Federation of the Greens
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The Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is the Italian Green Party. Its leader is Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio.
In the 2001 Parliamentary elections it formed a group called Il Girasole (Sunflower) with the Socialisti Democratici Italiani. The combination, which in turn was part of the Olive Tree coalition, gained 16 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election the Verdi stood as a separate list, gaining 2.5% of the national vote and electing 2 MEPs.
In the run-up to the 2006 General Elections, the Verdi are integral part of the centre-left l'Unione coalition under the leadership of Romano Prodi.
2006 elections
In the 9-10 April 2006
general elections, the party was member of the winning
The Union (
L'Unione) and won 15 out of 630
deputies. The alliance of Greens, Communists and Consumers won 11 out of 315
senators
The first official Italian Green political movements became electorally active at the 1985 local elections. Their symbol and political style was directly inspired by the Northern European environmentalist movements. The
Liste Verdi then made their debut at the 1987 General Elections when they gained 2.6% of the votes. At the 1989 European Elections two were the competing Green parties:
Verdi-Sole che Ride and the
Verdi Arcobaleno, close to the
Radical Party and featuring some Radical politicians (Alex Langer, Adelaide Aglietta and Francesco Rutelli, etc). In 1990-91 the two movements joined forces to form the
Federazione dei Verdi.
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