Ecolo

Template:Distinguish Template:More citations needed Template:Expand French Template:Infobox political party Template:Green politics sidebar Ecolo ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}), officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Lit) is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics.<ref name="Nordsieck" /><ref name="AnttiroikoMälkiä2007">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The party is active in Wallonia, the Brussels-Capital Region, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

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 environmentalists.

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 Senate.

In the 2010 elections, the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.<ref>IBZ: Official Results, retrieved 20 August 2010</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Election results

Chamber of Representatives

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
1977<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1977> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	3,834	0.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:No
1978<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1978> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	21,224	0.4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:No
1981<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1981> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	132,312	2.2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:No2
1985<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1985> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	152,483	2.5	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3	Template:No2
1987<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1987> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	157,988	2.6	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:No2
1991<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1991> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	312,624	5.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:No2
1995<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1995> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	243,362	4.0	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:No2
1999<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1999> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	457,281	7.4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 5	Template:Yes2
2003<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2003> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	201,118	3.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:No2
2007<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2007> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	340,378	5.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 4	Template:No2
2010<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2010> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	313,047	4.8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:No2
2014<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2014> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	222,524	3.3	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:No2
2019<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	416,452	6.1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:Partial2
	Template:Yes2
2024	204,438	2.9	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 10	Template:No2

Senate

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
1977<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1977> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	7,558	0.1	Template:Composition bar
1978<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1978> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	43,883	0.8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady
1981<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1981> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	153,989	2.6	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3
1985<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1985> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	163,361	2.7	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1
1987<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1987> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	168,491	2.8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady
1991<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1991> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	323,683	5.3	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 4
1995<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1995> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	258,635	4.3	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4
1999<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1999> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	458,658	7.4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1
2003<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-2003> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	208,868	3.2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2
2007	385,466	5.8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1
2010	353,111	5.5	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0

Regional

Brussels Parliament

Election	Votes	%		Seats	+/-	Government
		Template:Abbr	Overall
1989	44,874		10.2 (#5)	Template:Composition bar		Template:No2
1995	37,308		9.0 (#4)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
1999	77,969	21.3 (#2)	18.3 (#2)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:No2
2004	37,908	9.7 (#4)	8.3 (#4)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Yes2
2009	82,663	20.2 (#3)	17.9 (#3)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 9	Template:Yes2
2014	41,368	10.1 (#5)	8.9 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:No2
2019	74,246	19.1 (#2)	16.2 (#2)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:Yes2
2024	38,386	9.85 (#5)	#5	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:TBD

German-speaking Community Parliament

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
1990	5,897	15.0 (#5)	Template:Composition bar		Template:No2
1995	5,128	13.9 (#4)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
1999	4,694	12.7 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Yes2
2004	2,972	8.2 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
2009	4,310	11.5 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:No2
2014	3,591	9.5 (#6)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
2019	4,902	12.5 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:No2
2024	3,644	9.1 (#6)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2

Walloon Parliament

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
1995	196,988	10.4 (#4)	Template:Composition bar		Template:No2
1999	347,225	18.2 (#3)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 6	Template:Yes2
2004	167,916	8.5 (#4)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 11	Template:No2
2009	372,067	18.5 (#3)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 11	Template:Yes2
2014	141,813	8.6 (#4)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 10	Template:No2
2019	294,631	14.5 (#3)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 8	Template:Yes2
2024	144,189	7.0 (#5)	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:No2

