The Federation of Green Lists () or Green List (''Lista Verde'', LV) was a

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political party in Italy This is a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861. Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy. Since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern alone; thus, partie ...

. Its members included

Gianni Francesco Mattioli Gianni Francesco Mattioli (born 29 January 1940 in Genoa) is an Italian politician and university professor. Biography Mattioli graduated with a def in physics in 1964 with a thesis on the diffusion of high energy particles. In 1973 he became ...

, Lino De Benetti,

Gianfranco Amendola Gianfranco is a compound Italian given name, consisting of Gian- and Franco. ''Gian-'' comes from Giovanni and is used in compound names. It is closest to John or French Jean. Gianni means "God is gracious" and Franco means "Free man" or "Frenchma ...

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, Enrico Falqui, Sauro Turroni and

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the second cabinet of Giuliano Amato and as Minister of Environment in the second cabinet of Romano Prodi. Bor ...

. The Green Lists used the Smiling Sun symbol of the

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, which was inherited by its successor party, the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. The FdV was part of the Eur ...

History

It was founded on 16 November 1986. The party was formed as a national organisation of Green Lists which had first contested regional elections in 1985, initially being joined by seventy local lists. In the 1987 general election, the Green Lists received 2.5% for the Chamber, returning thirteen deputies as well as two senators in the

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. The party took part in the 1989 European Parliamentary elections, receiving 3.8% of the vote, electing 3 MEPs. A rival ecologist list, the Rainbow Greens, received 2.4% in the same election. In December 1990 the party merged with the Rainbow Greens to form the

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

European Parliament

Leadership

Spokesman: *

(1986–1989) * Sauro Turroni (1989–1991)

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Italy Federation of the Greens Green political parties in Italy Political parties established in 1986 Political parties disestablished in 1990 1986 establishments in Italy 1990 disestablishments in Italy Defunct green political parties