Green Front

The Green Front (Italian: Fronte Verde, FV), whose complete name is Green Front – Independent Ecologists (Italian: Fronte Verde – Ecologisti Indipendenti, FVEI), is a small green political party in Italy, led by Vincenzo Galizia, a former leader of the "National Youth" (the youth wing of the neo-fascist Tricolour Flame party).

Green Front
Fronte Verde
PresidentVincenzo Galizia
Founded21 December 2006[1]
HeadquartersVia degli Scipioni, Rome
NewspaperRobinHoodpost
Youth wingGreen Front Young Ecologists
IdeologyGreen politics
Anti-capitalism
Anti-globalization
Direct democracy
Colors  Green
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional
Councils
0 / 897
Website
www.fronteverde.net

The symbol of the party is a stylized archer.[2]

The Green Front does not declare itself to be of right-wing nor left-wing, it is inspired by a spiritual conception of life he declares himself for direct democracy, anti-nuclear, anti-capitalist, anti-globalization and is in favor of the Self-determination of the peoples.[3]

In the 2008 general election it supported the "For the Common Good" list (Italian: Per il Bene Comune), led by Stefano Montanari and former senator Fernando Rossi (0.3% of the vote).[4]

On the occasion of the 2009 European election, the party stipulated an agreement with the Liberal Democrats of Daniela Melchiorre, but the list obtained a mere 0.2% of the vote.[5]

On 1 March 2009, during the National Assembly in Rome, the Green Front changed its name into "Green Front – Independent Ecologists". During the works of the National Assembly, Vincenzo Galizia was re-elected unanimously as National President.[6]

In the 2013 Lazio regional election the Green Front supported Storace's candidacy for the presidency of the region.[7] The party finally scored just 2,021 preferences and 0.07% of the votes, while Storace was defeated by the centre-left candidate Zingaretti.[8]

On the occasion of the 2014 European election, the Green Front supported the candidates of the Northern League.[9]

In the 2019 European election the Green Front supported two candidates of the Green Europe list (Giuliana Farinaro and Elvira Maria Vernengo). After the newspaper Il Foglio reported the support to Green Europe, Giuseppe Civati withdrew (informally) his candidacy and suspended his election campaign in disappointment with support for the list from a party led by a former far-right politician.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Leadership
  • President: Vincenzo Galizia (2006–present)

References
  1. "Nasce il 'Fronte Verde'" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. Maestri, Gabriele. "Green Arrow e Robin Hood: l'evoluzione del Fronte verde" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. "CHI SIAMO" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. "Speciale elezioni 2008 – Elezioni politiche – Camera – Riepilogo nazionale". la Repubblica. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. "Speciale elezioni 2009 – Elezioni Europee 4–7 giugno 2009 – Italia in complesso". la Repubblica. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. "Nasce il 'Fronte Verde – Ecologisti Indipendenti'" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. REGIONALI LAZIO 2013, VINCENZO GALIZIA: “IL FRONTE VERDE CON STORACE PRESIDENTE”
  8. Elezioni Regionali 2013
  9. Roma: il Fronte Verde Ecologisti si schiera con la Lega Nord
  10. "Scissioni e liti. Il Foglio manda in tilt il fronte dei Verdi". Il Foglio.
  11. "il manifesto" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  12. "PIPPO CIVATI SI RITIRA DA EUROPEE/ "Estrema destra nella lista di Europa Verde"date=2019-05-11". IlSussidiario.net (in Italian). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  13. ""Esponenti di estrema destra in Europa Verde". Civati si ritira dalle Europee". Agi (in Italian). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  14. "I candidati di estrema destra nelle liste dei Verdi". Il Post (in Italian). 11 May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  15. "Appello di Angelo Barbato ai militanti e simpatizzanti di Possibile a votare La Sinistra". La Sinistra (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  16. "Europee, Civati ferma la campagna elettorale: "Due candidate di destra in lista con me. Poca chiarezza dai Verdi"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  17. "Esponenti di estrema destra nella lista Europa Verde, Civati si ritira da europee 2019". 11 May 2019.
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