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

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. The party is active in

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

, the

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, and the

German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...

. Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is Groen; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.

Name

Ecolo is officially a

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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

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History

Ecolo was part of the 1999

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, 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

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. 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

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. In the

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the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.IBZ: Official Results
retrieved 20 August 2010

Electoral results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Regional

Brussels Parliament

German-speaking Community Parliament

Walloon Parliament

European Parliament

Elected politicians

Current

European Parliament *

Philippe Lamberts Philippe Lamberts (born 14 March 1963) is a Belgian politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. He is a member of Ecolo, within the Greens–European Free Alliance. Education and early career Lamberts graduated as ...

Chamber of Representatives * 2010 – 2014: #

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(resigned in 2012; replaced by Lahssaini Fouad) #

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# Muriel Gerkens #

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# Eric Jadot #

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Brussels-Capital Region Parlement * 2009 – 2014: #

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# Dominique Braeckman #

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Zakia Khattabi Zakia Khattabi (Arabic: ; born 15 January 1976) is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party. Khattabi was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Brussels to Moroccan parents. She studied at Université libre de Brux ...

Vincent Lurquin Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists * Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor * Vincent van Gog ...

# Alain Maron # Jacques Morel #

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# Yaron Pesztat #

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# Barbara Trachte #

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Past

Chamber of Representatives * 1995 – 1999: #

Philippe Dallons Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count ...

# Thierry Detienne #

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(20 April 1999) #

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# Jean-Pierre Viseur * 1999 – 2003: # Marie-Thérèse Coenen #

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# Vincent Decroly #

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(14 July 1999) # Thierry Detienne → Muriel Gerkens (23 July 1999) # Claudine Drion # Michèle Gilkinet #

Mirella Minne Given name Mirella is a feminine given name which may refer to: *Mirella Amato, bilingual beer consultant, beer sommelier and author in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *Mirella Arnhold (born 1983), Brazilian alpine skier * Mirella Avalle (born 1922), ...

# Géraldine Pelzer-Salandra #

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Bernard Baille Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

(1 September 2002) # Jean-Pierre Viseur → Gérard Gobert (10 January 2001) * 2003–2007: #

# Muriel Gerkens # Gérard Gobert #

* 2007–2010: #

# Muriel Gerkens #

Georges Gilkinet Georges Gilkinet (born 25 January 1971) is a Belgian green politician of Ecolo, and as of 1 October 2020, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and the National Railway Company in the cabinet of Alexander De Croo. Biography George Gilk ...

Philippe Henry Philippe Henry (born 23 April 1971) is a Belgian politician. Biography Henry was born in Charleroi. He attended University of Liège, becoming the president of the student council, served as student delegate from the University of Liège and ...

# Fouad Lahssaini #

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Brussels-Capital Region Parlement * 2004–2009: # Dominique Braeckman #

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Josy Dubié Josy Dubié is a Belgian reporter, politician and a member of Ecolo. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1999 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2009. Notes Living people Ecolo politicians Members of the Senate (Belgium) Members of the ...

# Paul Galand # Yaron Pesztat

Important figures

* José Daras *

Isabelle Durant Isabelle Annie J. Durant (born 4 September 1954) is a Belgian politician of the Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General ...

* Muriel Gerkens * Evelyne Huytebroeck *

Jacky Morael Jacky Morael (26 November 1959 – 6 December 2016) was a Belgian politician. References 1959 births 2016 deaths Ecolo politicians {{Green-party-stub ...

Patrick Dupriez Patrick Dupriez (born 17 February, 1968) is a Belgian French-speaking former politician, who led the Ecolo party alongside co-chair Zakia Khattabi from 22 March 2015 until 19 October 2018. Biography Patrick Dupriez was born in the Cameroonian c ...

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Hélène Ryckmans Hélène Ryckmans (born 20 May 1959) is a Belgian politician. She is the President of Ecolo-Groen (political party), Groen group in the Senate of Belgium. References

Living people 1959 births Université catholique de Louvain alumni Me ...

References

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