Greens Equo (and formerly Q or eQuo) is a Spanish
political party
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founded on 4 June 2011, when 35 Spanish
green parties
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agreed to merge into Equo. It began as a foundation on 24 September 2010 with the goal of becoming "the seed and source of debate about
political ecology and
social equity
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Overview
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, originating a sociopolitical movement".
The first election it contested was the
2011 Spanish general election
The 2011 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 November 2011, to elect the 10th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate. An elec ...
, obtaining 216,748 votes (0.9%), making it the 9th most supported party. The party was fifth in Madrid, achieving representation thanks to the Valencian coalition
Compromís-Q, in which Equo participated.
At the
national elections of 20 December 2015, Equo joined the list of Podemos. This resulted in seats for three Equo candidates:
Juantxo López de Uralde, Rosa Martínez and Jorge Luis Bail.
In the run up to the
November 2019 Spanish general election
The November 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 10 November 2019, to elect the 14th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate. ...
, Equo withdrew from
Unidas Podemos
Unidas Podemos (), formerly called Unidos Podemos () and also known in English as United We Can, is a democratic socialist electoral alliance formed by Podemos, United Left, and other left-wing to far-left parties in May to contest the 2016 Sp ...
and agreed an
electoral fusion
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with
Más País
Más País, or More Country, is a political party in Spain. It was an electoral platform formed by Íñigo Errejón around Más Madrid in order to contest the November 2019 Spanish general election.
The party is positioned on the left-wing of the ...
. Disagreeing with this decision and willing to stay with Unidas Podemos, Equo founder Juanxto López de Uralde left the party and founded
Green Aliance.
In 2021, the party decided to change its name to Greens Equo.
Equo cambia su nombre y logo para intentar hacerse con el voto verde en España
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Electoral performance
Cortes Generales
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The Congress of Deputies meets ...
* * Within Podemos—En Comú Podem
En Comú Podem ( en, "In Common We Can", ECP) is an electoral coalition in Catalonia, originally formed in October 2015 by Unidas Podemos, Barcelona en Comú, Initiative for Catalonia Greens, United and Alternative Left, and Equo, and led by the ...
–És el moment
És el moment (; en, "It is Time"), also named as Compromís–Podemos–És el moment, was an electoral alliance formed by Coalició Compromís and Podemos in November 2015 to contest the 2015 Spanish general election in the Valencian Community. ...
–En Marea
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.
* ** Within Unidos Podemos
Unidas Podemos (), formerly called Unidos Podemos () and also known in English as United We Can, is a democratic socialist electoral alliance formed by Podemos, United Left, and other left-wing to far-left parties in May to contest the 2016 Sp ...
.
* *** In coalition with Más País
Más País, or More Country, is a political party in Spain. It was an electoral platform formed by Íñigo Errejón around Más Madrid in order to contest the November 2019 Spanish general election.
The party is positioned on the left-wing of the ...
.
See also
* Renewable energy
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References
2011 establishments in Spain
Ecofeminism
Ecosocialist parties
Green political parties in Spain
European Green Party
Political parties established in 2011
Socialist parties in Spain
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