For the first time the Francophone green party Ecolo took part in some UF lists at the municipal level for the 2006 elections, only in municipalities with language facilities, and got several candidates elected, including an alderman (échevin) in Linkebeek, Franklin Audag.B.D., Périphérie: l'UF fait la force, Tribune de Bruxelles, October 12, 2006 Beforehand the party had always chosen to support the lists of its Flemish counterpart Groen!, with or without the inclusion of an Ecolo candidate. But the party refused to take part in the UF list for the Flemish regional elections in 2009.Ludivine Nolf, Écolo, grande absente de la liste UF en périphérie, La Dernière Heure, May 12, 2009
