Ecolo (), officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales (, ) is a French language-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics.
Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is Groen; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.
Name
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
.
History
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
Belgian Senate.
In the 2010 elections, the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.[ IBZ: Official Results , retrieved 20 August 2010]
Political views
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.
Election results
Chamber of Representatives
Senate
Regional
Brussels Parliament
German-speaking Community Parliament
Walloon Parliament
European Parliament
Elected politicians
Current
European Parliament
Chamber of Representatives
Brussels-Capital Region Parlement
Past
European Parliament
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1989 - 1994
-
Brigitte Ernst de la Greate
Chamber of Representatives
Brussels-Capital Region Parlement
Important figures
See also
