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{{Infobox_Belgian_Political_Party |
party_name = Ecolo |
party_logo = [[Image:Logo Ecolo.gif|Ecolo Party logo]] |
party_wikicolourid = GL |
leader = [[Claude Brouir]], [[Jean-Michel Javaux]] and [[Isabelle Durant]] |
foundation = [[1980]] |
ideology = [[Green Politics]] |
international = [[Global Greens]] |
european = [[European Green Party]] |
europarl = [[European Greens–European Free Alliance]] |
colours = [[green]] |
cartel = ''none'' |
flemish = [[Groen!]] |
names = ''none'' |
headquarters = Espace Kegeljan <br> Av. de Marlagne 52 Namur |
website = [http://www.ecolo.be/ www.ecolo.be]
}}
'''Ecolo''' (which officially stands for ''Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'' ["Ecologists confederated for the organisation of original struggles"], but in reality is a shorthand for "[[ecology movement|ecology]]" or "ecologist") is a [[French language|French]]-speaking [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[green party|green]] [[political party]] in [[Wallonia]], [[Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels]] and the [[German-speaking Community of Belgium]]. It currently participates in the Brussels regional government.
The party was part of the outgoing federal coalition, but it resigned before the 2003 general election, and was promptly decimated by a resurgent [[Socialist_Party_(francophone_Belgium)|Parti Socialiste]]. They however made quite a comeback in the 2007 general election, though without reaching their 1999 peak popularity. In the 10 June 2007 [[Belgian general election, 2007|general elections]], the party won 8 out of 150 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and 2 out of 40 seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].
==Important figures==
*[[José Daras]]
*[[Josy Dubié]]
*[[Isabelle Durant]]
*[[Jacky Morael]]
*[[Evelyne Huytebroeck]]
*[[Jean-Marc Nollet]]
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