Greens Greens

Greens Greens
Verdi Verdi
LeaderMaurizio Lupi
CoordinatorFabio Sanfilippo
Founded14 January 1991
Split fromFederation of the Greens
HeadquartersVia Pio VII 78, 10135 Turin
IdeologyGreen conservatism
Green liberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Website
www.verdiverdi.it

The Greens Greens (Verdi Verdi) is a liberal-environmentalist political party in Italy. The party is predominantly active in Piedmont.[citation needed]

The party was founded in January 1991 by Maurizio Lupi, a physical education teacher and former member of Christian Democracy and of Federation of the Greens.[1][2]

The party took part in Italian elections for the first time at the 1992 general election. The party got 0.07% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies and 0.09% in the Senate.[3][4] In 1997, Lupi ran as mayor of Turin, receiving 0.74% of the votes, while his party got 0.81% of the votes.[5] In 1999, the party ran in Turin provincial election, getting 0.38% of the votes.[6]

In 2003, the party's local representative Roberto De Santis received 0.5% of the votes in Rome provincial election.[7] In 2004, the party took part in the European Parliament elections with a joint list (called "Abolizione Scorporo"), together with the Federalist Greens.[8][9] The list got only 0.49% of the votes.[10]

At the 2004 Turin provincial election, the Greens Greens supported the centre-right candidate Franco Botta; the founder Maurizio Lupi chose to run instead with an unrelated, independent list.[11]

In the 2005 Piedmontese regional elections, the Greens Greens supported the centre-right candidate Enzo Ghigo;[12] the list got 1.16% of the votes, winning one seat for its leader Maurizio Lupi.[13][1] In the 2006 general elections, the party ran as part of the House of Freedoms coalition, getting only 0.04% of the votes in the Chamber of Deputies election and 0.11% of votes in the Senate election.[14][15] In the 2008 general elections, Alessandro Lupi ran for the Chamber as part of The People of Freedom list, but wasn't elected.[citation needed] In the 2009 Turin provincial election, the party supported the candidate Renzo Rabellino, leader of the No Euro Movement; the list got only 0.39% of the votes.[16] In the 2010 Piedmontese regional elections, the Greens Greens supported centre-right candidate Roberto Cota, getting 1.76% of the votes and one seat and outperforming for the first time[citation needed] the Federation of the Greens, which received only 0.76% of the votes.[17] In the 2014 Piedmontese regional elections, the party supported the candidate of Forza Italia Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, but got only 0.27% of the votes.[18]

In 2016, Maurizio Lupi and his daughter Sara were sentenced for expenditures fraud.[19][20]

References

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  2. ^ Trabucco, Marco (2006-03-02). "Il ritorno di Lupi il taroccatore l' inventore dell' Orso che ride". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ^ "Risultati Camera 05/04/1992". Eligendo (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Risultati Senato 05/04/1992 - ITALIA". Eligendo (in Italian).
  5. ^ "Dati definitivi Sindaco e Consiglio Comunale". www.comune.torino.it. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "Elezioni provinciali - Provincia di Torino". La Stampa (in Italian). 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. ^ "Elezioni Provinciali Roma 2003". Comune di Roma (in Italian).
  8. ^ "elezioni europee 10-13 giugno". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  9. ^ "Sten. 465 aint06". documenti.camera.it. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  10. ^ "Risultati Europee 12/06/2004 - ITALIA". Eligendo (in Italian).
  11. ^ Trabucco, Marco (2004-05-16). "Il primato delle 34 liste". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. ^ "Elezioni regionali - La sfida in Piemonte". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  13. ^ "Risultati Regionali 03/04/2005 - Area ITALIA - Regione PIEMONTE". Eligendo (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Risultati Camera 09/04/2006 - Area ITALIA (escl. Valle d'Aosta)". Eligendo (in Italian).
  15. ^ "Risultati Senato 09/04/2006 - Area ITALIA (escl. Valle d'Aosta e Trentino-Alto Adige)". Eligendo (in Italian).
  16. ^ "Risultati Provinciali 07/06/2009 - Area ITALIA - Regione PIEMONTE - Provincia TORINO". Eligendo (in Italian).
  17. ^ "Risultati Regionali 28/03/2010 - Area ITALIA - Regione PIEMONTE". Eligendo (in Italian).
  18. ^ "Piemonte - Elezioni Regionali - 25 maggio 2014". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  19. ^ Laugeri, Claudio (2016-04-06). "Spese pazze dei consiglieri regionali del Piemonte: chieste 25 condanne". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  20. ^ Giambartolomei, Andrea (2016-10-07). "Rimborsopoli Piemonte, 10 condanne e 15 assoluzioni tra cui ex presidente Cota: "Attacchi ignobili"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-22.