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Ecolo

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Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles) is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics.[2][3][6] The party is active in Wallonia, the Brussels-Capital Region, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

Ecolo
LeaderRajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet [fr]
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
HeadquartersEspace Kegeljan
Av. de Marlagne 52, Namur
Think tankCentre d'études Jacky Morael[1]
IdeologyGreen politics[2][3]
Political positionCentre-left[4]
Regional affiliationSocialists, Greens and Democrats[5]
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
European Parliament groupThe Greens–European Free Alliance
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Flemish counterpartGroen
ColoursGreen
Chamber of Representatives
(French-speaking seats)
3 / 61
Senate
(French-speaking seats)
5 / 24
Parliament of Wallonia
12 / 75
Parliament of the French Community
16 / 94
Brussels Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
15 / 72
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
3 / 25
European Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
1 / 8
Website
[1]

Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is Groen; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.

Name

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Ecolo is officially a backronym for Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales "Confederated Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles", but is really just short for écologistes, French for environmentalists.

History

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Ecolo was part of the 1999 Verhofstadt I Government, but withdrew from the coalition before the 2003 general election, which saw it lose nearly two thirds of its 14 federal parliamentary seats in the face of a resurgent Socialist Party. The party made quite a comeback, however, in the 2007 general election, though failing to match the peak popularity it had enjoyed in 1999. In the general election of 10 June 2007, the party won eight out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two out of the 40 directly elected seats in the Senate.

In the 2010 elections, the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.[7]

Political views

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Ecolo is a political party that promotes sustainable development policies, aimed at preserving the environment and combating climate change, in the interests of current and future generations. The party seeks to create a more democratic and inclusive society by encouraging new political practices and strengthening citizen participation in a model of participatory democracy.[8]

Election results

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Chamber of Representatives

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Election Votes % Seats +/- Government
1977[9] 3,834 0.1
0 / 212
   0 Extra-parliamentary
1978[10] 21,224 0.4
0 / 212
   0 Extra-parliamentary
1981[11] 132,312 2.2
2 / 212
   2 Opposition
1985[12] 152,483 2.5
5 / 212
   3 Opposition
1987[13] 157,988 2.6
3 / 212
   2 Opposition
1991[14] 312,624 5.1
10 / 212
   7 Opposition
1995[15] 243,362 4.0
6 / 150
   4 Opposition
1999[16] 457,281 7.4
11 / 150
   5 Coalition
2003[17] 201,118 3.1
4 / 150
   7 Opposition
2007[18] 340,378 5.1
8 / 150
   4 Opposition
2010[19] 313,047 4.8
8 / 150
   0 Opposition
2014[20] 222,524 3.3
6 / 150
   2 Opposition
2019[21] 416,452 6.1
13 / 150
   7 External support (2020)
Coalition (2020–)
2024 204,438 2.9
3 / 150
   10 TBD

Senate

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Election Votes % Seats +/-
1977[22] 7,558 0.1
0 / 106
1978[23] 43,883 0.8
0 / 106
  
1981[24] 153,989 2.6
3 / 106
   3
1985[25] 163,361 2.7
2 / 106
   1
1987[26] 168,491 2.8
2 / 106
  
1991[27] 323,683 5.3
6 / 106
   4
1995[28] 258,635 4.3
2 / 40
   4
1999[29] 458,658 7.4
3 / 40
   1
2003[30] 208,868 3.2
1 / 40
   2
2007 385,466 5.8
2 / 40
   1
2010 353,111 5.5
2 / 40
   0

Regional

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Brussels Parliament

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Election Votes % Seats +/- Government
F.E.C. Overall
1989 44,874 10.2 (#5)
8 / 75
 Opposition
1995 37,308 9.0 (#4)
7 / 75
   1 Opposition
1999 77,969 21.3 (#2) 18.3 (#2)
14 / 75
   7 Opposition
2004 37,908 9.7 (#4) 8.3 (#4)
7 / 89
   1 Coalition
2009 82,663 20.2 (#3) 17.9 (#3)
16 / 89
   9 Coalition
2014 41,368 10.1 (#5) 8.9 (#5)
8 / 89
   8 Opposition
2019 74,246 19.1 (#2) 16.2 (#2)
15 / 89
   7 Coalition

German-speaking Community Parliament

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Election Votes % Seats +/- Government
1990 5,897 15.0 (#5)
4 / 25
 Opposition
1995 5,128 13.9 (#4)
3 / 25
   1 Opposition
1999 4,694 12.7 (#5)
3 / 25
   0 Coalition
2004 2,972 8.2 (#5)
2 / 25
   1 Opposition
2009 4,310 11.5 (#5)
3 / 25
   1 Opposition
2014 3,591 9.5 (#6)
2 / 25
   1 Opposition
2019 4,902 12.5 (#5)
3 / 25
   1 Opposition
2024 3,644 9.1 (#6)
2 / 25
   1 Opposition

Walloon Parliament

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Election Votes % Seats +/- Government
1995 196,988 10.4 (#4)
8 / 75
 Opposition
1999 347,225 18.2 (#3)
14 / 75
   6 Coalition
2004 167,916 8.5 (#4)
3 / 75
   11 Opposition
2009 372,067 18.5 (#3)
14 / 75
   11 Coalition
2014 141,813 8.6 (#4)
4 / 75
   10 Opposition
2019 294,631 14.5 (#3)
12 / 75
   8 Coalition

