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{{short description|Political party in Spain}}
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{{Infobox political party
| country           = Catalonia
| native_name       = ''Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds''
| colorcode         = {{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}
| logo              = ICV logo.svg
| president         = [[Dolors Camats]] and [[Joan Herrera i Torres|Joan Herrera]] (national coordinators)
| foundation        = {{Start date|df=yes|1987|02|23}}
| dissolution       = {{End date|df=yes|2019|07|06}}<ref name="EP060719"/>
| successor         = [[Green Left (Catalonia)|Green Left]]
| ideology          = {{ubl|class = nowrap
 | [[Eco-socialism]]<ref name="PEE">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2017 |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html |title=Catalonia/Spain |website=Parties and Elections in Europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184713/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/catalonia.html|archive-date=25 January 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<ref name="PEE"/>
}}
| position          = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| headquarters      = C/ Ciutat, 7<br />08002 [[Barcelona]]
| colours           = [[Green]], [[Red]]
| members           =
| youth_wing        = Joves d'Esquerra Verda
| regional          = [[ICV–EUiA]] (2003–2015)<br>[[Catalunya Sí que es Pot]] (2015–2017)<br>[[En Comú Podem]] (2015–2019){{efn|Since 2017 integrated within [[Catalunya en Comú]]}}<br>[[Catalunya en Comú]] (2017–2019)
| european          = [[European Green Party]]
| international     = [[Global Greens]]
| website           = {{url|http://www.iniciativa.cat/}}
}}
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'''Initiative for Catalonia Greens''' ({{langx|ca|Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds}}, ICV; {{IPA|ca|inisi.əˈtiβə pəɾ kətəˈluɲə ˈβɛɾts|IPA}}) was an [[eco-socialism|eco-socialist]]<ref name="PEE"/> [[List of political parties in Catalonia|political party]] in [[Catalonia]]. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by [[Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya]] and was the equivalent of [[Izquierda Unida (Spain)|Izquierda Unida]] in [[Catalonia]]. IC later developed into a political party, and PSUC was dissolved. The youth of ICV was called ''Joves d'Esquerra Verda'' (Green Left Youth). It used to be called JambI, ''Joves amb Iniciativa'' (Youth with Initiative).

In the elections to the [[European Parliament]] in 2004 ICV ran on the [[Izquierda Unida (Spain)|Izquierda Unida]] list. One MEP, [[Raül Romeva]], was elected from ICV which joined the [[European Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance|Green Group]]. The '''ICV''' formed part of the past ruling tripartite coalition (along with the [[Socialist Party of Catalonia]] and the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]], a left-wing Catalan Nationalist Party) in the [[Generalitat of Catalonia]]. The coalition governed Catalonia from 2004-2010. ICV was given responsibility for the Ministry of the Environment in the share-out of power in the new government. Initiative for Catalonia Greens had an agreement of mutual association with [[Equo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.equova.org/download/4/|title=EQUO - ICV Agreement of Association and Protocol of Relations|language=es|access-date=2 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422083934/http://www.equova.org/download/4/|archive-date=22 April 2012}}.</ref>
It was dissolved in 2019.<ref name="EP060719">{{cite news |author=D. C. S. |date=6 July 2019 |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/07/06/catalunya/1562414966_644483.html |title=ICV anuncia su disolución "cuando se cierre el concurso" de acreedores |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> In July 2020 it was announced that the party would be re-founded as [[Green Left (Catalonia)|Green Left]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=2 July 2020 |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200702/482056669114/icv-nuevo-partido-esquerra-verda-comunes-liquidacion-deuda.html |title=ICV se refundará en un nuevo partido bautizado como Esquerra Verda |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |location=Barcelona |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=EFE |date=3 July 2020 |url=https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-07-03/el-nuevo-partido-esquerra-verda-recuperara-el-legado-de-la-extinta-iniciativa-per-catalunya.html |title=El nuevo partido Esquerra Verda recuperará el legado de la extinta Iniciativa per Catalunya |language=es |newspaper=El País |location=Barcelona |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds called itself an "ecosocialist" party and its members were therefore "ecosocialists". This ideology is summarized in the book ''The Ecosocialist Manifesto'', co-written by a number of left-wing green politicians. This ideology looks to renew the left and is firmly against communism as practised in the former [[Soviet Union]] and against capitalism, as practised by [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[Ronald Reagan]], but also against social democracy, which it considers as only a lesser evil that does not respond to the environmental and social challenges ahead. From an ecosocialist point of view, both communism and capitalism are two faces of the productivist "mode of production" (a Marxist term), which should be phased out if the ecological health of  the planet is to survive. The manifesto also considers this ideology to be deeply feminist and in favour of the "freedom of the European peoples" (i.e. for self-determination for the [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] or [[Catalonia]]).<ref>C. Antunes, P. Juquin, P. Kemp, I. Stengers, W. Telkamper & F. Otto Wolf. (1993), ''Manifiesto ecosocialista''. Los Libros De La Catarata. (Spanish edition {{ISBN|84-87567-34-7}})</ref> The party voted in favour of the Catalan parliament's declaration defining Catalonia as a "sovereign political and juridical entity" (''"subjecte polític i jurídic sobirà"'') in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/encatala/20130123/54363034229/parlament-catalunya-aprova-declaracio-sobirania-ciu-erc.html|title=El Parlament de Catalunya aprova la declaració de sobirania de CiU i ERC|date=23 January 2013|access-date=10 July 2014|publisher=La Vanguardia en català}}</ref>

