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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Ecolo
| logo             = Ecolo Logo.svg
| logo_size        = 200
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| country          = Belgium
| leader           = {{ill|Marie Lecocq|fr}} and [[Samuel Cogolati]]
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1980}}
| ideology         = {{nowrap|[[Green politics]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{Cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/wallonia.html|title=Wallonia/Belgium|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2019|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref name="AnttiroikoMälkiä2007"/>}}
| think_tank       = [[Centre d'études Jacky Morael]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=Ecolo lance le "Centre d'études Jacky Morael" |url=https://www.lesoir.be/352522/article/2021-02-01/ecolo-lance-le-centre-detudes-jacky-morael |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Le Soir |language=fr}}</ref>
| position         = {{nowrap|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]}}
| international    = [[Global Greens]]
| european         = [[European Green Party]]
| europarl         = [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]]
| regional         = [[Benelux Parliament|Socialists, Greens and Democrats]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beneluxparl.eu/nl/politieke-fracties/ |title= Politieke fracties  |website=[[Benelux Parliament]] |language=nl |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>
| colours          = Green
| cartel           = 
| affiliation1_title = Flemish counterpart
| affiliation1     = [[Groen (political party)|Groen]]
| headquarters     = Espace Kegeljan<br />Av. de Marlagne 52, [[Namur]]
<!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655611 -->
| seats1_title     = [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]]<br />(French-speaking seats)
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|constituency=61}}
| seats2_title     = [[Belgian Senate|Senate]]<br />(French-speaking seats)
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house|constituency=24}}
| seats3_title     = [[Parliament of Wallonia]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|12|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Parliament of the French Community]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|16|94|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels Parliament]]<br />(French-speaking seats)
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|15|72|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| seats6_title     = [[Parliament of the German-speaking Community]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[European&nbsp;Parliament]]<br />([[French-speaking electoral college|French-speaking seats]])
| seats7           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP|constituency=8}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
}}
{{Green politics sidebar}}
'''Ecolo''' ({{IPA|fr|ekɔlo}}), officially '''Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales''' ({{IPA|fr|ekɔlɔʒist kɔ̃fedeʁe puʁ lɔʁɡanizasjɔ̃ də lyt ɔʁiʒinal|}}, {{lit|Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles}}) is a [[French language|French]]-speaking [[Political parties in Belgium|political party in Belgium]] based on [[green politics]].<ref name="Nordsieck" /><ref name="AnttiroikoMälkiä2007">{{cite book|author1=Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko|author2=Matti Mälkiä|title=Encyclopedia of Digital Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDrTMazYhdkC&pg=PA397|access-date=18 July 2013|year=2007|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI)|isbn=978-1-59140-790-4|pages=397–}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bale |first=Tim |title=Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |others=Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser |isbn=978-1-009-00686-6 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |pages=36 |oclc=1256593260}}</ref> The party is active in [[Wallonia]] and the [[Brussels|Brussels-Capital Region]].

Ecolo's Flemish equivalent is [[Groen (political party)|Groen]]; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.

==Name==
Ecolo is officially a [[backronym]] for ''Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'' "Confederated Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles", but is really just short for ''écologistes'', French for [[environmentalist]]s.

==History==
Ecolo was part of the 1999 [[Verhofstadt I Government]], but withdrew from the coalition before the 2003 general election, which saw it lose nearly two thirds of its 14 federal parliamentary seats in the face of a resurgent [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Socialist Party]]. The party made quite a comeback, however, in the 2007 general election, though failing to match the peak popularity it had enjoyed in 1999. In the [[2007 Belgian general election|general election of 10 June 2007]], the party won eight out of 150 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and two out of the 40 directly elected seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].

In the [[2010 Belgian general election|2010 elections]], the party again won eight seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two in the Senate.<ref>[http://polling2010.belgium.be/en/cha/seat/seat_CKR00000.html IBZ: Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326085813/http://polling2010.belgium.be/en/cha/seat/seat_CKR00000.html |date=2016-03-26 }}, retrieved 20 August 2010</ref>

==Political views==
Ecolo is a political party that promotes [[sustainable development]] policies, aimed at preserving the [[Natural environment|environment]] and combating [[climate change]], in the interests of current and future generations. The party seeks to create a more democratic and inclusive society by encouraging new political practices and strengthening citizen participation in a model of [[participatory democracy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Waar staan de Franstalige partijen voor?|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/04/15/waar-staan-de-franstalige-partijen-voor-ecolo-defi-ps-mr-le/|publisher=VRT NWS |date=17 April 2024 |language=nl}}</ref>

