Ideology Green politics
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IDEA (IDEA, acronym for Environmentalist Ethic Democratic Italy, Italia Democratica Etica Ambientalista) is a green and Christian leftist political party active in Veneto, Italy.
The party was launched by Fabio Salviato, president of Banca Etica, the pioneer of ethical banking in Italy which has its headquarters in Padua, Veneto, along with Gianfranco Bettin, regional councillor, and the regional section of the Federation of the Greens. IDEA, which is also called List for Veneto (Lista per il Veneto), will run in the 2010 regional election, and has proposed Salviato as joint candidate of the centre-left.
IDEA is thus formed by two distinct components: the Solid Ethic Movement (Movimento Etico Solidale, MES), led by Salviato, and the Greens of Veneto, led by Bettin.
In the election the List won only 0.7% (down from 3.0% of the Greens in 2005) and no councillors.