Greens and Left Alliance Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra | |
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| Abbreviation | AVS |
| Leaders | Angelo Bonelli Nicola Fratoianni |
| Founded | 2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism[1] Green politics[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing[4] |
| National affiliation | Centre-left coalition |
| European affiliation | European Green Party (EV) Now the People (SI) Party of the European Left (SI, observer) |
| European Parliament group | The Left Greens/EFA |
| Chamber of Deputies | 10 / 400 |
| Senate | 4 / 205 |
| European Parliament | 6 / 76 |
| Regional Councils | 24 / 897 |
| Website | |
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TheGreens and Left Alliance (Italian:Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra,AVS) is aleft-wing political alliance active in Italy, which was launched on 2 July 2022 as a federation of two political parties,Italian Left (SI) andGreen Europe (EV).[5]
AVS is often referred to as ared–green alliance and its leaders areAngelo Bonelli andNicola Fratoianni, spokespersons of EV and SI.[6]
In January 2022,Italian Left (SI) andGreen Europe (EV) formed a "consultation pact", aimed at co-operating on the2022 Italian presidential election held in late January.[7] In that context, the two parties decided to jointly supportLuigi Manconi, an expert on human rights issues and former lawmaker for theFederation of the Greens, theDemocrats of the Left, and theDemocratic Party (PD).[8][9]
In June 2022, SI's national assembly formally approved the alliance with EV,[10] which did the same in its federal assembly.[11]
In July 2022, SI and EV held a joint convention inRome named "New Energies", promoting their cooperation and a unitary electoral program.[12] The alliance deliberately took inspiration from theNew Ecological and Social People's Union, the left-wing list formed in the run-up of the2022 French legislative election.[13] Following the fall ofMario Draghi's government, anational unity government that was not supported by SI and EV,[14][15][16] the early dissolution of Parliament and the calling of the2022 Italian general election, AVS was officially launched and its logo presented.[17] In August 2022, the alliance formalised an electoral agreement with the PD.[18][19]
In February 2024Massimiliano Smeriglio, amember of the European Parliament elected with the PD, switched to AVS.[20][21] A few months laterRosa D'Amato joined AVS.[22]
The first party's national celebration,Terra!, was held between 11-15 September 2024 in Rome, in the Nomentano Park.[23]
The Greens and Left Alliance was born with the aim of keeping social justice and environmental justice together.[24]
It has been defined, on the basis of its programs, as the best Italian party for "climate commitment" by the scientists and experts ofClimalteranti and theItalian Climate Network.[25][26][27][28]
AVS supports the protection and expansion of workers' rights and welfare.
It proposes the introduction of a minimum wage (of 9 or 10 euros per hour),[29][30] the reduction of working hours (for the same salary), also establishing a fund to encourage employers to reduce weekly hours by at least 10%,[31] a national plan for the prevention of accidents at work, incentive of remote work for workers whose presence is not physically required,[32] the abolition of unpaid internships, the protection of theright to disconnect, the increase of the worker's control over the flexibility of working hours,[33] and the fight against precariousness by limiting the different types of employment contracts, in order to make the permanent contract the norm.[34] It also proposes increasing the duration of paternity leave and making it compulsory and equal to maternity leave, in order to put women and men "on the same level in relation to the employer".[35][36][37]
It supports the introduction of abasic income[38] and a pension starting (at least for certain types of workers) from the age of 62 (or with 41 years of contributions) and in general not less than 1,000 euros per month.[30]
