Red and Green Facets of Political Ecology Accounting for Electoral Prospects in Greece

As in many other European political arenas, political ecology in Greece is represented by two currents which in the past have converged in a common platform and now are represented by two competing political parties. Any appraisal of Greece’s present predicament and future prospects has to incorporate the country in the general European discussion by analyzing the electoral performance of similar political forces in other European contexts. In this way it becomes apparent that the successful electoral performance of both currents when they compete with one another is very unlikely. The reasons behind the insistence of both currents to continue operating independently from one another, in the face of this evidence, can only be appreciated by employing a diachronic account of developments in both the green and red expressions of political ecology in Greece since the emergence of the first green party in the turbulent days of 1989.