Federation of Greens
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Federation of the Greens
Federazione dei Verdi |
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| Spokesperson | Giobbe Covatta |
| Coordinators |
Angelo Bonelli Fiorella Zabatta |
| Founded | 9 December 1990 |
| Merger of |
Green Lists and Rainbow Greens |
| Headquarters | Via Salandra 6, Rome |
| Newspaper | Notizie Verdi |
| Membership (2004) | 31,000 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Eco-socialism Anti-globalization |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Alliance of Progressives (1994-1995) The Olive Tree (1996-2004) The Sunflower (2001) The Union (2005-2008) Together with the Union (2006) The Left – The Rainbow (2007-2008) Left and Freedom (2009) Ecologists and Civic Networks (2011-2013) Civil Revolution (2013) Green Italy – European Greens (2014) |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA (1994–2009) |
| Colors | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
1 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Website | |
| www.verdi.it | |
The Federation of the Greens (Italian: Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. The party's leader/s is/are variably known as "president/s" or "spokesperson/s". Currently, Giobbe Covatta is the spokesperson. Additionally, Angelo Bonelli and Fiorella Zabatta serve as coordinators for "national politics", while Luana Zanella oversees "foreign policy".
The first official Italian Green symbol and political style was directly inspired by the northern European environmentalist movements. The Green Lists, led by Gianni Mattioli and Alexander Langer, made their debut at the 1987 general election, when they gained 2.6% of the national vote.
At the 1989 European Parliament election there were two competing Green parties: the Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens, formed mainly by Radicals, including Adele Faccio, Adelaide Aglietta, Marco Taradash and Francesco Rutelli. In 1990 the two parties joined forces to form the Federation of Greens.
The new party entered in alliance with the Democratic Party of the Left in 1993 (within the Alliance of Progressives) and Francesco Rutelli, who was among its leading members, was elected mayor of Rome.
The Greens were a founding component of The Olive Tree coalition in 1995. Following the 1996 general election, they were part of the centre-left governments led by Romano Prodi, Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato. Edo Ronchi was minister of the Environment (1996–2000) and Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio minister of Agriculture (2000–2001). During those years, the party lost two of its leading members: Francesco Rutelli, who had been just re-elected mayor of Rome, in 1997 and Carlo Ripa di Meana in 1999.
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