Populars for Italy

Populars for Italy
Popolari per l'Italia
President Mario Mauro
Founded 28 January 2014
Split from Civic Choice
Ideology Christian democracy[1]
Political position Centre
National affiliation For Italy (Chamber)
GAL (Senate)
European affiliation European People's Party
Chamber of Deputies
2 / 630
Senate
3 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Website
www.popolariperlitalia.org
Politics of Italy
Political parties
Elections

Populars for Italy (Italian: Popolari per l'Italia, PpI) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy led by Mario Mauro, minister of Defence in Letta Cabinet and, previously, long-serving MEP for Forza Italia.

On 11 September 2014 the PpI were officially accepted into the European People's Party (EPP).[2][3]

History

The party was launched in November 2013 by splinters from Civic Choice led by Mario Mauro and Lorenzo Dellai.[4] Soon after, it formed joint parliamentary groups, named For Italy, with the Union of the Centre (UdC), while being part of Enrico Letta's government.[5][6][7] According to party leaders, the PpI would have soon merged with the UdC to form a new "centrist" party.[8]

The party was officially founded on 28 January 2014. In the meantime, Mauro was appointed president.[9][10]

In February 2014 Mauro was not confirmed as minister of Defence in Renzi Cabinet, but the PpI joined the government with one deputy minister (Andrea Olivero at Agriculture) and three under-secretaries.[11]

In the 2014 European Parliament election the party externally supported the New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre joint list.

In July 2014 the PpI suffered the defection of its left-wing faction (composed by the majority of the party's MPs: eight deputies out of twelve and two senators out of eight), led by Dellai, Olivero, Mario Marazziti, Mario Giro and Lucio Romano, who launched Solidary Democracy (Demo.S). The new party re-affirmed the strategic alliance with Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party, while the PpI considered it temporary and wanted to restructure the centre-right camp instead.[12][13][14][15]

By November the PpI were reduced to two deputies and three senators. After an interview by Mauro to Il Giornale,[16] it was hinted that the party was to end supporting Renzi Cabinet.[17][18] According to Mauro, the party's goal was that of dissolving Italy's EPP-member parties (Forza Italia, New Centre-Right, UdC and PpI) and forming a joint centre-right party.[19] Consequently, the three PpI senators left For Italy in order to join Great Autonomies and Freedom,[20] a centre-right miscellaneous group, formed by other four center-right parties (Great South, Autonomy South, Movement for the Autonomies, New Italian Socialist Party), but the PpI continued to participate in the government with two under-secretaries, Domenico Rossi (Defense) and Angela D'Onghia (Education).

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ http://www.epp.eu/epp-concerned-over-actions-radical-islamic-militant-groups-and-over-latest-political-developments
  3. ↑ Ncd: Quagliariello, accolti con voto unanime in famiglia Ppe
  4. ↑ http://www.corriere.it/politica/13_novembre_23/mauro-presenta-popolari-l-italia-elettori-comune-ncd-ma-idee-diverse-f2299454-5449-11e3-b3cc-01de6c91b992.shtml
  5. ↑ Nasce “Per l’Italia” gruppo di popolari fuoriusciti da scelta civica
  6. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2013/12/12/popolari-mauro-ripartono-milano-ecco-chi/
  7. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2013/12/14/popolari-mauro-milano/
  8. ↑ Così i popolari per l’Italia si preparano alle Europee. Parola di Lucio Romano - Formiche
  9. ↑ Centro: nasce movimento 'Popolari per l'Italia', presidente Mauro - ASCA.it
  10. ↑ Lo schema delle alleanze dei Popolari di Mauro - Formiche
  11. ↑ Internazionale » I sottosegretari del governo Renzi
  12. ↑ L'ultima bufera tra i Popolari di Mauro: Dellai, Olivero e Giro fondano Democrazia Solidale - Formiche
  13. ↑ Centro: nasce 'Demo.S-Democrazia Solidale', Dellai-Olivero tra promotori - ASCA.it
  14. ↑ Così ripartono i Popolari senza Dellai e Olivero. Parla Mauro - Formiche
  15. ↑ Perché puntiamo a un'alleanza con il Pd. Parla Dellai - Formiche
  16. ↑ http://www.popolariperlitalia.org/la-collaborazione-fra-moderati-e-sinistra-e-giunta-al-capolinea-lintervento-di-mario-mauro/
  17. ↑ http://www.direttanews.it/2014/11/13/senato-mario-mauro-in-fuga-dalla-maggioranza/
  18. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2014/11/13/perche-i-popolari-mauro-passano-allopposizione/
  19. ↑ http://www.popolariperlitalia.org/unita-popolari-passa-attraverso-scioglimento-partiti-esistenti/
  20. ↑ http://www.senato.it/Leg17/4244

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