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political party in Spain, based in

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. It was founded in March 1994 from the merger of The Greens, Nationalist Left Movement, Green Alternative–Ecologist Movement of Catalonia and Ecologist Alternative of Catalonia. The party was allied to

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(IC), United Left (IU) referent in Catalonia, from 1995 to 1998, when IC broke away from IU. The party split in its assembly held on 21–22 March 1998 over the decision of whether to maintain ties with IC or not: those supportive of the agreement with IC, led by Joan Oms and Josep Puig founded The Greens–Green Option (EV–OV); whereas those advocating for an outright integration within the newly-established

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(EUiA), led by Ignasi Roca-Huertas would form The Greens–Green Left of Catalonia (EV–EVC). In September 1999, members from the late Green Alternative–Ecologist Movement of Catalonia would refound the party as

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(EV–AV). The sector remaining within the party attempted to maintain it under the EV–CEC nomenclature, joining

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s with

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(ERC) in the 1999 Spanish local and

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, running in the

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and allying themselves with

(EUiA) ahead of the

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. Eventually, a judicial challenge of the agreements adopted in the March 1998 assembly led to a ruling on 26 November 2001 declaring the nullity of all party's agreements and decisions taken up from that date, resulting in the party's effective dissolution and its rebranding as The Greens–Ecologist Left (EV–EE).

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

References

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