Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Initiative for Catalonia Greens
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007) Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. |
| Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Leader | Joan Saura i Laporta |
| Founded | February 23, 1987 |
| Headquarters | C/Ciutat, 7 08002 Barcelona |
| Official ideology/ political position |
Left, Catalanism, Eco-socialism, Feminism, Ecologism |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament Group | European Greens |
| Official colour(s) | Green, Red |
| Website | www.iniciativa.cat |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, ICV) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. 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 Catalonia. IC later developed into a political party, and PSUC was dissolved.
The youth of ICV is 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 European Parliament in 2004 ICV ran on the Izquierda Unida list. One MEP, Raül Romeva, was elected from ICV which joined the Green Group.
The ICV forms part of the tripartite coalition (along with the Catalan Socialist Party - PSC and the ERC, a left-wing Catalan Nationalist Party). The coalition has governed Catalonia since the 2004 General Election. ICV was given responsibility for the Ministry of the Environment in the share-out of power in the new government.
Contents |
| Part of the Politics series on Green politics |
|
|
| Topics |
| Schools |
|
Green anarchism |
| Organizations |
|
Global Greens · Africa · Americas · Asia-Pacific · Europe |
| Principles |
|
Four Pillars |
|
|
Iniciativa per Catalunya calls itself an "ecosocialist" party and their members are therefore, the "ecosocialists". This ideology is summarized in the book "The ecosocialist manifesto" (Spanish edition ISBN 84-87567-34-7), 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 Soviet Union and against capitalism, as practised by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, but also against social democracy, which is only a lesser evil, but does not respond to the environmental and social challenges ahead. From the ecosocialist point of view, both communism and capitalism are two faces of the productivism "mode of production" (a marxist term), which should be phased out if our planet is to survive. According to this book, this ideology is also deeply feminist and pro "freedom of the European peoples" (i.e. pro self-determination for the Basque Country and Corsica).
- Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds web site (in Catalan)
- table of the electoral results of the ICV (in Catalan)
- Raül Romeva
 |
|
|---|---|
| Represented in the Parliament (135) | Convergence and Union (48) - Socialists' Party of Catalonia (37) - Republican Left of Catalonia (21) - People's Party of Catalonia (14) - Initiative for Catalonia Greens (12) - Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (3) |
| Represented in the Congress of Deputies (47) | Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSOE) (21) - Convergence and Union (10) - Republican Left of Catalonia (8) - People's Party of Catalonia (6) - Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (2) |
| Represented in the Senate (22) | Catalan Agreement of Progress (PSC, ERC, ICV and EUiA) (16) - Convergence and Union (6) |
| Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Catalonia - List of political parties of Spain | |
 |
|
|---|---|
| National parties in the Cortes | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE, PSC, PSE, PSPV) - People's Party (PP, UPN) - United Left (PCE, EUiA, EB) |
| Regional parties in the Cortes | Convergence and Union (CDC, UDC), Initiative for Catalonia Greens, Basque Nationalist Party, Eusko Alkartasuna, Galician Nationalist Bloc, Republican Left of Catalonia, Chunta Aragonesista, Canarian Coalition |
| Other parties in regional parliaments |
Andalusian Party - Aralar - Communist Party of the Basque Homelands - Majorca Socialist Party - Majorcan Union - Citizens – Party of the Citizenry - Regionalist Party of Cantabria - Valencian Nationalist Bloc |
| Coalitions | Nafarroa Bai - Bloc per Mallorca - Eivissa pel Canvi |
| Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Spain | |