Green Europe Explained

Native Name:Europa Verde
Green Europe
Leader1 Title:Spokespersons
Leader1 Name:Angelo Bonelli
female vacant
Leader2 Title:Presidents
Leader2 Name:Marco Boato
Fiorella Zabatta
Foundation:list:
Predecessor:Federation of the Greens
Headquarters:Via Valenziani 5, Rome
Youth Wing:Young Green Europeanists
Position:Left-wing
Ideology:Green politics
National:Greens and Left Alliance (since 2022)
International:Global Greens
European:European Green Party
Europarl:Greens–European Free Alliance
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:European Parliament
Seats4 Title:Regional
Councils
Colours: Green
Country:Italy

Green Europe (Italian: Europa Verde, EV), officially Green Europe – Greens (Europa Verde – Verdi), is a green[1] [2] [3] political party in Italy.

EV, whose leader is Angelo Bonelli, was established as an electoral list to take part to the 2019 European Parliament election in connection with the European Green Party, including the Federation of the Greens, Green Italia, Possible and, locally, the Greens of South Tyrol.[4] EV later fielded candidates under its symbol in several regional and local elections, before becoming a full-fledged political party in July 2021.[5] [6] [7] In 2022 the party was a founding member of the Greens and Left Alliance, along with Italian Left, in order to run in the 2022 general election.

History

In the early stages of the campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election, the Federation of the Greens and Green Italia formed an agreement with Italia in Comune of Federico Pizzarotti to form an electoral list for the 2019 European Parliament election. However, in March, Italia in Comune abandoned the alliance with the Greens, instead joining More Europe.[8] The Greens subsequently made an agreement with Beatrice Brignone's Possible, whose members approved it in a vote. The Greens of South Tyrol also joined the alliance.

After that an article by Il Foglio reported that two candidates on the alliance's electoral 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 neo-fascist Tricolour Flame party), Giuseppe Civati informally withdrew his candidacy and suspended his election campaign.[9]

The list received 2.3% of the vote, which was an improvement from 2014 but still not enough to exceed the 4% threshold for proportional representation in the European Parliament. Civati received the most votes of the list, with 12,247 preference votes.[10]

In the 2020 regional elections, EV 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.[5]

In the 2021 local elections, EV won 0.9% of the vote in Rome, 5.1% in Milan, 3.2% in Naples, 0.9% in Turin and 2.8% in Bologna.

In January 2022, EV and Italian Left (SI) formed a "consultation pact", aimed at co-operating on the 2022 Italian presidential election.[11] In that context, the two parties decided to jointly support Luigi Manconi, a former lawmaker for the Federation of the Greens, the Democrats of the Left, and the Democratic Party (PD) and expert on human rights issues.[12] [13] In June 2022, SI's national assembly formally approved the alliance with EV.[14]

In February 2022, four deputies, all former members of the populist Five Star Movement (M5S), formed the "Green Europe" sub-group in the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies: Devis Dori, Cristian Romaniello, Paolo Nicolò Romano and Elisa Siragusa.[15] [16] [17] In March, a fifth deputy and former member of the M5S, Rosa Menga, joined the party.[18]

In July 2022, EV and SI held a joint convention in Rome named "New Energies", promoting their cooperation and a unitary electoral program.[19] The alliance deliberately took inspiration from the New Ecologic and Social People's Union, the left-wing list formed in the run-up of the 2022 French legislative election.[20] Following the fall of Draghi's government, the early dissolution of the Italian Parliament and the calling of the 2022 general election, the AVS was officially launched and its logo presented.[21] On 6 August 2022, the alliance formalised an electoral agreement with the PD.[22] [23]

In November 2023 Evi left the party in protest with Bonelli, accusing him and the party of patriarchy,[24] [25] and in April 2024 she joined the PD.[26]

Ideology and platform

The party's main ideology is green politics. The party, which is broadly progressive,[1] also supports pro-Europeanism[1] [2] and feminism.[1]

Original composition

On the occasion of the 2019 European Parliament election the list was composed of the following parties:[27]

PartyMain ideologyLeader
Federation of the Greens (FdV)Green politicsAngelo Bonelli
Green Italia (GI)Green politicsAnnalisa Corrado and Carmine Maturo
Possible (Pos)ProgressivismBeatrice Brignone
Greens of South Tyrol (Grüne)Green politicsTobias Planer and Brigitte Foppa

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
width=8%Yearwidth=15%Voteswidth=1%%width=1%Seatswidth=1%+/−width=10%LeadersStatus in legislature
2022into AVS3.63
Senate of the Republic
width=8%Yearwidth=15%Voteswidth=1%%width=1%Seatswidth=1%+/−width=10%LeadersStatus in legislature
2022into AVS3.53

European Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2019Giuseppe Civati621,492 (7th)2.32New
2024Angelo BonelliInto AVS6.78 4Greens/EFA

