Greens Equo

Greens Equo (GQ) and formerly EQUO, is a Spanish political party founded on 4 June 2011, when 35 Spanish green parties agreed to merge into Equo. It began as a foundation on 24 September 2010 with the goal of becoming "the seed and source of debate about political ecology and social equity, originating a sociopolitical movement".^[8]

Greens Equo Verdes Equo
Abbreviation	VQ
Spokesperson	Silvie Mellado and Florent Marcellesi
Founded	4 June 2011 (2011-06-04) (Equo) 22 March 2021 (2021-03-22) (Greens Equo)
Preceded by	List Fundación Equo Berdeak-Los Verdes CastroVerde Ciudadanos por Altea (CIPAL) Coordinadora Verde Coordinadora Verde de Andalucía Coordinadora Verde de Madrid Ecolo Córdoba Verdes de Extremadura Verdes de Navarra-Nafarroako Berdeak Verdes de Paterna Electores (Alhaurín de la Torre) Els Verds-Esquerra Ecologista Els Verds de Menorca Espacio Verde Andalucía Ecológica Iniciativa Verds Iniciativa del Poble Valencià Iniciativa por Marbella y San Pedro (IMA+S) Los Verdes de Andalucía Los Verdes de Asturias Los Verdes de Canarias Los Verdes de Europa Los Verdes de Madrid Los Verdes de Puerto Real Partido Verde Canario Plataforma Melilla Verde Los Verdes de Aragón Verdes de La Rioja Verdes de Laciana Los Verdes de la Región de Murcia Verdes de Salamanca Verdes de Segovia Verdes de Villena
Headquarters	Calle Jiloca, 4 28016 Madrid
Youth wing	Juventud Verde
Membership (2019)	4,337[1]
Ideology	Green politics[2] Eco-socialism[3][4] Ecofeminism[5]
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	Podemos (2015–2016) Unidas Podemos (2016–2019) Sumar (since 2023)
European affiliation	European Green Party
European Parliament group	Greens–European Free Alliance
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colors	Green   Yellow
Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
European Parliament (Spanish seats)	0 / 54
Regional parliaments	5 / 1,278 [6][7]
Local Government	76 / 67,611
Website
www.partidoequo.es
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History

The first election it contested was the 2011 Spanish general election, obtaining 216,748 votes (0.9%), making it the 9th most supported party.^[9] The party was fifth in Madrid,^[10] achieving representation thanks to the Valencian coalition Compromís-Q, in which Equo participated.^[11]

At the national elections of 20 December 2015, Equo joined the list of Podemos. This resulted in seats for three Equo candidates: Juantxo López de Uralde, Rosa Martínez and Jorge Luis Bail.^[12]

In the runup to the November 2019 Spanish general election, Equo withdrew from Unidas Podemos and agreed an electoral fusion with Más País. Disagreeing with this decision and willing to stay with Unidas Podemos, Equo founder Juanxto López de Uralde left the party and founded Green Alliance.^[13]

In 2021, the party decided to change its name to Greens Equo.^[14]

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Congress of Deputies Date Votes Seats Status Size #  % ±pp # ± 2011 216,748 0.9% — 0 / 350 — N/A 9th 2015 5,212,711 20.7% N/A 3 / 350 3 New election * 2016 5,087,538 21.2% N/A 3 / 350 0 Opposition ** 2019 (Apr) 3,732,929 14.3% N/A 1 / 350 2 New election ** 2019 (Nov) 582,306 2.40% N/A 1 / 350 1 Confidence and supply ***

Senate Date Seats Size # ± 2011 0 / 208 — 13th 2015 0 / 208 0 * 2016 0 / 208 0 ** 2019 (Apr) 0 / 208 0 ** 2019 (Nov) 0 / 208 0 ***

• * Within Podemos—En Comú Podem–És el moment–En Marea.
• ** Within Unidos Podemos.
• *** In coalition with Más País.

See also

• Environment portal
• Politics portal
• Spain portal

• Renewable energy

References

1. "Equo irá con Compromís a las europeas y un sector de la dirección plantea ir a los tribunales". 11 April 2019.
2. "Who are we?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011..
3. European Spring (PE) Archived 24 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Democratic Society. Published 20 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
4. APPENDIX A3 Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. European Social Survey. Political parties, ESS7 - 2014 ed. 3.0. p.35. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
5. "¿Qué es el ecofeminismo?". EQUO. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
6. "EQUO pasa de 23 a 90 concejales y está presente en 14 capitales de provincia". eldiario.es. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
7. Juan Ponce and Cristina Rodríguez Armigen, elected as part of Greens Equo of the Valencian Country/Compromís in the Corts Valencianes.
   David Abril, elected as part of Més per Mallorca in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.
   Alejandro Sánchez Pérez, elected as part of Podemos in the Assembly of Madrid.
   Carmen Molina elected as part of Podemos in the Parliament of Andalusia.
   José Ramón Becerra elected as part of Elkarrekin Podemos in the Basque Parliament.
8. "Who are we?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011..
9. "Results of the 2011 Spanish general election" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2011.
10. "Results for the 2011 Spanish general election in the Community of Madrid" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
11. Rodríguez-Pina, Gloria (21 November 2011). "Equo entra en el Congreso, pero solo de la mano de Compromís" [Equo enters Congress, but only hand in hand with Compromís]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
12. "EQUO entra en el Congreso con 3 escaños". partidoequo.es. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
13. "López de Uralde: "No nos creemos el discurso de que el ecologismo no es ni de izquierdas ni de derechas"" [López de Uralde: "We do not believe the discourse that environmentalism is neither left nor right"] (in Spanish). Público.es. 10 June 2021.
14. Equo cambia su nombre y logo para intentar hacerse con el voto verde en España

External links

• Official website