Animalist Movement
Animalist Movement Movimento Animalista | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Michela Brambilla |
| Founded | 20 May 2017 |
| Ideology |
Animal rights Green liberalism Green conservatism |
| Political position | Big tent[1] |
| Website | |
| www.movimentoanimalista.it | |
The Animalist Movement (Italian: Movimento Animalista, MA) is a sister party of and, practically, a faction within Forza Italia (FI), a centre-right political party in Italy. MA's aim is to protect animal rights.[2]
Its leader is Michela Brambilla, Minister of Tourism (2009–2011) in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government),[3] but also Berlusconi is a member. During the party's founding event, Berlusconi stated that the MA could gain 20% of the vote in the next Italian general election[4] and Brambilla stressed that it was attracting people from several cultural and political backgrounds.
Supporters/members include Fiona Swarovski Fiona Swarowski, Rita Dalla Chiesa, Marina Ripa di Meana, Andrea Roncato, and Carla Rocchi Carla Rocchi, president of the Animal Protection National Body (ENPA) association and former member of the Italian Parliament (elected in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2001) for the Federation of the Greens, a party she left in 2001 because she perceived it as too leftist (according to her, the party's shift to left caused its decline).[5][6]
References
- ↑ Brambilla e il partito degli animalisti: «Noi trasversali, parliamo con tutti»
- ↑ Berlusconi tiene a battesimo il Movimento animalista: «Può valere il 20% alle elezioni»
- ↑ Nasce il partito “Dalla parte degli animali”, guidato da Michela Vittoria Brambilla
- ↑ Milano, Berlusconi fonda un nuovo partito: "Movimento animalista, alle elezioni potrebbe arrivare al 20%"
- ↑ http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_maggio_23/ex-verdi-altri-il-partito-animalista-berlusconi-ha-capito-30cfdaf4-3f26-11e7-a386-529fb6dcf067.shtml
- ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/05/22/news/la_scissione_animalista_il_nuovo_partito_spacca_destra_e_sinistra-166052185