Ecology Generation (french: Génération écologie) is one of the four green parties in France, along with

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(), the

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(), and

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. Founded in 1990 by

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, Environment Minister, upon the suggestion of President

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, it describes itself as a club with cross-party alliances of green-minded politicians and public servants. It moved away from the "presidential majority" in 1992, when

left the cabinet. The party, in alliance with

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obtained about 14% of the vote in the

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; but the 1993 legislative election was disappointing for the Green-GE alliance, as it failed to win any seats and won only 7% (other ecologist parties brought the score up to 11%), when polls had given them up to 16%.

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was the movement's vice-president from 1992 to 1994, when he was excluded from the party and founded the Ecology-Solidarity Convergence, which later joined

. Unlike many

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, which are traditionally associated with the

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

, Génération écologie presents itself as a

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...

ecologist party. This is despite its early allegiance with the

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in the 1990s, and how for a time in the early 2000s it was nicknamed 'The Blues,' after the traditional colour of conservatism, and was associated with the

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UMP under

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from 2002 to 2004. Génération écologie has cooperated since the 2004 elections with several other movements that share its priorities. It has worked alongside various organisations, most prominently the

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, the Centre of Handicapped Democrats, and the Vanquish Unemployment Association. France Gamerre replaced

as leader and she aimed to run in the

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. Like her predecessor, she failed to win the 500 endorsements. In the

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, the party ran as part of the

which won 3.63% of the vote. On 2 May 2018, former minister of Ecology

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left the Socialist Party and joined Ecology Generation. She was elected as new party president on 10 September 2018.

References

External links

Génération écologie's website
{{Human impact on the environment , state=collapsed Green political parties in France Political parties of the French Fifth Republic Political parties established in 1990 1990 establishments in France