Green Party for Progress
{{Distinguish|Green Tunisia Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Green Party for Progress
| lang1 = Arabic
| name_lang1 = حزب الخضر للتقدم
| lang2 = French
| name_lang2 = Parti des verts pour le progrès
| abbreviation = PVP
| logo =
| colorcode = #7CFC00
| secretary_general = Mongi Khamassi
| leader1_title = Treasurer
| leader1_name = Fethi Dargachi
| leader2_title = Women's Chair
| leader2_name = Aïcha Khammassi
| leader3_title = Youth Chair
| leader3_name = Hafedh Khaldi
| spokesperson = Faycel Naîmi
| founder = Mongi Khamassi
| founded = {{start date|2005|11|14}}
| legalised = {{start date|2006|03|03}}
| headquarters = 2 Avenue de France, 1000 Tunis
| ideology = Green politics
| native_name_lang = ar
| split = PSL
| newspaper = Le Tunisien (French)
Ettounsi (Arabic)
| website =
| country = Tunisia
}}
Green Party for Progress ({{langx|ar|حزب الخضر للتقدم}}, {{langx|fr|Parti des verts pour le progrès}}), often abbreviated to PVP, is a Tunisian green political party.
Founded in November 2005 by Mongi Khamassi,{{citation | author = Néjib Sassi | title = Société civile : premier congrès du Parti des verts pour le progrès (PVP) | publisher = L'Expression | date = 20 December 2008 | language = fr}} a former member of PSL, 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 French{{citation | url = http://lesverts.fr/article.php3?id_article=2591 | title = Communiqué à la presse du 8 mars 2006 | date = 8 March 2006 | publisher = Les Verts | language = fr | access-date = 29 July 2021 | archive-date = 5 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090505034034/http://lesverts.fr/article.php3?id_article=2591 | url-status = dead }} and European Green parties.{{citation | url = http://www.europeangreens.org/cms/default/dok/152/152765.the_european_green_party_acknowledges_th@en.htm | title = The European Green Party acknowledges the Tunisian Green Party | publisher = European Green Party}}
In the 2009 presidential election, they supported the winning candidate Ben Ali.{{citation | url = http://www.espacemanager.com/macro/tunisie-le-parti-des-verts-de-mongi-khamassi-sort-ses-griffes.html | title = Tunisie : le parti des verts de Mongi Khamassi sort ses griffes | publisher = Espace Manager | date = 25 January 2011 | language = fr | access-date = 29 July 2021 | archive-date = 28 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110128172807/http://www.espacemanager.com/macro/tunisie-le-parti-des-verts-de-mongi-khamassi-sort-ses-griffes.html | url-status = dead }} In the general election, their first contested, which was held simultaneously, they won six seats with 74,185 votes and a 1.67% vote share.[http://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/?p=27502 A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, Tunisia Online News, October 26, 2009. They won a single councillor seat in the 2018 municipal elections with 150 votes.{{Citation|author=Nadia Dejoui | title = Résultats des élections municipales 2018 | url=https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2018/05/09/resultat-final-de-lisie/ | date = 9 May 2018|publisher=leconomistemaghrebin.com | language = fr}}.
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