Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on

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. The party is active in

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

, the

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, and the

German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...

. Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is

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; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.

Name

Ecolo is officially a

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for ''Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'' "Confederated Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles", but is really just short for ''écologistes'', French for

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History

Ecolo was part of the 1999

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, but withdrew from the coalition before the 2003 general election, which saw it lose nearly two thirds of its 14 federal parliamentary seats in the face of a resurgent

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. The party made quite a comeback, however, in the 2007 general election, though failing to match the peak popularity it had enjoyed in 1999. In the general election of 10 June 2007, the party won eight out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two out of the 40 directly elected seats in the

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. In the 2010 elections the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.IBZ: Official Results
retrieved 20 August 2010

Electoral results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Regional

Brussels Parliament

German-speaking Community Parliament

Walloon Parliament

European Parliament

Elected politicians

Current

European Parliament *

Philippe Lamberts Philippe Lamberts (born 14 March 1963) is a Belgian politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. He is a member of Ecolo, within the Greens–European Free Alliance. Education and early career Lamberts graduated as ...

Chamber of Representatives * 2010 – 2014: # Ronny Balcaen # Juliette Boulet # Olivier Deleuze (resigned in 2012; replaced by Lahssaini Fouad) # Zoé Genot #

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# Eric Jadot # Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers Brussels-Capital Region Parlement * 2009 – 2014: # Aziz Albishari #

Dominique Braeckman "Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-bo ...

# Jean-Claude Defosse # Céline Delforge # Anne Dirix # Anne Herscovici #

Zakia Khattabi Zakia Khattabi (Arabic: ; born 15 January 1976) is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party. Khattabi was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Brussels to Moroccan parents. She studied at Université libre de Bruxe ...

# Vincent Lurquin #

Alain Maron Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

# Jacques Morel # Ahmed Mouhssin #

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Yaron Pesztat Yaron ( he, יָרוֹן) is a Hebrew name meaning "is full of joy", "will be full of joy", or "to shout, to sing". It is common in Israel as both a male first name and a surname. Its English-language equivalent is "Jaron". Notable people with the ...

# Arnaud Pinxteren #

Barbara Trachte Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...

# Vincent Vanhalewyn

Past

Chamber of Representatives * 1995 – 1999: # Philippe Dallons # Olivier Deleuze #

Thierry Detienne Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. People ...

# Mylène Nys (20 April 1999) # Martine Schüttringer #

Jean-Pierre Viseur Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ...

* 1999 – 2003: # Marie-Thérèse Coenen # Martine Dardenne #

Vincent Decroly Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

# Olivier Deleuze → Zoé Genot (14 July 1999) #

→

(23 July 1999) # Claudine Drion #

Michèle Gilkinet Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...

# Mirella Minne #

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# Paul Timmermans → Bernard Baille (1 September 2002) #

→ Gérard Gobert (10 January 2001) * 2003–2007: # Zoé Genot #

# Gérard Gobert #

* 2007–2010: # Juliette Boulet # Zoé Genot #

# Georges Gilkinet # Philippe Henry #

Fouad Lahssaini Fouad may refer to: People with the single name *Fuad I of Egypt (1868-1936), also spelled Fouad, sultan and later king of Egypt *Fuad II of Egypt (born 1952), deposed infant king of Egypt Fictional characters *Fouad (Family Guy), character in Amer ...

Jean-Marc Nollet Jean-Marc is a French masculine given name. It may refer to: * Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco (born 1963), Beninese former football player * Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950), French politician * Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and dir ...

# Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers Brussels-Capital Region Parlement * 2004–2009: #

# Alain Daems # Céline Delforge #

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Josy Dubié Josy Dubié is a Belgian reporter, politician and a member of Ecolo. He was a member of the Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, ...

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Important figures

José Daras José Daras (born 28 May 1948 in Malonne) is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. Early professional career Before dedicating his life to his political career, José Daras taught geography during 10 years. Political career He is one ...

Isabelle Durant Isabelle Annie J. Durant (born 4 September 1954) is a Belgian politician of the Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General ...

* Evelyne Huytebroeck *

Jacky Morael Jacky Morael (26 November 1959 – 6 December 2016) was a Belgian politician. References 1959 births 2016 deaths Ecolo politicians {{Green-party-stub ...

* Patrick Dupriez *

* *

Hélène Ryckmans Hélène Ryckmans (born 20 May 1959) is a Belgian politician. She is the President of Ecolo-Groen (political party), Groen group in the Senate of Belgium. References

Living people 1959 births Université catholique de Louvain alumni Mem ...

References

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