ), often abbreviated to PVP, is a

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. Founded in November 2005 by Mongi Khamassi, a former member of

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, they were legalised four months later as one of the nine political parties that were legalised before the Tunisian revolution. The first party conference was held in December 2008. Internationally the party has been denounced as not a true green party, particularly by the

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and

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. In the 2009 presidential election, they supported the winning candidate

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. In the

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, their first contested, which was held simultaneously, they won six seats with 74,185 votes and a 1.67% vote share.A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%
Tunisia Online News, October 26, 2009. They won a single councillor seat in the 2018 municipal elections with 150 votes..

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