===Electoral positioning===
During the [[2019 Belgian federal election|2019 election campaign]], the RePresent research centre — composed of political scientists from five universities ([[University of Antwerp|UAntwerpen]], [[KU Leuven]], [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel|VUB]], [[UCLouvain]] and [[Université libre de Bruxelles|ULB]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jordens |first=Natacha |title=EOS research project RepResent - ULB |url=https://www.ulb.be/en/eos-projects/eos-research-project-represent |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241010135752/https://www.ulb.be/en/eos-projects/eos-research-project-represent |archive-date=2024-10-10 |access-date=2025-10-12 |work=ULB |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Libre2019">{{Cite web |last=Clevers |first=Antoine |date=2025-10-12 |title=Les résultats des élections sont trompeurs, Flamands et Wallons ont des opinions politiques assez proches |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2019/06/05/les-resultats-des-elections-sont-trompeurs-flamands-et-wallons-ont-des-opinions-politiques-assez-proches-DSOHL2PTRJGVHJXBC3BALPZ2FA/ |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref> — studied the electoral programmes of Belgium's thirteen main political parties. This study classified the parties on two "left-right" axes, from "-5" ([[Far-left politics|extreme left]]) to "5" ([[Far-right politics|extreme right]]): a "classic" socio-economic axis, which refers to state intervention in the economic process and the degree to which the state should ensure social equality, and a socio-cultural axis, which refers to a divide articulated around an identity-based opposition on themes such as immigration, Europe, crime, the environment, emancipation, etc.<ref name="Libre2019" />

Ecolo then presented a programme marked on the left on the socio-economic level (-3.87), and close to the extreme left on the socio-cultural level (-4.37).<ref name="Libre2019" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tassin |first=Stéphane |date=2025-10-12 |title=Voici le positionnement des partis selon les critères économiques et sociétaux (INFOGRAPHIE) |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2019/06/06/voici-le-positionnement-des-partis-selon-les-criteres-economiques-et-societaux-infographie-Q5RBAENNKVGR3JRMRWMHD22YBM/ |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref>

The RePresent centre repeated the exercise during the [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024 election campaign]] for the twelve main parties. Ecolo's positioning changed little on the socio-economic axis (-3.81), and it became the most left-wing party on the socio-cultural axis (-4.62).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woelfle |first=Guillaume |title=Évolution du positionnement des partis depuis 2019 : le virage (très) à droite du MR, le PS et les Engagés un peu moins à gauche - RTBF Actus |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/plus-a-gauche-ou-plus-a-droite-comment-ont-evolue-les-partis-politiques-belges-depuis-2019-11374131 |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref>

