Initiative for Catalonia Greens
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Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds
Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds |
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| President | Dolors Camats and Joan Herrera (national coordinators) |
| Secretary-General | Josep Vendrell |
| Founded | 23 February 1987 |
| Headquarters | C/ Ciutat, 7 08002 Barcelona |
| Youth wing | Joves d'Esquerra Verda |
| Ideology |
Eco-socialism Socialism of the 21st century Federalism Catalan nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | En Comú Podem |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | European Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green, Red |
| Congress of Deputies |
2 / 47
Inside En Comú Podem
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| Spanish Senate |
2 / 24
Inside En Comú Podem
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| European Parliament |
1 / 54
Inside Plural Left
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| Parliament of Catalonia |
4 / 135
Inside Catalonia Yes We Can
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| Local seats |
358 / 9,077
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| Website | |
| http://www.iniciativa.cat/ | |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Catalan: Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, ICV; IPA: [inisiəˈtiβə pər kətəˈɫuɲə ˈβɛrts]) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia. IC later developed into a political party, and PSUC was dissolved.
The youth of ICV is called Joves d'Esquerra Verda (Green Left Youth). It used to be called JambI, Joves amb Iniciativa (Youth with Initiative).
In the elections to the European Parliament in 2004 ICV ran on the Izquierda Unida list. One MEP, Raül Romeva, was elected from ICV which joined the Green Group.
The ICV formed part of the past ruling tripartite coalition (along with the Socialist Party of Catalonia and the Republican Left of Catalonia, a left-wing Catalan Nationalist Party) in the Generalitat of Catalonia. The coalition governed Catalonia from 2004-2010. ICV was given responsibility for the Ministry of the Environment in the share-out of power in the new government.
Initiative for Catalonia Greens has an agreement of mutual association with Equo.
Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds calls itself an "ecosocialist" party and its members are therefore "ecosocialists". This ideology is summarized in the book The Ecosocialist Manifesto, co-written by a number of left-wing green politicians. This ideology looks to renew the left and is firmly against communism as practised in the former Soviet Union and against capitalism, as practised by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, but also against social democracy, which it considers as only a lesser evil that does not respond to the environmental and social challenges ahead. Members of the party view the regime of Fidel Castro positively, stating that under it the dignity of the Cuban people has benefited, justifying any lack of democratic freedom that they have suffered. From an ecosocialist point of view, both communism and capitalism are two faces of the productivist "mode of production" (a Marxist term), which should be phased out if the ecological health of the planet is to survive. The manifesto also considers this ideology to be deeply feminist and in favour of the "freedom of the European peoples" (i.e. for self-determination for the Basque Country, Corsica or Catalonia itself). The party voted in favour of the Catalan parliament's declaration defining Catalonia as a "sovereign political and juridical entity" ("subjecte polític i jurídic sobirà") in 2013.
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