Initiative for Catalonia Greens
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Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds | |
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President | Dolors Camats and Joan Herrera (national coordinators) |
Founded | 23 February 1987 |
Dissolved | 2019[1] |
Headquarters | C/ Ciutat, 7 08002 Barcelona |
Youth wing | Joves d'Esquerra Verda |
Ideology | Eco-socialism[2] Regionalism[2] Socialism of the 21st century Green politics[2] Federalism Catalan nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | En Comú Podem Catalunya en Comú |
European affiliation | European Green Party |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
European Parliament group | European Greens–European Free Alliance |
Colours | Green, Red |
Congress of Deputies | 1 / 47 Inside En Comú Podem |
Spanish Senate | 0 / 24 Inside En Comú Podem |
European Parliament | 1 / 54 Inside Plural Left |
Local seats | 358 / 9,077 |
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http://www.iniciativa.cat/ | |
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Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Catalan: Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, ICV; IPA: [inisi.əˈtiβə pəɾ kətəˈluɲə ˈβɛɾts]) is an eco-socialist[2] political party in Catalonia. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia. IC later developed into a political party, and PSUC was dissolved.
The youth of ICV is called Joves d'Esquerra Verda (Green Left Youth). It used to be called JambI, Joves amb Iniciativa (Youth with Initiative).
In the elections to the European Parliament in 2004 ICV ran on the Izquierda Unida list. One MEP, Raül Romeva, was elected from ICV which joined the Green Group.
The ICV formed part of the past ruling tripartite coalition (along with the Socialist Party of Catalonia and the Republican Left of Catalonia, a left-wing Catalan Nationalist Party) in the Generalitat of Catalonia. The coalition governed Catalonia from 2004-2010. ICV was given responsibility for the Ministry of the Environment in the share-out of power in the new government.
Initiative for Catalonia Greens has an agreement of mutual association with Equo.[3] It was disolved in 2019[4].
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Ideology[edit]
Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds calls itself an "ecosocialist" party and its members are therefore "ecosocialists". This ideology is summarized in the book The Ecosocialist Manifesto, co-written by a number of left-wing green politicians. This ideology looks to renew the left and is firmly against communism as practised in the former Soviet Union and against capitalism, as practised by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, but also against social democracy, which it considers as only a lesser evil that does not respond to the environmental and social challenges ahead. From an ecosocialist point of view, both communism and capitalism are two faces of the productivist "mode of production" (a Marxist term), which should be phased out if the ecological health of the planet is to survive. The manifesto also considers this ideology to be deeply feminist and in favour of the "freedom of the European peoples" (i.e. for self-determination for the Basque Country, Galicia or Catalonia).[5] The party voted in favour of the Catalan parliament's declaration defining Catalonia as a "sovereign political and juridical entity" ("subjecte polític i jurídic sobirà") in 2013.[6]
Presidents[edit]
- Rafael Ribó i Massó (1987–2000)
- Joan Saura (2000–present)
Electoral results[edit]
Spanish Parliament[edit]
Congress of Deputies[edit]
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
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2000 | 119,290 | 0.5 | 1 / 350
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2004 | 234,790 | 0.9 | 2 / 350
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2008 | 183,338 | 0.7 | 1 / 350
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2011 | 280,152 | 1.2 | 3 / 350
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Catalan Parliament[edit]
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
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1988 | 209,211 | 7.7 (#3) | 9 / 135
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1992 | 171,794 | 6.5 (#4) | 7 / 135
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1995 | 313,092 | 9.7 (#5) | 11 / 135
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1999 | 78,441 | 2.5 (#5) | 3 / 135
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2003 | 241,163 | 7.2 (#5) | 9 / 135
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2006 | 282,693 | 9.5 (#5) | 12 / 135
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2010 | 229,985 | 7.4 (#4) | 10 / 135
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2012 | 358,857 | 9.9 (#5) | 13 / 135
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European Parliament[edit]
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
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2009 | 119,755 | 6.1 (#5) | 1 / 50
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Part of a joint list with United Left | |
2014 | 258,554 | 10.3 (#4) | 1 / 54
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Part of a joint list with United Left |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/07/06/catalunya/1562414966_644483.html
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Catalonia/Spain". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "EQUO - ICV Agreement of Association and Protocol of Relations" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012..
- ^ https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/07/06/catalunya/1562414966_644483.html
- ^ C. Antunes, P. Juquin, P. Kemp, I. Stengers, W. Telkamper & F. Otto Wolf. (1993), Manifiesto ecosocialista. Los Libros De La Catarata. (Spanish edition ISBN 84-87567-34-7)
- ^ "El Parlament de Catalunya aprova la declaració de sobirania de CiU i ERC". La Vanguardia en català. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.