Regional Councils

width=150pxRegionwidth=100pxElection yearwidth=100pxVoteswidth=100px% width=100pxSeatswidth=50px+/−width=100pxStatus in legislature
Aosta Valley2020 0No seats
Piedmont2024Into Greens and Left Alliance 0No seats
Lombardy2023Into Greens and Left Alliance
Trentino2023Into Greens and Left Alliance
Veneto202034,647 (9th)1.7
Friuli-Venezia Giulia2023Into Greens and Left Alliance 0No seats
Emilia-Romagna202042,156 (8th)2.0
Liguria2020Joint list with DemoS and CD 0No seats
Tuscany202026,924 (10th)1.7 0No seats
Marche202017,268 (7th)2.8
Umbria20195,975 (10th)1.4 0No seats
Lazio202342,314 (8th) 2.7
Abruzzo2024Into Greens and Left Alliance
Campania202042,996 (16th) 1.8 0
Molise2023Into Greens and Left Alliance 0No seats
Apulia2020Into Green and Solidary Apulia 0No seats
Basilicata2024Into Greens and Left Alliance 0No seats
Calabria20213,755 (20th)0.5 0No seats
Sicily2022Into One Hundred Steps for Sicily 0No seats
Sardinia2024Into Greens and Left Alliance 2

Leadership

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Europa verde - Enciclopedia .
  2. Web site: Italy .
  3. Web site: Parties and Elections in Europe - Italy .
  4. Web site: Europa Verde: un progetto comune di Verdi e Possibile per le Europee. Federation of the Greens. it. 5 April 2019. 30 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 25 April 2021 . 25 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210425145047/https://europaverde.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Criteri-organizzativi-di-Europa-Verde-DEF.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: Iscrizione a Europa Verde. europaverde.it.
  7. Web site: Nasce Europa Verde,"rilanciamo ambientalismo politico" - Ambiente & Energia. 11 July 2021. ANSA.it.
  8. Web site: Pizzarotti "lascia" i Verdi e si schiera con +Europa: in arrivo la lista per Strasburgo. Il Sole 24 ORE. 26 March 2019 .
  9. Web site: Scissioni e liti. Il Foglio manda in tilt il fronte dei Verdi. www.ilfoglio.it.
  10. Web site: Elezioni europee, chi ha preso più preferenze: Salvini 2,2 milioni, Berlusconi 594 mila, Meloni 434 mila. Tutti i più votati. Franco. Stefanoni. 27 May 2019. Corriere della Sera.
  11. News: Lancio del 'patto di consultazione' per il Quirinale tra Europa Verde e Sinistra Italiana . 17 January 2022 . Radio Radicale . 10 January 2022 . it.
  12. News: Sinistra Italiana ed Europa Verde: 'Voteremo Manconi'. Dire. it. 25 January 2022. 25 January 2022.
  13. News: La campagna per Manconi al Quirinale: 'Un presidente contro le ingiustizie'. La Repubblica. it. 19 January 2022. 19 January 2022.
  14. http://www.conquistedellavoro.it/breaking-news/sinistra-italiana-ok-a-proposta-avvio-alleanza-con-europa-verde-br-sabato-2-luglio-a-roma-presentazione-pubblica-nuove-energie-1.2922747 Sinistra Italiana, ok a proposta di avvio alleanza con Europa Verde
  15. Web site: XVIII Legislatura - Lavori - Resoconti Assemblea - Dettaglio sedute .
  16. Web site: Alla Camera dei Deputati nasce la componente Europa Verde-Verdi Europei . 11 February 2022 .
  17. Web site: Alla camera nasce la componente "europa verde": Elisa siragusa tra i membri .
  18. Web site: La deputata foggiana Rosa Menga ha scelto il suo nuovo partito: l'Ex Cinquestelle passa a Europa Verde .
  19. Web site: Santoro . Giuliano . 2022-07-02 . Nuove energie rossoverdi: «Uniti per cambiare l'Italia» . . it.
  20. Web site: Cangemi . Annalisa . 2022-06-28 . Patto Sinistra Italiana-Europa Verde per le politiche 2023: nasce la lista rossoverde . . it.
  21. https://twitter.com/ItalyElects/status/1551938426685083650 SI and Verdi revealed their logo for the next general election
  22. Web site: 6 August 2022 . Elezioni, accordo Pd-Verdi-Si. C'è anche Di Maio. Letta: «Se vince Destra costituzione a rischio . .
  23. Web site: Letta-Fratoianni-Bonelli, ecco i termini dell'accordo: al Pd l'80% dei seggi, a Si-Verdi il 20% . Il Mattino.it . 13 February 2021 . 7 August 2022.
  24. Web site: Pucciarelli . Matteo . 2023-11-30 . "Patriarcato nei Verdi", la co-portavoce Eleonora Evi accusa Bonelli e lascia la guida del partito: "Non mi va di fare la donna marionetta" . . it.
  25. Web site: Leardi . Marco . 2023-11-30 . "Partito patriarcale". Terremoto nei Verdi: Eleonora Evi si dimette e accusa Bonelli . . it.
  26. Web site: Eleonora Evi, dai 5 Stelle al Pd passando per i Verdi: la deputata milanese che in 4 anni ha girato tutto il campo largo. 23 April 2024. Corriere della Sera.
  27. Web site: Europee 2019, la lista Europa Verde nasce in uno dei Fridays for Future. Giornalettismo . it . 5 April 2019. 30 April 2019.