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 François Mitterrand, 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 green parties, 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 Left-w ...

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

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...

UMP under Jacques Chirac 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 Federalist Party, the Centre of Handicapped Democrats, and the Vanquish Unemployment Association. France Gamerre replaced

as leader and she aimed to run in the 2007 French presidential election. Like her predecessor, she failed to win the 500 endorsements. In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party ran as part of the

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