Rainbow Greens () was a

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. It was founded in May 1989 by splinters of

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, Virginio Bettini, Gianni Tamino, Edo Ronchi and

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) and some leading

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, Adele Faccio,

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and Marco Boato). It took part in the 1989 European elections, under the denomination 'Rainbow Greens for Europe' (''Verdi Arcobaleno per l'Europa''), receiving 2.4% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs, who sat in the Green Group. In December 1990 it merged with the

Federation of Green Lists The Federation of Green Lists () or Green List (''Lista Verde'', LV) was a green political party in Italy. Its members included Gianni Francesco Mattioli, Lino De Benetti, Gianfranco Amendola, Alexander Langer, Enrico Falqui, Sauro Turroni and A ...

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Gianni Mattioli Gianni Mattioli (1903 – 1977) was an Italian businessman, a cotton trader in Milan, and an art collector, particularly of the work of the Italian Futurists. Mattioli was born in Milan in 1903, and started collecting in the early 1920s, but m ...

Lino De Benetti Lino may refer to: * Lino, short for linoleum, a common flooring material * Lino, slang for linesman, the former name (still in widespread common use) for an assistant referee in association football People Given name * Lino (footballer, born 1 ...

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Alexander Langer Alexander Langer (22 February 1946 – 3 July 1995) was an Italian journalist, peace activist, politician, translator, and teacher. After taking part in the Protests of 1968 and garnering regional attention during the 1970s as a peace and en ...

, 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 ...

) to form 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 ...

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