It supports the strengthening of public education and proposes in this regard[30] the reduction of the number of students per class in schools and the recovery of public spaces for new classrooms, the extension of time (full-time and extended time) in all schools,compulsory schooling up to 18 years, the hiring of a larger number of permanent teachers (stabilizing even those who have been teaching precariously for longer), the introduction ofsexual and affective education throughout the school career,[39] permanent psychological support in schools,[40] andfree education from preschool to university (as is the case in other European countries).[41] It also proposes greater investment in research, bringing it to 3% of GDP.[42]
It also supports greater investment in public health, and in this regard proposes: the establishment of the basic psychologist,[43] a plan to structurally strengthen the employees, with the hiring of new operators to reduce both waiting lists and spending on precarious work, external collaborations and outsourcing of services.[44] It also proposes an extraordinary plan for the structural and technological modernization of the health service and the creation of a public company for the production of drugs and vaccines, using the skills of theISS, theMilitary Pharmaceutical Institute, university research centers and theSSN.[30]
It proposed the introduction ofmenstrual leave for female workers and students suffering fromdysmenorrhea certified by the doctor, and the inclusion ofhormonal contraceptives inLEAs so that they are distributed free of charge in pharmacies, subject to a medical prescription.[45][46]
AVS is in favour of the legalisation of the "fine vita" (euthanasia andassisted suicide),[47] thelegalization (through the establishment of state monopoly) of the production and sale ofcannabis (and its derivatives)[48] and the legalization of its cultivation for personal use, to increase security and weaken organized crime.[49]
It aims to improve women's sexual and reproductive health by guaranteeing free and effective access tocontraception,abortion,medical abortion and pregnancy tests at clinics, also counteractingconscientious objection to abortion.[50]
In 2022, in view of the general elections,Gay.it, analyzing the various candidate parties, places the Greens-Left Alliance in 1st place for support toLGBT+ rights in the ranking.[51][52][53]
On this issue, AVS proposes laws that provide for "the extension of the rights and duties of heterosexual couples to same-sex couples", including:same-sex marriage,adoption by same-sex couples (and bysingles), access to medicallyassisted procreation paths for women and female couples, recognition of equal rights for children with same-sex parents.[54][55] It also proposes a law againsthomo-bi-transphobia (andableism), a ban onconversion therapy, a ban on medically unnecessarysurgery on intersex children, the revision of the current law 164 on transsexual people, stating that it's committed to "listening to those who go through and live all situations to find solutions and ways together that restore full dignity".[54][55][56]
It is in favour of the possibility of grantingItalian citizenship to the children of legal foreigners as minors, but only if they have completed at least one cycle of studies (ius scholae) or were born in Italy (ius soli).[54][55]
It proposes a law that provides for projects and programs within schools that talk about education to affectivity, differences and respect for all people in order to counteractgender stereotypes anddiscrimination upstream, which would cause, according to the party,bullying,misogyny, ableism and "violence of all kinds".[56][57]
It proposes the adoption of a law that provides the possibility of exercising theright to vote in a municipality other than that of residence and the experimentation ofelectronic voting, in order to "allow students and young workers to save time and travel costs".[58]
To preventabuses of power by law enforcement (e.g. during the management of demonstrations), it proposes identification codes on officers' uniforms and the use ofbodycams.[59][60]
In the economic and fiscal spheres, AVS believes that a reform of the wealth tax is necessary, stating that "today wealth taxes weigh heavily on those who have little and little on those who have a lot". For this reason, it proposes the abolition ofIMU andstamp duty on investments and the introduction of a single, progressive personal wealth tax on assets over 5 million euros, which grows up to 2% over 50 million.[61]
