Ecologists and Civic Networks ( it, Ecologisti e Reti Civiche) was a
green coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
of
parties in Italy.
Modelled on the French
Europe Ecology – The Greens, the coalition was launched in November 2011. Its core was composed by the
Federation of the Greens. According to
Angelo Bonelli, the Green leader of the time, the new political force would take inspiration also from the German ''
Grünen'' and would be open to the contribution of movements and associations, notably including
Beppe Grillo
Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo (; born 21 July 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician.
He has been involved in politics since 2009 as the co-founder (together with Gianroberto Casaleggio) of the Italian Five Star Movement ...
's
Five Star Movement
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. Other than the Greens, participants of the new political force included, among others,
Massimo Scalia (a former leading Green),
Bruno Mellano
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* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...
(president of the
Italian Radicals
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), movie maker
Mario Monicelli
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, writer
Dacia Maraini
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, geologist
Mario Tozzi
Mario Tozzi (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government.
Biography
Tozzi studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Italy where he met Giorgio Morandi ...
and comedian
Giobbe Covatta Gianni Maria Covatta (born 11 June 1956), best known as Giobbe Covatta, is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and politician.
Life and career
Born in Taranto and raised in Naples, after appearing in a number of other variety shows Cova ...
.
The coalition was disbanded in May 2013, but some of its members joined the Greens. These included Covatta, who would go on to become spokesman of the party in November 2015, succeeding to Bonelli.
References
External links
Official website
{{Historical Italian political parties
Defunct political party alliances in Italy