Green Europe
Green Europe – Greens Europa Verde – Verdi | |
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| Spokersperson | Angelo Bonelli Eleonora Evi |
| President of the Federal Council | Marco Boato Fiorella Zabatta |
| Founded | March 2019 (list) 10 July 2021 (party) |
| Preceded by | Federation of the Greens |
| Youth wing | Young Green Europeanists |
| Ideology | Green politics Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Green Party (FdV and Grüne) |
| European Parliament group | Greens–EFA |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 630 |
| Senate | 0 / 315 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 76 |
| Regional Councils | 12 / 897 |
| Website | |
| europaverde | |
Green Europe (Italian: Europa Verde, EV), whose official name is Green Europe – Greens (Europa Verde – Verdi), is a green political party in Italy. Its leaders are Angelo Bonelli and Eleonora Evi.
It was established as an electoral list to take part to the 2019 European Parliament election in connection with the European Green Party. Its founding members were the Federation of the Greens, Green Italy, Possible and, locally, the Greens of South Tyrol.[1] Since 2019, EV has also fielded candidates under its symbol in several regional and local elections.
EV became a full-fledged political party in July 2021.[2][3][4]
History
In the early stages of the campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election, the Federation of the Greens and Green Italy formed an agreement with Italy in Common of Federico Pizzarotti to form an electoral list for the 2019 European Parliament election. However, in March, Pizzarotti decided to abandon the alliance with the Greens to make an agreement with More Europe.[5] Subsequently the Greens made an agreement with Possible of Beatrice Brignone, which successfully submitted the alliance to an internal vote among its members. Also the Greens of South Tyrol joined.
After that an article by Il Foglio reported that two candidates on the list (Giuliana Farinaro and Elvira Maria Vernengo) had received support from the Green Front (led by Vincenzo Galizia, former leader of the youth section of the Tricolour Flame), Giuseppe Civati (informally) withdrew his candidacy and suspended his election campaign.[6]
The list received 2.3% of the vote, quite an improvement from 2014, but still not enough to exceed the 4% threshold. Civati was the most voted candidate on the list with 12,247 preference votes.[7]
In the 2020 Italian regional elections a re-edition of Green Europe won seats in Veneto, Marche and Campania.
In July 2021 EV became a full-fledged political party, with Angelo Bonelli and Eleonora Evi as its leaders.[2]
Original composition
On the occasion of the 2019 European Parliament election the list was composed of the following parties:[8]
| Party | Main ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Federation of the Greens/meta/color"| | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green politics | Angelo Bonelli |
| Green Italy (GI) | Green politics | Annalisa Corrado and Carmine Maturo | |
| bgcolor="Template:Possible (Italy)/meta/color"| | Possible (Pos) | Progressivism | Beatrice Brignone |
| bgcolor="Template:Greens (South Tyrol)/meta/color"| | Greens of South Tyrol (Grüne) | Green politics | Tobias Planer and Brigitte Foppa |
Electoral results
European Parliament
| European Parliament | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 621,492 (7th) | 2.32 | 0 / 73
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- ^ As main candidate.
Regional Councils
| Region | Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liguria | 2020 | 9,193 (10th)[a] | 1.5 | 0 / 31
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| Emilia-Romagna | 2020 | 42,156 (8th) | 2.0 | 1 / 50
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| Veneto | 2020 | 34,647 (9th) | 1.7 | 1 / 51
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| Marche | 2020 | 17,268 (7th) | 2.8 | 1 / 31
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| Umbria | 2019 | 5,975 (10th) | 1.4 | 0 / 21
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- ^ with Solidary Democracy and Democratic Centre (Italy)
Leadership
- Spokespersons: Angelo Bonelli / Eleonora Evi (2021–present)
- Presidents of the Federal Council: Marco Boato / Fiorella Zabatta (2021–present)
References
- ^ "Europa Verde: un progetto comune di Verdi e Possibili per le Europee" (in Italian). Federation of the Greens. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b https://europaverde.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Criteri-organizzativi-di-Europa-Verde-DEF.pdf
- ^ "Iscrizione a Europa Verde".
- ^ "Nasce Europa Verde,"rilanciamo ambientalismo politico" - Ambiente & Energia". ANSA.it. July 11, 2021.
- ^ "Pizzarotti "lascia" i Verdi e si schiera con +Europa: in arrivo la lista per Strasburgo". Il Sole 24 ORE.
- ^ "Scissioni e liti. Il Foglio manda in tilt il fronte dei Verdi". www.ilfoglio.it.
- ^ Stefanoni, Franco (May 27, 2019). "Elezioni europee, chi ha preso più preferenze: Salvini 2,2 milioni, Berlusconi 594 mila, Meloni 434 mila. Tutti i più votati". Corriere della Sera.
- ^ "Europee 2019, la lista Europa Verde nasce in uno dei Fridays for Future" (in Italian). Giornalettismo. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.