Federation of Green Lists

The Federation of Green Lists (Italian: Federazione delle Liste Verdi)^[1] or Green List (Lista Verde, LV) was a green political party in Italy. Its members included Gianni Francesco Mattioli, Lino De Benetti, Gianfranco Amendola, Alexander Langer, Enrico Falqui, Sauro Turroni and Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio. The Green Lists used the Smiling Sun symbol of the anti-nuclear movement, which was inherited by its successor party, the Federation of the Greens.

Federation of Green Lists Federazione delle Liste Verdi
Leader	Gianni Francesco Mattioli
Founded	16 November 1986
Dissolved	9 December 1990
Merged into	Federation of the Greens
Headquarters	Via Salandra 6, Rome
Ideology	Green politics
Political position	Left-wing
European Parliament group	Green Group
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History

It was founded on 16 November 1986. The party was formed as a national organisation of Green Lists which had first contested regional elections in 1985, initially being joined by seventy local lists.^[2] In the 1987 general election, the Green Lists received 2.5% for the Chamber, returning thirteen deputies as well as two senators in the Senate.^[2]

The party took part in the 1989 European Parliamentary elections, receiving 3.8% of the vote, electing 3 MEPs.^[3] A rival ecologist list, the Rainbow Greens, received 2.4% in the same election.^[4]

In December 1990 the party merged with the Rainbow Greens to form the Federation of the Greens.^[5]

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Status
1987	Gianni Francesco Mattioli	969,218	2.5	13 / 630	8th	Opposition

Senate

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Status
1987	Gianni Francesco Mattioli	634,182	1.9	2 / 315	9th	Opposition

European Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Position
1989	Gianni Francesco Mattioli	1,317,119	3.8	3 / 81	6th

Leadership

Spokesman:

• Gianni Francesco Mattioli (1986–1989)
• Sauro Turroni (1989–1991)