# Ecologist Greens

The Ecologist Greens (Greek: Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι (ΟΠ), Oikologoi Prasinoi, OP) is a Greek green political party. It is a member of the European Green Party.

## History

The political party Prasini Politiki (Greek: Πράσινη Πολιτική, "Green Politics"), the body that lead to the establishment of the party under the name "Oikologoi Prasinoi", was founded in 1996 and already registered as the Greek member of the European Green Party, including other local ecological groups and independent ecologists, like the Ecological Forum (Οικολογικό Φόρουμ) and the Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki.
During 7–8 December 2002, the "Prasini Politiki" council called for a conference that convened in the building of the Athens Lawyer Association, and it decided to establish the Ecologist Greens and elected an 18-member council to coordinate the establishment of a new political entity. In the coming months, focus groups were created to shape the constitution and the political positions of the body, which were adopted by the first congress of the party in May 2003 at Panteion University.
In January 2015, the Ecologist Greens decided to collaborate with SYRIZA. Alexis Tsipras' called for unity against the Memorandum and the Ecologist Greens decided to support SYRIZA's electoral list for the upcoming legislative election. One Ecologist Green MP was elected on the SYRIZA ticket, Giorgos Dimaras, and another Ecologist Green, Giannis Tsironis, was appointed Alternate Minister of Environment and Energy in the first Tsipras Cabinet.
Giorgos Dimaras was reelected and Giannis Tsironis was elected for the first time. Tsironis was reappointed as Alternate Minister of Environment in the second Tsipras cabinet on 23 September 2015.

## Aims

The basic principles of the Ecologists Greens (Oikologoi Prasinoi), as determined by their constitution are: sustainability, social justice, nonviolence, direct and participatory democracy, respect for diversity, decentralization and subsidiarity, protect and restore natural ecosystems, the quality of life, personal and social responsibility, equity and anti-austerity.

## Election results
### Hellenic Parliament

| Election | Hellenic Parliament | Hellenic Parliament | Hellenic Parliament | Hellenic Parliament | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader |
| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Government | Leader |
| 2007 | 75,502 | 1.05% | New | 0 / 300 | New | 6th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| 2009 | 173,589 | 2.53% | +1.48 | 0 / 300 | 0 | 6th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| May 2012 | 185,485 | 2.93% | +0.40 | 0 / 300 | 0 | 8th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| Jun 2012 | 54,408 | 0.88% | –2.05 | 0 / 300 | 0 | 10th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| Jan 2015 | 2,245,978 | 36.34% | +35.46 | 1 / 300 | 1 | 1st | Coalition government (SYRIZA–ANEL) | Collective leadership |
| Sep 2015 | 1,925,904 | 35.46% | –0.88 | 2 / 300 | 1 | 1st | Coalition government (SYRIZA–ANEL) | Collective leadership |
| 2019 | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 0 / 300 | 2 | — | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| May 2023 | 35,174 | 0.60% | –34.80 | 0 / 300 | 0 | 12th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| Jun 2023 | 21,054 | 0.40% | –0.20 | 0 / 300 | 0 | 12th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
* 1 2 Run in coalition with SYRIZA.

### Other elections

Results since 2004 (year links to election page) :
| Year | Type of Election | Votes | % | Mandates |
| 2004 | European | 40,873 | 0.67 | 0 |
| 2006 | Local (Athens Municipality) | 3,822 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 2006 | Local (Prefecture of Thessaloniki) | 25,655 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2009 | European | 178,964 | 3.49 | 1 |
| 2010 | Local (peripheries) | | 2.9 | 11/725 |
| 2014 | Local (peripheries) | | | 26/703 |
| 2014 | European | 51,673 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2019 | European | 49,418 | 0.87 | 0 |
| 2019 | Local | 44,078 | 0.81 | 4/704 |

## Affiliations

* European Green Party