Left Ecology Freedom
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Left Ecology Freedom
Sinistra Ecologia Libertà |
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| President | Nichi Vendola |
| Vice Presidents |
Maria Luisa Boccia Fabio Mussi |
| Coordinator | Nicola Fratoianni |
| Founded | 16 March 2009 (launched) 22 October 2010 (founded) |
| Dissolved | 17 December 2016 |
| Merger of |
Movement for the Left Democratic Left Unite the Left Ecologists Association Socialism and Left |
| Merged into | Italian Left |
| Newspaper | none |
| Membership (2013) | 34,279 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation |
IBC (2013 election) AET (2014 EP election) Italian Left (2015–2016) |
| European affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| www.sinistraecologialiberta.it | |
Left Ecology Freedom (Italian: Sinistra Ecologia Libertà,SEL) was a democratic socialistpolitical party in Italy, whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President of Apulia.
SEL was formed as an alliance called Left and Freedom (Sinistra e Libertà, SL) in the run up to the 2009 European Parliament election in order to overcome the 4% threshold introduced by the new electoral law in February 2009.
At the time of formation, on 16 March 2009, SL included:
The electoral symbol for the 2009 election included the logos of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Federation of the Greens (a member of the European Greens), the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE–NGL).
In the election, SL failed to pass the 4% threshold. Despite that, it was decided that SL would become a party.
In October 2009, during a party congress, the Greens elected a new party leader, Angelo Bonelli, and voted to opt out from the process of the foundation of the new party. However, Francescato and her faction decided to keep supporting SL as Ecologists with Left Ecology Freedom and leave the Greens. SL was also weakened by the split occurred within PS, when the United Socialists, who were opposed to the integration of PS into SL, walked out. Finally in November SL was hit by the sudden opt-out of the whole PS. Since November 2009 SL was thus composed of MpS, SD, UlS, the Ecologists and Socialism and Left, a small minority of PS that wanted to continue the experience of SL.
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