Initiative for Catalonia Greens (, ICV; ) was an

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. 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

. IC later developed into a political party, and PSUC was dissolved. The youth of ICV was 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

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in 2004 ICV ran on the Izquierda Unida list. One MEP,

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, was elected from ICV which joined the Green Group. The ICV formed part of the past ruling tripartite coalition (along with the

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and the

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, a left-wing Catalan Nationalist Party) in the

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. 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 had an agreement of mutual association with

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. It was dissolved in 2019. In July 2020 it was announced that the party would be re-founded as

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Ideology

Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds called itself an "ecosocialist" party and its members were 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

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and against capitalism, as practised by

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and

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, 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

). 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.

Presidents

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(1987–2000) #

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(2000–present)

Electoral results

Spanish Parliament

Congress of Deputies

Catalan Parliament

European Parliament

Notes

References

External links

Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds web site (in Catalan)
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