Ecolo 229968 202062777 2008-03-30T15:13:16Z Free Socialist 5515781 expanded europarl affiliation name {{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]] {{Belgium-stub}} {{euro-party-stub}} {{Green Parties}} {{Belgian political parties}} [[Category:Green political parties]] [[Category:Belgian political parties-Francophone]] [[Category:European Green Party]] [[br:Ecolo]] [[de:Ecolo]] [[eo:Ecolo]] [[fr:Ecolo]] [[it:Ecolo]] [[nl:Ecolo]] [[pl:Ecolo (Belgia)]]