==Election results==
===Chamber of Representatives ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1977 Belgian general election|1977]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1977>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1977-04-17&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 17-04-1977 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1977-04-17
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 3,834
| 0.1
| {{Composition bar|0|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[1978 Belgian general election|1978]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1978>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1978-12-17&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 17-12-1978 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1978-12-17
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 21,224
| 0.4
| {{Composition bar|0|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[1981 Belgian general election|1981]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1981>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1981-11-08&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697 
|title=Date: 08-11-1981 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1981-11-08
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 132,312
| 2.2
| {{Composition bar|2|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1985 Belgian general election|1985]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1985>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1985-10-13&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-10-1985 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1985-10-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 152,483
| 2.5
| {{Composition bar|5|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1987 Belgian general election|1987]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1987>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1987-12-13&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-12-1987 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1987-12-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 157,988
| 2.6
| {{Composition bar|3|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1991 Belgian general election|1991]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1991>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1991-11-24&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 24-11-1991 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1991-11-24
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 312,624
| 5.1
| {{Composition bar|10|212|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian general election|1995]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1995>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1995-05-21&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697 
|title=Date: 21-05-1995 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1995-05-21
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 243,362
| 4.0
| {{Composition bar|6|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian general election|1999]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-1999>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1999-06-13&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-06-1999 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1999-06-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 457,281
| 7.4
| {{Composition bar|11|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2003 Belgian general election|2003]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2003>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=2003-05-18&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 18-05-2003 / Type d'élection: Chambre / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=2003-05-18
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 201,118
| 3.1
| {{Composition bar|4|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2007 Belgian general election|2007]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2007>{{cite web
|url=http://polling2007.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_etop.html
|title=Elections 2007 - Chamber - List Results Kingdom -
|date=2007-06-29
|publisher=[[Federal Public Service Interior]]
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=en
|archive-date=2019-06-24
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624031158/http://polling2007.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_etop.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| 340,378
| 5.1
| {{Composition bar|8|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2010 Belgian general election|2010]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2010>{{cite web
|url=http://polling2010.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_CKR00000.html
|title=Elections 2010 - Chamber - List Results Kingdom -
|date=2010-07-08
|publisher=[[Federal Public Service Interior]]
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=en
|archive-date=2010-06-19
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619081539/http://polling2010.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_CKR00000.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| 313,047
| 4.8
| {{Composition bar|8|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian federal election|2014]]<ref name=BE-NATIONAL-ELECTION-2014>{{cite web
|url=http://polling2014.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_CKR00000.html
|title=Elections 2014 - Chamber - List Results Kingdom -
|date=2014-06-06
|publisher=[[Federal Public Service Interior]]
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=en
|archive-date=2020-11-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107142650/http://polling2014.belgium.be/en/cha/results/results_tab_CKR00000.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| 222,524
| 3.3
| {{Composition bar|6|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[2019 Belgian federal election|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-05-28|title=Vlaams Belang haalt een kwart méér stemmen dan PS, maar krijgt twee zetels mínder: hoe kan dat?|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/vlaams-belang-haalt-een-kwart-meer-stemmen-dan-ps-maar-krijgt-twee-zetels-minder-hoe-kan-dat~b8f7b0fd/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=[[De Morgen]]}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|416,452
| rowspan=2|6.1
| rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|13|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| rowspan=2|{{increase}} 7
| {{partial2|External support {{small|(2020)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(2020–2025)}}}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024]]
| 204,438
| 2.9
| {{Composition bar|3|150|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

===Senate===
{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
|-
! [[1977 Belgian general election|1977]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1977>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1977-04-17&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 17-04-1977 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1977-04-17
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 7,558
| 0.1
| {{Composition bar|0|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| 
|-
! [[1978 Belgian general election|1978]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1978>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1978-12-17&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 17-12-1978 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1978-12-17
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 43,883
| 0.8
| {{Composition bar|0|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}}
|-
! [[1981 Belgian general election|1981]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1981>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1981-11-08&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 08-11-1981 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1981-11-08
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 153,989
| 2.6
| {{Composition bar|3|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
|-
! [[1985 Belgian general election|1985]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1985>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1985-10-13&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-10-1985 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1985-10-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 163,361
| 2.7
| {{Composition bar|2|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[1987 Belgian general election|1987]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1987>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1987-12-13&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-12-1987 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1987-12-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 168,491
| 2.8
| {{Composition bar|2|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}}
|-
! [[1991 Belgian general election|1991]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1991>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1991-11-24&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 24-11-1991 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1991-11-24
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 323,683
| 5.3
| {{Composition bar|6|106|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
|-
! [[1995 Belgian federal election|1995]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1995>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1995-05-21&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 21-05-1995 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1995-05-21
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 258,635
| 4.3
| {{Composition bar|2|40|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
! [[1999 Belgian federal election|1999]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-1999>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=1999-06-13&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 13-06-1999 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=1999-06-13
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 458,658
| 7.4
| {{Composition bar|3|40|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2003 Belgian federal election|2003]]<ref name=BE-SENATE-ELECTION-2003>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/fr/result_ko.php?date=2003-05-18&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263&party_id=697
|title=Date: 18-05-2003 / Type d'élection: Sénat / Type de circonscription: Royaume / Circonscription: Le Royaume
|date=2003-05-18
|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] 
|website=www.ibzdgip.fgov.be
|access-date=2019-03-11
|language=fr
}}
</ref>
| 208,868
| 3.2
| {{Composition bar|1|40|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
! [[2007 Belgian federal election|2007]]
| 385,466
| 5.8
| {{Composition bar|2|40|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]]
| 353,111
| 5.5
| {{Composition bar|2|40|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|}

