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Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles) is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics.[2][3][6] The party is active in Wallonia, the Brussels-Capital Region, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
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Leader | Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet |
Founded | 1980 |
Headquarters | Espace Kegeljan Av. de Marlagne 52, Namur |
Think tank | Centre d'études Jacky Morael[1] |
Ideology | Green politics[2][3] |
Political position | Centre-left[4] |
Regional affiliation | Socialists, Greens and Democrats[5] |
European affiliation | European Green Party |
European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
Flemish counterpart | Groen |
Colours | Green |
Chamber of Representatives (French-speaking seats) | 3 / 61 |
Senate (French-speaking seats) | 5 / 24 |
Parliament of Wallonia | 12 / 75 |
Parliament of the French Community | 16 / 94 |
Brussels Parliament (French-speaking seats) | 15 / 72 |
Parliament of the German-speaking Community | 3 / 25 |
European Parliament (French-speaking seats) | 1 / 8 |
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Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is Groen; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.
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 environmentalists.
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 Senate.
In the 2010 elections, the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.[7]
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.[8]
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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1977[9] | 3,834 | 0.1 | 0 / 212 |
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Extra-parliamentary |
1978[10] | 21,224 | 0.4 | 0 / 212 |
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Extra-parliamentary |
1981[11] | 132,312 | 2.2 | 2 / 212 |
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Opposition |
1985[12] | 152,483 | 2.5 | 5 / 212 |
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Opposition |
1987[13] | 157,988 | 2.6 | 3 / 212 |
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Opposition |
1991[14] | 312,624 | 5.1 | 10 / 212 |
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Opposition |
1995[15] | 243,362 | 4.0 | 6 / 150 |
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Opposition |
1999[16] | 457,281 | 7.4 | 11 / 150 |
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Coalition |
2003[17] | 201,118 | 3.1 | 4 / 150 |
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Opposition |
2007[18] | 340,378 | 5.1 | 8 / 150 |
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Opposition |
2010[19] | 313,047 | 4.8 | 8 / 150 |
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Opposition |
2014[20] | 222,524 | 3.3 | 6 / 150 |
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Opposition |
2019[21] | 416,452 | 6.1 | 13 / 150 |
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External support (2020) |
Coalition (2020–) | |||||
2024 | 204,438 | 2.9 | 3 / 150 |
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Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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1977[22] | 7,558 | 0.1 | 0 / 106 |
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1978[23] | 43,883 | 0.8 | 0 / 106 |
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1981[24] | 153,989 | 2.6 | 3 / 106 |
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1985[25] | 163,361 | 2.7 | 2 / 106 |
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1987[26] | 168,491 | 2.8 | 2 / 106 |
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1991[27] | 323,683 | 5.3 | 6 / 106 |
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1995[28] | 258,635 | 4.3 | 2 / 40 |
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1999[29] | 458,658 | 7.4 | 3 / 40 |
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2003[30] | 208,868 | 3.2 | 1 / 40 |
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2007 | 385,466 | 5.8 | 2 / 40 |
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2010 | 353,111 | 5.5 | 2 / 40 |
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Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government | |
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F.E.C. | Overall | |||||
1989 | 44,874 | 10.2 (#5) | 8 / 75 |
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1995 | 37,308 | 9.0 (#4) | 7 / 75 |
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Opposition | |
1999 | 77,969 | 21.3 (#2) | 18.3 (#2) | 14 / 75 |
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Opposition |
2004 | 37,908 | 9.7 (#4) | 8.3 (#4) | 7 / 89 |
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Coalition |
2009 | 82,663 | 20.2 (#3) | 17.9 (#3) | 16 / 89 |
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Coalition |
2014 | 41,368 | 10.1 (#5) | 8.9 (#5) | 8 / 89 |
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Opposition |
2019 | 74,246 | 19.1 (#2) | 16.2 (#2) | 15 / 89 |
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Coalition |
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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1990 | 5,897 | 15.0 (#5) | 4 / 25 |
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1995 | 5,128 | 13.9 (#4) | 3 / 25 |
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Opposition |
1999 | 4,694 | 12.7 (#5) | 3 / 25 |
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Coalition |
2004 | 2,972 | 8.2 (#5) | 2 / 25 |
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Opposition |
2009 | 4,310 | 11.5 (#5) | 3 / 25 |
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Opposition |
2014 | 3,591 | 9.5 (#6) | 2 / 25 |
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Opposition |
2019 | 4,902 | 12.5 (#5) | 3 / 25 |
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Opposition |
2024 | 3,644 | 9.1 (#6) | 2 / 25 |
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Opposition |
Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | EP Group | |||
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F.E.C. | G.E.C. | F.E.C. | G.E.C. | Overall | |||||
1979 | Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) | 107,833 | — | 5.14 (#5) | — | 1.98 | 0 / 24 |
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1984 | François Roelants du Vivier (F.E.C.) | 220,663 | — | 9.85 (#4) | — | 3.86 | 1 / 24 |
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RBW |
1989 | Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) | 371,053 | — | 16.56 (#4) | — | 6.29 | 2 / 24 |
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1994 | Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) Unclear (G.E.C.) |
290,859 | 5,714 | 13.02 (#4) | 14.90 (#4) | 4.97 | 1 / 25 |
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1999 | Paul Lannoye (F.E.C.) Didier Cremer (G.E.C.) |
525,316 | 6,276 | 22.70 (#3) | 17.01 (#3) | 8.59 | 3 / 25 |
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Greens/EFA |
2004 | Pierre Jonckheer (F.E.C.) Lambert Jaegers (G.E.C.) |
239,687 | 3,880 | 9.84 (#4) | 10.49 (#4) | 3.75 | 1 / 24 |
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2009 | Isabelle Durant (F.E.C.) Claudia Niessen (G.E.C.) |
562,081 | 6,025 | 22.88 (#3) | 15.58 (#3) | 8.64 | 2 / 22 |
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2014 | Philippe Lamberts (F.E.C.) Erwin Schöpges (G.E.C.) |
285,196 | 6,429 | 11.69 (#3) | 16.66 (#2) | 4.36 | 1 / 21 |
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2019 | Philippe Lamberts (F.E.C.) Shqiprim Thaqi (G.E.C.) |
485,655 | 6,675 | 19.91 (#2) | 16.37 (#2) | 7.31 | 2 / 21 |
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2024 | Saskia Bricmont (F.E.C.) Shqiprim Thaqi (G.E.C.) |
259,745 | 4,819 | 10.06 (#5) | 11.10 (#6) | 3.71 | 1 / 22 |
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