Ecolo is a French

French language

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-speaking Belgian

Belgium

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 green political party

Political party

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 in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium

German-speaking Community of Belgium

The German-speaking Community of Belgium is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. Covering an area of 854 km² within the province of Liège in Wallonia, it includes nine of the eleven municipalities of the so-called East Cantons...

. It currently participates in the Brussels regional government.

The party was part of the outgoing federal coalition, but it resigned before the 2003 general election, and was promptly decimated by a resurgent Parti Socialiste

Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)

The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...

. They however made quite a comeback in the 2007 general election, though without reaching their 1999 peak popularity. In the 10 June 2007 general elections

Belgian general election, 2007

The 2007 Belgian general election took place on Sunday 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.Eligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older...

, the party won 8 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 2 out of 40 seats in the Senate

Belgian Senate

The Belgian Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament.-History and future:...

 which are directly elected.

In the 2010 elections

Belgian general election, 2010

General elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010. After the fall of the previous government over the withdrawal of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats from the government the King dissolved the legislature and called new elections...

 the party won 8 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.

Chamber of Representatives

Results for the Chamber of Representatives, in percentages for the Kingdom of Belgium.

Senate

Results for the Senate

Belgian Senate

The Belgian Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament.-History and future:...

, in percentages for the Kingdom of Belgium.

Important figures

• José Daras
  José Daras
  José Daras is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...
  
  
• Josy Dubié
  Josy Dubié
  Josy Dubié is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was a member of the Belgian Senate from 1999 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2009.-Notes:...
  
  
• Isabelle Durant
  Isabelle Durant
  Isabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union...
  
  
• Jacky Morael
• Evelyne Huytebroeck
• Jean-Marc Nollet

See also

• Green party
• Green politics
  Green politics
  Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...
  
  
• List of environmental organizations