It aims to combattax evasion and to achieve this it proposes the incentive of the use ofelectronic money, the use of databases to cross-reference taxpayers' data, the strengthening ofelectronic invoicing andsplit payment, especially on online andPOS purchases. It also proposes to deny anytax amnesty, to increase the resources available for controls and to guarantee the certainty of punishment for tax crimes.[62]
AVS considers it necessary to build a common European foreign anddefence policy, includingits own army,[63][64][65] in order to make theEuropean Union more autonomous and more independent from theUnited States and to rationalize military spending, without therefore increasing it further in the member countries.[66][65] At the same time, it proposes the inclusion in theTreaty on European Union the "repudiation of war as an instrument of offence against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of resolving international disputes".[67]
It supports strengthening the EU's democratic process, starting with the elimination of member countries'right of veto and a greater centrality of the European Parliament,[68] while also limiting the influence oflobbying activities through "comprehensive legislation".[69][70]
On theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, AVS, in addition to condemningHamas, condemns the actions of theIsraeli army towardsGaza and proposes the recognition of thestate of Palestine on the basis of the1967 borders and to guarantee the coexistence in peace of the two peoples in theirrespective territorial integrity. It demands full respect for international law and the conduct of investigations "into violations,war crimes andgenocide" perpetrated by thegovernment of Israel. For the latter, it calls for sanctions commensurate with these violations and to stop all military supplies and the suspension of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel (on the basis of Article 2).[71][67]
On theRussian invasion of Ukraine, it condemnsPutin for the aggression inUkraine while considering it necessary to interrupt military supplies to Ukraine and "start negotiations for a lasting peace".[67]
| Party | Main ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Left (SI) | Democratic socialism | Nicola Fratoianni | |
| Green Europe (EV) | Green politics | Angelo Bonelli | |
| Party | Main ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possible (Pos) | Social democracy | Beatrice Brignone | |
| Environment Rights Equality (ADU) | Eco-socialism | Collective leadership | |
| Election | Leader | Chamber of Deputies | Senate of the Republic | Status in legislature | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | |||
| 2022 | Angelo Bonelli | 1,071,663 | 3.6 | 12 / 400 | New | 7th | 972,316 | 3.5 | 4 / 200 | New | 7th | Opposition |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Angelo Bonelli Nicola Fratoianni | 1,588,760 (6th) | 6.79 | 6 / 76 | New | Greens/EFA /The Left |
| Region | Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status in legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruzzo | 2024 | Luciano D'Amico | 20,655 | 3.57 | 1 / 31 | New | Opposition |
| Aosta Valley | 2025 | Chiara Minelli | 3,816 | 6.32 | 2 / 35 | New | TBD |
| Apulia | 2025 | 54,358 | 4.09 | 0 / 51 | New | No seats | |
| Basilicata | 2024 | Piero Marrese | 15,144 | 5.79 | 1 / 21 | New | Opposition |
| Calabria | 2025 | Pasquale Tridico | 29,251 | 3.85 | 0 / 31 | New | No seats |
| Campania | 2025 | 93,596 | 4.66 | 2 / 51 | New | Majority | |
| Emilia-Romagna | 2024 | Michele De Pascale | 79,236 | 5.30 | 3 / 50 | New | Majority |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 2023 | Massimo Moretuzzo | 8,029 | 2.03 | 1 / 48 | New | Opposition |
| Liguria | 2024 | Andrea Orlando | 34,716 | 6.17 | 2 / 31 | New | Opposition |
| Lombardy | 2023 | Pierfrancesco Majorino | 93,019 | 3.23 | 1 / 80 | New | Opposition |
| Marche | 2025 | Matteo Ricci | 23,565 | 4.15 | 1 / 31 | New | Opposition |
| Molise | 2023 | Roberto Gravina | 6,742 | 4.77 | 0 / 21 | New | No seats |
| Piedmont | 2024 | Gianna Pentenero | 107,095 | 6.48 | 3 / 49 | New | Opposition |
| Sardinia | 2024 | Alessandra Todde | 31,856 | 4.66 | 4 / 60 | New | Majority |
| Trentino | 2023 | Francesco Valduga | 7,565 | 3.25 | 1 / 35 | New | Opposition |
| Tuscany | 2025 | Eugenio Giani | 89,064 | 7.01 | 3 / 41 | New | Majority |
| Umbria | 2024 | Stefania Proietti | 13,750 | 4.28 | 1 / 21 | New | Majority |
| Veneto | 2025 | 77,621 | 4.64 | 2 / 51 | New | Opposition |