==Presidents==
# [[Rafael Ribó i Massó]] (1987–2000)
# [[Joan Saura]] (2000–present)

==Electoral results==

===Spanish Parliament===

====Congress of Deputies====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! # of overall seats won
! +/-
! Notes
|-
! [[2000 Spanish general election|2000]]
| 119,290
| 0.5
| {{Composition bar|1|350|hex=Green}}
| 
|
|-
! [[2004 Spanish general election|2004]]
| 234,790
| 0.9
| {{Composition bar|2|350|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 1
|
|-
! [[2008 Spanish general election|2008]]
| 183,338
| 0.7
| {{Composition bar|1|350|hex=Green}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|
|-
! [[2011 Spanish general election|2011]]
| 280,152
| 1.2
| {{Composition bar|3|350|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 2
|
|}

===Catalan Parliament===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! # of overall seats won
! +/-
! Notes
|-
! [[1988 Catalonian parliamentary election|1988]]
| 209,211
| 7.7 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|9|135|hex=Green}}
| 
|
|-
! [[1992 Catalonian parliamentary election|1992]]
| 171,794
| 6.5 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|7|135|hex=Green}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|
|-
! [[1995 Catalonian parliamentary election|1995]]
| 313,092
| 9.7 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|11|135|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 4
|
|-
! [[1999 Catalonian parliamentary election|1999]]
| 78,441
| 2.5 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|3|135|hex=Green}}
| {{decrease}} 8
|
|-
! [[2003 Catalonian parliamentary election|2003]]
| 241,163
| 7.2 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|9|135|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 6
|
|-
! [[2006 Catalonian parliamentary election|2006]]
| 282,693
| 9.5 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|12|135|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 3
|
|-
! [[2010 Catalonian parliamentary election|2010]]
| 229,985 
| 7.4 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|10|135|hex=Green}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|
|-
! [[2012 Catalonian parliamentary election|2012]]
| 358,857
| 9.9 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|13|135|hex=Green}}
| {{increase}} 3
|
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! # of overall seats won
! +/-
! Notes
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Spain|2009]]
| 119,755
| 6.1 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|1|50|hex=Green}}
| 
|Part of a joint list with  [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]]
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014]]
| 258,554
| 10.3 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|1|54|hex=Green}}
| 
|Part of a joint list with  [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]]
|}

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

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190628212923/http://www.iniciativa.cat/ Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds web site (in Catalan)]

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