After that an article by Il Foglio reported that two candidates on the alliance's electoral list, Giuliana Farinaro and Elvira Maria Vernengo, had received support from the Green Front (led by Vincenzo Galizia, former leader of the youth section of the neo-fascist Tricolour Flame party), Giuseppe Civati informally withdrew his candidacy and suspended his election campaign.[9]
The list received 2.3% of the vote, which was an improvement from 2014 but still not enough to exceed the 4% threshold for proportional representation in the European Parliament. Civati received the most votes of the list, with 12,247 preference votes.[10]
In July 2021, EV became a full-fledged political party, with Angelo Bonelli, a long-time member and leader of the Federation of the Greens, and Eleonora Evi, who had switched from the Five Star Movement (M5S), as its leaders.[5]
In February 2022, four deputies hailing from the M5S, formed the "Green Europe" sub-group in the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies.[15][16][17] In March, a fifth deputy and former member of the M5S joined the party.[18]
In July 2022, EV and SI held a joint convention in Rome named "New Energies", promoting their cooperation and a unitary electoral program.[19] The alliance deliberately took inspiration from the New Ecological and Social People's Union, the left-wing coalition formed in the run-up of the 2022 French legislative election.[20] Following the fall of Draghi's government, the early dissolution of the Italian Parliament and the calling of the 2022 general election, the AVS was officially launched and its logo presented.[21] In August 2022, the alliance formalised an electoral agreement with the PD.[22][23]
In the 2022 general election AVS obtained 3.6% of the vote, 12 deputies (including seven Greens) and four senators (including one Green).
In November 2023 Evi left the party in protest with Bonelli, accusing him and the party of patriarchy,[24][25] and in April 2024 she joined the PD.[26]
In the 2024 European Parliament election AVS obtained 6.8% of the vote and six seats, including two for Green members and two for independent greens.
In December 2024, during the party's national assembly (congress), Bonelli and Fiorella Zabatta were elected spokerspersons.[27]