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes		%			Seats	+/−	EP Group
		Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Overall
1979	Paul Lannoye Template:Small	107,833	Template:N/A	5.14 (#5)	Template:N/A	1.98	Template:Composition bar	New	−
1984	François Roelants du Vivier Template:Small	220,663	Template:N/A	9.85 (#4)	Template:N/A	3.86	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	RBW
1989	Paul Lannoye Template:Small	371,053	Template:N/A	16.56 (#4)	Template:N/A	6.29	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	G
1994	Paul Lannoye Template:Small Unclear Template:Small	290,859	5,714	13.02 (#4)	14.90 (#4)	4.97	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1
1999	Paul Lannoye Template:Small Didier Cremer Template:Small	525,316	6,276	22.70 (#3)	17.01 (#3)	8.59	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Greens/EFA
2004	Pierre Jonckheer Template:Small Lambert Jaegers Template:Small	239,687	3,880	9.84 (#4)	10.49 (#4)	3.75	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2
2009	Isabelle Durant Template:Small Claudia Niessen Template:Small	562,081	6,025	22.88 (#3)	15.58 (#3)	8.64	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1
2014	Philippe Lamberts Template:Small Erwin Schöpges Template:Small	285,196	6,429	11.69 (#3)	16.66 (#2)	4.36	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1
2019	Philippe Lamberts Template:Small Shqiprim Thaqi Template:Small	485,655	6,675	19.91 (#2)	16.37 (#2)	7.31	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1
2024	Saskia Bricmont Template:Small Shqiprim Thaqi Template:Small	259,745	4,819	10.06 (#5)	11.10 (#6)	3.71	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1

Elected politicians

Current

European Parliament

• Philippe Lamberts
• Saskia Bricmont

Chamber of Representatives

• 2010 – 2014:

1. Ronny Balcaen
2. Juliette Boulet
3. Olivier Deleuze (resigned in 2012; replaced by Lahssaini Fouad)
4. Zoé Genot
5. Muriel Gerkens
6. Georges Gilkinet
7. Eric Jadot
8. Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers

Brussels-Capital Region Parlement

• 2009 – 2014:

1. Aziz Albishari
2. Dominique Braeckman
3. Jean-Claude Defosse
4. Céline Delforge
5. Anne Dirix
6. Anne Herscovici
7. Zakia Khattabi
8. Vincent Lurquin
9. Alain Maron
10. Jacques Morel
11. Ahmed Mouhssin
12. Marie Nagy
13. Yaron Pesztat
14. Arnaud Pinxteren
15. Barbara Trachte
16. Vincent Vanhalewyn

Past

European Parliament

• 1989 - 1994

1. Brigitte Ernst de la Greate

Chamber of Representatives

• 1995 – 1999:

1. Philippe Dallons
2. Olivier Deleuze
3. Thierry Detienne
4. Mylène Nys (20 April 1999) Template:Small
5. Martine Schüttringer
6. Jean-Pierre Viseur

• 1999 – 2003:

1. Marie-Thérèse Coenen
2. Martine Dardenne
3. Vincent Decroly
4. Olivier Deleuze → Zoé Genot (14 July 1999)
5. Thierry Detienne → Muriel Gerkens (23 July 1999)
6. Claudine Drion
7. Michèle Gilkinet
8. Mirella Minne
9. Géraldine Pelzer-Salandra
10. Paul Timmermans → Bernard Baille (1 September 2002)
11. Jean-Pierre Viseur → Gérard Gobert (10 January 2001)

• 2003–2007:

1. Zoé Genot Template:Small
2. Muriel Gerkens
3. Gérard Gobert Template:Small
4. Marie Nagy

• 2007–2010:

1. Juliette Boulet
2. Zoé Genot
3. Muriel Gerkens
4. Georges Gilkinet
5. Philippe Henry
6. Fouad Lahssaini
7. Jean-Marc Nollet
8. Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers

Brussels-Capital Region Parlement

• 2004–2009:

1. Dominique Braeckman
2. Alain Daems
3. Céline Delforge
4. Christos Doulkeridis
5. Josy Dubié
6. Paul Galand
7. Yaron Pesztat

Important figures

• José Daras
• Josy Dubié
• Isabelle Durant
• Muriel GerkensTemplate:Citation needed
• Evelyne HuytebroeckTemplate:Citation needed
• Jacky Morael
• Patrick DupriezTemplate:Citation needed
• Zakia Khattabi
• Template:IllTemplate:Citation needed
• Hélène Ryckmans
• Tom Zoete

See also

• Green party
• Green politics
• List of environmental organizations

References

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