===Regional===
====Brussels Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Votes
! colspan=2| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
! rowspan=2| Government
|-
! {{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1989 Belgian regional elections#Results|1989]]
| 44,874
| bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| 10.2 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|8|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| 
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|1995]]
| 37,308
| bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| 9.0 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|7|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|1999]]
| 77,969
| 21.3 (#2)
| 18.3 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|14|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|2004]]
| 37,908
| 9.7 (#4)
| 8.3 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|7|89|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|2009]]
| 82,663
| 20.2 (#3)
| 17.9 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|16|89|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 9
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|2014]]
| 41,368 
| 10.1 (#5)
| 8.9 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|8|89|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Regional Parliament|2019]]
| 74,246
| 19.1 (#2)
| 16.2 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|15|89|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
![[2024 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2024]]
|38,386
|9.85 (#5)
|#5
|{{Composition bar|7|89|{{party color|Ecolo}}}}
|{{Decrease}} 8
|{{TBD}}
|}

====German-speaking Community Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1990 Belgian regional elections#Council of the German-speaking Community|1990]]
| 5,897
| 15.0 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|4|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| 
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|1995]]
| 5,128
| 13.9 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|1999]]
| 4,694
| 12.7 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|2004]]
| 2,972
| 8.2 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|2009]]
| 4,310
| 11.5 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|2014]]
| 3,591 
| 9.5 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|2019]]
| 4,902
| 12.5 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections#Parliament of the German-speaking Community|2024]]
| 3,644
| 9.1 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

====Walloon Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Regional Parliament|1995]]
| 196,988
| 10.4 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|8|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| 
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Regional Parliament|1999]]
| 347,225
| 18.2 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|14|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Regional Parliament|2004]]
| 167,916
| 8.5 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|3|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Parliament|2009]]
| 372,067
| 18.5 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|14|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Parliament|2014]]
| 141,813
| 8.6 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|4|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Parliament|2019]]
| 294,631
| 14.5 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|12|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 8
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections#Walloon Parliament|2024]]
| 144,189
| 7.0 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|5|75|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|}

===European Parliament===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| List leader
! colspan=2| Votes
! colspan=3| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/−
! rowspan=2| EP Group
|-
! {{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}}
! {{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}}
! {{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}}
! {{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1979 European Parliament election in Belgium|1979]]
| [[Paul Lannoye]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}
| 107,833
| {{N/A}}
| 5.14 (#5)
| {{N/A}}
| 1.98
| {{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| New
| −
|-
! [[1984 European Parliament election in Belgium|1984]]
| [[François Roelants du Vivier]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}
| 220,663
| {{N/A}}
| 9.85 (#4)
| {{N/A}}
| 3.86
| {{Composition bar|1|24|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Rainbow Group (1984–1989)|RBW]]
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in Belgium|1989]]
| [[Paul Lannoye]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}
| 371,053
| {{N/A}}
| 16.56 (#4)
| {{N/A}}
| 6.29
| {{Composition bar|2|24|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| rowspan=2| [[The Green Group in the European Parliament|G]]
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Belgium|1994]]
| [[Paul Lannoye]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>''Unclear''  {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 290,859
| 5,714
| 13.02 (#4)
| 14.90 (#4)
| 4.97
| {{Composition bar|1|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Belgium|1999]]
| [[Paul Lannoye]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Didier Cremer  {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 525,316
| 6,276
| 22.70 (#3)
| 17.01 (#3)
| 8.59
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| rowspan=6| [[The Greens - European Free Alliance|Greens/EFA]]
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Belgium|2004]]
| [[Pierre Jonckheer]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Lambert Jaegers  {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 239,687
| 3,880
| 9.84 (#4)
| 10.49 (#4)
| 3.75
| {{Composition bar|1|24|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Belgium|2009]]
| [[Isabelle Durant]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Claudia Niessen  {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 562,081
| 6,025
| 22.88 (#3)
| 15.58 (#3)
| 8.64
| {{Composition bar|2|22|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Belgium|2014]]
| [[Philippe Lamberts]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Erwin Schöpges {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 285,196 
| 6,429
| 11.69 (#3)
| 16.66 (#2)
| 4.36
| {{Composition bar|1|21|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|2019]]
| [[Philippe Lamberts]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Shqiprim Thaqi {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 485,655
| 6,675
| 19.91 (#2)
| 16.37 (#2)
| 7.31
| {{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Belgium|2024]]
| [[Saskia Bricmont]] {{small|({{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}})}}<br/>Shqiprim Thaqi {{small|({{abbr|G.E.C.|German electoral college}})}}
| 259,745
| 4,819
| 10.06 (#5)
| 11.10 (#6)
| 3.71
| {{Composition bar|1|22|hex={{party color|Ecolo}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|}

