Green Europe

Green Europe (Italian: Europa Verde, EV) is a green and progressive electoral list in Italy.

Green Europe

Europa Verde
FoundedMarch 2019
IdeologyGreen politics
Progressivism
Feminism[1][2]
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
(FdV and Grüne)
European Parliament groupGreens–EFA
Colours  Green
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional
Councils
5 / 897
Website
europaverde.it

It was founded to take part to the 2019 European Parliament election in connection with the European Green Party and it was composed of the Federation of the Greens, Green Italy, Possible and, locally, the Greens of South Tyrol.[3]

History

In the early stages of the campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election, the Federation of the Greens and Green Italy formed an agreement with Italy in Common of Federico Pizzarotti to form a list for the 2019 European Parliament election. However, in March, Pizzarotti decided to abandon the alliance with the Greens to make an agreement with More Europe.[4] Subsequently the Greens made an agreement with Possible of Beatrice Brignone, which successfully submitted the alliance to an internal vote among its members. Also the Greens of South Tyrol joined.

After that an article by Il Foglio reported that two candidates on the 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 Tricolour Flame), Giuseppe Civati (informally) withdrew his candidacy and suspended his election campaign.[5]

The list received 2.3% of the vote, quite an improvement from 2014, but still not enough to exceed the 4% threshold. Civati was the most voted candidate on the list with 12,247 preference votes.[6]

In the 2020 Italian regional elections a re-edition of Green Europe won seats in Veneto, Marche and Campania.

Composition

On the occasion of the 2019 European Parliament election the list was composed of the following parties:[7]

Party Main ideology Leader
Federation of the Greens (FdV) Green politics Angelo Bonelli
Green Italy (GI) Green politics Annalisa Corrado and Carmine Maturo
Possible (Pos) Progressivism Beatrice Brignone
Greens of South Tyrol (Grüne) Green politics Tobias Planer and Brigitte Foppa

Electoral results

European Parliament
European Parliament
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
2019 621,492 (7th) 2.32
0 / 73
–
Giuseppe Civati[lower-alpha 1]
  1. As main candidate.

Regional Councils
Region Election year Votes % Seats +/−
Liguria 2020 9,193 (10th)[lower-alpha 1] 1.5
0 / 31
–
Emilia-Romagna 2020 42,156 (8th) 2.0
1 / 50
1
Veneto 2020 34,647 (9th) 1.7
1 / 51
1
Marche 2020 17,268 (7th) 2.8
1 / 31
1
Umbria 2019 5,975 (10th) 1.4
0 / 21
–
  1. with Solidary Democracy and Democratic Centre (Italy)

References
  1. "NEuropee, Verdi italiani: l'occasione persa e la lezione degli altri Paesi". 13 July 2019.
  2. I Verdi presentano il simbolo per le europee: "Vogliamo dare risposte ai giovani dei Fridays for future" - la Repubblica
  3. "Europa Verde: un progetto comune di Verdi e Possibili per le Europee" (in Italian). Federation of the Greens. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "Pizzarotti "lascia" i Verdi e si schiera con +Europa: in arrivo la lista per Strasburgo". Il Sole 24 ORE.
  5. "Scissioni e liti. Il Foglio manda in tilt il fronte dei Verdi". www.ilfoglio.it.
  6. Stefanoni, Franco (May 27, 2019). "Elezioni europee, chi ha preso più preferenze: Salvini 2,2 milioni, Berlusconi 594 mila, Meloni 434 mila. Tutti i più votati". Corriere della Sera.
  7. "Europee 2019, la lista Europa Verde nasce in uno dei Fridays for Future" (in Italian). Giornalettismo. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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