Rainbow Greens ( it, Verdi Arcobaleno) was a

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. It was founded in May 1989 by splinters of

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(

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, Gianni Tamino, Edo Ronchi and

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) and some leading Radicals ( Adelaide Aglietta,

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, Franco Corleone and Marco Boato). It took part in the 1989 European elections, under the denomination 'Rainbow Greens for Europe' (''Verdi Arcobaleno per l'Europa''), receiving 2.4% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs, who sat in the

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. In December 1990 it merged with the

Federation of Green Lists The Federation of Green Lists ( it, Federazione delle Liste Verdi) or Green List (''Lista Verde'', LV) was a green political party in Italy. Its members included Gianni Francesco Mattioli, Lino De Benetti, Gianfranco Amendola, Alexander Langer ...

( Gianni Mattioli, Lino De Benetti, Gianfranco Amendola, Alexander Langer, Enrico Falqui, Sauro Turroni and

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) to form the

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