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/− EP Group
F.E.C. G.E.C. F.E.C. G.E.C. Overall
1979 Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) 107,833 — 5.14 (#5) — 1.98
0 / 24
 New −
1984 François Roelants du Vivier (F.E.C.) 220,663 — 9.85 (#4) — 3.86
1 / 24
   1 RBW
1989 Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) 371,053 — 16.56 (#4) — 6.29
2 / 24
   1 G
1994 Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.)
Unclear (G.E.C.) 		290,859 5,714 13.02 (#4) 14.90 (#4) 4.97
1 / 25
   1
1999 Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.)
Didier Cremer (G.E.C.) 		525,316 6,276 22.70 (#3) 17.01 (#3) 8.59
3 / 25
   2 Greens/EFA
2004 Pierre Jonckheer (F.E.C.)
Lambert Jaegers (G.E.C.) 		239,687 3,880 9.84 (#4) 10.49 (#4) 3.75
1 / 24
   2
2009 Isabelle Durant (F.E.C.)
Claudia Niessen (G.E.C.) 		562,081 6,025 22.88 (#3) 15.58 (#3) 8.64
2 / 22
   1
2014 Philippe Lamberts (F.E.C.)
Erwin Schöpges (G.E.C.) 		285,196 6,429 11.69 (#3) 16.66 (#2) 4.36
1 / 21
   1
2019 Philippe Lamberts (F.E.C.)
Shqiprim Thaqi (G.E.C.) 		485,655 6,675 19.91 (#2) 16.37 (#2) 7.31
2 / 21
   1
2024 Saskia Bricmont (F.E.C.)
Shqiprim Thaqi (G.E.C.) 		259,745 4,819 10.06 (#5) 11.10 (#6) 3.71
1 / 22
   1

Elected politicians

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Current

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European Parliament

Chamber of Representatives

  • 2010 – 2014:
  1. Ronny Balcaen
  2. Juliette Boulet
  3. Olivier Deleuze (resigned in 2012; replaced by Lahssaini Fouad)
  4. Zoé Genot
  5. Muriel Gerkens
  6. Georges Gilkinet
  7. Eric Jadot
  8. Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers

Brussels-Capital Region Parlement

  • 2009 – 2014:
  1. Aziz Albishari
  2. Dominique Braeckman
  3. Jean-Claude Defosse
  4. Céline Delforge
  5. Anne Dirix
  6. Anne Herscovici
  7. Zakia Khattabi
  8. Vincent Lurquin
  9. Alain Maron
  10. Jacques Morel
  11. Ahmed Mouhssin
  12. Marie Nagy
  13. Yaron Pesztat
  14. Arnaud Pinxteren
  15. Barbara Trachte
  16. Vincent Vanhalewyn

Past

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European Parliament

  • 1989 - 1994
  1. Brigitte Ernst de la Greate

Chamber of Representatives

  • 1995 – 1999:
  1. Philippe Dallons
  2. Olivier Deleuze
  3. Thierry Detienne
  4. Mylène Nys (20 April 1999) (replaced Vincent Decroly)
  5. Martine Schüttringer
  6. Jean-Pierre Viseur
  • 1999 – 2003:
  1. Marie-Thérèse Coenen
  2. Martine Dardenne
  3. Vincent Decroly
  4. Olivier Deleuze → Zoé Genot (14 July 1999)
  5. Thierry Detienne → Muriel Gerkens (23 July 1999)
  6. Claudine Drion
  7. Michèle Gilkinet
  8. Mirella Minne
  9. Géraldine Pelzer-Salandra
  10. Paul Timmermans → Bernard Baille (1 September 2002)
  11. Jean-Pierre Viseur → Gérard Gobert (10 January 2001)
  • 2003–2007:
  1. Zoé Genot (replaced Olivier Deleuze)
  2. Muriel Gerkens
  3. Gérard Gobert (replaced Jean-Marc Nollet)
  4. Marie Nagy
  • 2007–2010:
  1. Juliette Boulet
  2. Zoé Genot
  3. Muriel Gerkens
  4. Georges Gilkinet
  5. Philippe Henry
  6. Fouad Lahssaini
  7. Jean-Marc Nollet
  8. Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers

Brussels-Capital Region Parlement

  • 2004–2009:
  1. Dominique Braeckman
  2. Alain Daems
  3. Céline Delforge
  4. Christos Doulkeridis
  5. Josy Dubié
  6. Paul Galand
  7. Yaron Pesztat

Important figures

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See also

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References

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  3. ^ a b Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). pp. 397–. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. ^ Delwit, Pascal; van Haute, Emilie (2008). "Greens in a rainbow: The impact of participation in government of the Green parties in Belgium". New Parties in Government: In power for the first time. London: Routledge. pp. 104–120. ISBN 978-1134136407. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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  6. ^ Bale, Tim (2021). Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-009-00686-6. OCLC 1256593260.
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  8. ^ "Waar staan de Franstalige partijen voor?" (in Dutch). VRT NWS. 17 April 2024.
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