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

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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.

Political parties of Italy ^[edit]

	The Union	House of Freedoms
Represented in Parliament	Federation of the Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left, Daisy—Democracy is Freedom, European Republican Movement) \| Communist Refoundation Party \| Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists, Italian Radicals) \| Party of Italian Communists \| Italy of Values \| Federation of the Greens \| Popular-UDEUR \| South Tyrolese People's Party \| Autonomy Liberty Democracy	Forza Italia \| National Alliance \| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats \| LN/MpA (Northern League, Movement for Autonomy) \| New DC/NPSI (Christian Democracy for the Autonomies, Socialist Party New PSI) \| For Italy in the World with Tremaglia
Minor	Pensioners' Party \| The Socialists \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| Left-Wing Radicals \| Federation of Italian Liberals \| Federation of Liberal Democrats \| United Democratic Christians \| Consumers' List \| New Party of Action \| United Consumers \| Party of Christian Democracy \| Republicans for the Union (Democratic Republicans, Republican Democracy) \| League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance \| Project Sardinia \| Veneto Front League	Social Alternative (Social Action, New Force, National Social Front) \| Social Movement Tricolour Flame \| Italian Liberal Party \| Liberal Reformers \| No Euro Movement \| Italian Republican Party \| Secular Italy \| United Pensioners \| Christian Extended Pact \| CD - Shield with the Cross - Libertas \| Environmental List-Ecological Democrats \| Federalist Greens \| S.O.S. Italy \| New Sicily \| Pact for Sicily \| Unitalia
Regional	Aosta Valley Live \| Die Freiheitlichen \| Valdotanian Union \| Ladins \| Sardinian Action Party \| Independence-Republic of Sardinia \| Sardinia Nation \| Union for South Tyrol \| Sicilian Alliance
Others	Fascism and Freedom Movement \| For the South \| Green Greens \| Humanist Party \| Internationalist Communist Party \| Italian Association in South America \| Italian Marxist-Leninist Party \| Liberal Socialist Action Party \| Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party \| Moderate Italy \| Monarchist Alliance \| National Democratic Party \| National New Order \| National Right-New ISM \| North-East Project \| Pact of Liberal Democrats \| Social Idea Movement \| Southern League
Historical	Christian Democracy \| Italian Communist Party \| Italian Socialist Party \| Italian Social Movement \| Democratic Party of the Left \| Proletarian Democracy \| Proletarian Unity Party \| Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity] \| Unified Socialist Party \| Democratic Alliance \| National Fascist Party

Green Parties
Africa	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa
Americas	Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, United States
Asia-Pacific	Australia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mongolia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Polynesia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vanuatu
Europe (EGP, FYEG)	Te Gjelberit>Albania, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Brussels), Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels), Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands (The Greens), Netherlands (Green Left), Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain (Confederación de Los Verdes), Spain (Federación de Los Verdes - Izquierda Verde), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Italic links indicate observers or non-members of the Global Greens.

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