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image by M. Schmöger, 23 April 2013
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I first became aware of this flag at a rally on February 27, 2010. In late 2009, the Green Federation (Federazione dei Verdi) at first, then also the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano), stepped out of the coalition called Sinistra e Libertà. The three members left were joined by the Associazione Ecologisti (Ecologists Association), and the coalition turned into a movement, adding 'Ecology' to its name. Although the word 'and' is not featured in the logo, the party is commonly known all the same as 'Left Ecology and Liberty'.
The flag is an evolution of the previous pattern: the logo is
round, centrally positioned on a red background, and has the same
size as before, although it now has a black outline. The upper
part (about 3/5 of the whole logo) is white, and the remaining
lower part is red; the division line between the two parts is no
longer straight but curved, forming an upper convexity. The three
words that form the name of the movement are spelt over the upper
part in red, green and black letters, respectively; the first two
words are in lowercase Helvetica font, the last one in uppercase
freehand script and features a red accent over the last letter.
In the lower part of the logo are the words 'con Vendola' (with
Vendola) in white lowercase Helvetica font, referring to the
leader of the movement, Nichi Vendola (his name is spelt in
larger letters than 'con').
Left Ecology and Liberty will take part in the forthcoming
regional elections, scheduled on March 28-29, 2010.
Andrea Pollett, 20 March 2010
SEL (Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà = Left Ecology Freedom)
The SEL was
founded in 2009/2010 as a continuation of the earlier Sinistra e Libertà
alliance. However, several of the original alliance members (mainly the
FdV and the
PSI) did not take part. So it was a merger
of Sinistra Democratica (SD), Movimento per la Sinistra (MpS), Unire la Sinistra
(UlS) and Associazione Ecologisti (AE). SEL is led by Nichi Vendola (formerly
MpS), president of Apulia. For the February 2013 elections it was part of the
center-left alliance. It holds 36 seats in the Camera dei Deputati and 7 seats
in the Senato.
The party symbol is white over red; in the white field the
inscription "sinistra" (red), ecologia (green), libertà (black). The electoral
symbol adds the white inscription "con Vendola" in the red field. The mainly
used flag is red and shows the electoral symbol [1,2,3,4].
Sources:
[1] flag no. 177 in Italian political flags collection Schmöger, from MpS Roma.
[2]
http://parmachecambia.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/05042012268.jpg
[3]
http://www.eugeniobaronti.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bandiere-SINISTRA-E-LIBERT%C3%A0.jpg
[4]
http://www.sinistraecologialiberta-roma1m.org/spip/IMG/jpg/sinistra_ecologia_liberta_roma.jpg
M. Schmöger, 23 April 2013