Greens Equo

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Greens Equo
Verdes Equo
AbbreviationVQ
Spokesperson Silvie Mellado and Florent Marcellesi
Founded4 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
HeadquartersCalle Jiloca, 4
28016 Madrid
Youth wing Juventud Verde
Membership (2019)4,337 [1]
Ideology Green politics [2]
Political position Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation Podemos (2015–2016)
Unidas Podemos (2016–2019)
Sumar (since 2023)
European affiliation European Green Party
International affiliation Global Greens
European Parliament group Greens–European Free Alliance
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

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]

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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
DateVotesSeatsStatusSize
# %±pp #±
2011 216,7480.9%N/A9th
2015 5,212,71120.7%N/A Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 3New election*
2016 5,087,53821.2%N/A Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Opposition**
2019 (Apr) 3,732,92914.3%N/A Red Arrow Down.svg 2New election**
2019 (Nov) 582,3062.40%N/A Red Arrow Down.svg 1Confidence and supply***
 
Senate
DateSeatsSize
#±
2011 13th
2015 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0*
2016 Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0**
2019 (Apr) Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0**
2019 (Nov) Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0***

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    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.
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  14. Equo cambia su nombre y logo para intentar hacerse con el voto verde en España