==Elected politicians==

===Current===
'''European Parliament'''
*[[Philippe Lamberts]]
*[[Saskia Bricmont]]

'''Chamber of Representatives'''
* 2010 – 2014:
# [[Ronny Balcaen]]
# [[Juliette Boulet]]
# [[Olivier Deleuze]] (resigned in 2012; replaced by [[Lahssaini Fouad]])
# [[Zoé Genot]]
# [[Muriel Gerkens]]
# [[Georges Gilkinet]]
# [[Eric Jadot]]
# [[Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers]]

'''Brussels-Capital Region Parlement'''
* 2009 – 2014:
# [[Aziz Albishari]]
# [[Dominique Braeckman]]
# [[Jean-Claude Defosse]]
# [[Céline Delforge]]
# [[Anne Dirix]]
# [[Anne Herscovici]]
# [[Zakia Khattabi]] 
# [[Vincent Lurquin]]
# [[Alain Maron]]
# [[Jacques Morel (politician)|Jacques Morel]]
# [[Ahmed Mouhssin]]
# [[Marie Nagy]]
# [[Yaron Pesztat]]
# [[Arnaud Pinxteren]]
# [[Barbara Trachte]]
# [[Vincent Vanhalewyn]]

===Past===
'''European Parliament'''
* 1989 - 1994
# Brigitte Ernst de la Greate

'''Chamber of Representatives'''
* 1995 – 1999:
# [[Philippe Dallons]]
# [[Olivier Deleuze]]
# [[Thierry Detienne]]
# [[Mylène Nys]] (20 April 1999) {{small|(replaced [[Vincent Decroly]])}}
# [[Martine Schüttringer]]
# [[Jean-Pierre Viseur]]
* 1999 – 2003:
# [[Marie-Thérèse Coenen]]
# [[Martine Dardenne]]
# [[Vincent Decroly]]
# [[Olivier Deleuze]] → [[Zoé Genot]] (14 July 1999)
# [[Thierry Detienne]] → [[Muriel Gerkens]] (23 July 1999)
# [[Claudine Drion]]
# [[Michèle Gilkinet]]
# [[Mirella Minne]]
# [[Géraldine Pelzer-Salandra]]
# [[Paul Timmermans]] → [[Bernard Baille]] (1 September 2002)
# [[Jean-Pierre Viseur]] → [[Gérard Gobert]] (10 January 2001)

* 2003–2007:
# [[Zoé Genot]] {{small|(replaced [[Olivier Deleuze]])}}
# [[Muriel Gerkens]]
# [[Gérard Gobert]] {{small|(replaced [[Jean-Marc Nollet]])}}
# [[Marie Nagy]]
* 2007–2010:
# [[Juliette Boulet]]
# [[Zoé Genot]]
# [[Muriel Gerkens]]
# [[Georges Gilkinet]] 
# [[Philippe Henry]] 
# [[Fouad Lahssaini]]
# [[Jean-Marc Nollet]]
# [[Thérèse Snoy et d'Oppuers]]
 
'''Brussels-Capital Region Parlement'''
* 2004–2009:
# [[Dominique Braeckman]]
# [[Alain Daems]]
# [[Céline Delforge]]
# [[Christos Doulkeridis]]
# [[Josy Dubié]]
# [[Paul Galand]]
# [[Yaron Pesztat]]

==Important figures==
* [[José Daras]]
* [[Josy Dubié]]
* [[Isabelle Durant]]
* [[Muriel Gerkens]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
* [[Evelyne Huytebroeck]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
* [[Jacky Morael]]
* [[Patrick Dupriez]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
* [[Zakia Khattabi]]
* {{ill|Jean-Marc Nollet|fr}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
* [[Hélène Ryckmans]]
* [[Tom Zoete]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Environment|Ecology}}
* [[Green party]]
* [[Green politics]]
* [[List of environmental organizations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Green parties}}
{{Belgian political parties}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Green political parties in Belgium]]
[[Category:Francophone political parties in Belgium]]
[[Category:European Green Party]]
[[Category:Global Greens member parties]]