- Ecolo
Infobox Belgian_Political_Party
party_name = Ecolo
party_
party_wikicolourid = GL
leader =Claude Brouir ,Jean-Michel Javaux andIsabelle Durant
foundation =1980
ideology =Green Politics
international =Global Greens
european =European Green Party
europarl =European Greens–European Free Alliance
colours =green
cartel = "none"
flemish =Groen!
names = "none"
headquarters = Espace Kegeljan
Av. de Marlagne 52 Namur
website = [http://www.ecolo.be/ www.ecolo.be]Ecolo (which officially stands for "Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales" ["Ecologists confederated for the organisation of original struggles"] , but in reality is a shorthand for "ecology" or "ecologist") is a French-speaking Belgian green
political party inWallonia , Brussels and theGerman-speaking Community of Belgium . It currently participates in the Brussels regional government.The party was part of the outgoing federal coalition, but it resigned before the 2003 general election, and was promptly decimated by a resurgent Parti Socialiste. They however made quite a comeback in the 2007 general election, though without reaching their 1999 peak popularity. In the 10 June 2007 general elections, the party won 8 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 2 out of 40 seats in the Senate.
Important figures
*
José Daras
*Josy Dubié
*Isabelle Durant
*Jacky Morael
*Evelyne Huytebroeck
*Jean-Marc Nollet See also
*
Green party
*Green politics
*List of environmental organizations
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