Popular Area

Popular Area Area Popolare

Leader	Angelino Alfano
Founded	11–16 December 2014
Dissolved	21–29 March 2017
Ideology	Centrism Christian democracy Conservatism
Political position	Centre to Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	EPP Group
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Popular Area (Italian: Area Popolare, AP) was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

"Popular" was a reference to popolarismo, the Italian variety of Christian democracy.

History

The groups, launched in December 2014, originally included 34 deputies and 36 senators, comprising the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Union of the Centre (UdC), some dissidents from Civic Choice (SC) and a splinter from the Five Star Movement (M5S).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The UdC and most former SC members were previously affiliated to the For Italy groups.

In the 2015 regional elections, Popular Area ran lists in Veneto, Liguria and Tuscany. In Campania and Umbria the names "Popular Campania" and "For Popular Umbria" were used, respectively. Finally, in Marche and Apulia, the NCD (without the UdC) formed a joint list with Marche 2020 and Francesco Schittulli's movement, respectively, under the Popular Area banner. The best results were obtained in Apulia (6.0%), Campania (4.0%) and Marche (4.0%); in Apulia and Marche the UdC, which was in alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), scored 6.0% and 3.4%, respectively.

In the run-up of the 2016 constitutional referendum the UdC campaigned for the "No", while the NCD was among the keenest supporters of the "Yes". After the referendum, which saw a huge defeat of the "Yes" side, the UdC left Popular Area altogether. However, some UdC splinters, notably including Pier Ferdinando Casini, Gianpiero D'Alia and Gian Luca Galletti, launched an alternative party named Centrists for Europe (CpE) and confirmed their alliance with the NCD within Popular Area.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In March 2017 the NCD was dissolved into Popular Alternative (AP) and also Popular Area was set aside.

Composition

The alliance was originally composed by the following two parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	New Centre-Right (NCD)	Conservatism Christian democracy	Angelino Alfano
	Union of the Centre (UdC)	Christian democracy Social conservatism	Pier Ferdinando Casini Lorenzo Cesa

Since December 2016, the alliance is composed by the following parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	New Centre-Right (NCD)	Conservatism Christian democracy	Angelino Alfano
	Centrists for Europe (CpE)	Christian democracy Centrism	Pier Ferdinando Casini Gianpiero D'Alia

Electoral results

Regional Councils

Region	Latest election	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won
Abruzzo	2014	40,219 (#4)	5.9	1 / 31
Apulia	2015	101,817 (#7)	6.0	4 / 51
Campania	2015	133,753 (#5)	5.9	1 / 51
Emilia-Romagna	2014	31,635 (#7)	2.6	0 / 50
Liguria	2015	9,269 (#9)	1.7	1 / 31
Marche	2015	21,049 (#7)	4.0	1 / 31
Piedmont	2014	49,059 (#7)	2.5	0 / 50
Tuscany	2015	15,808 (#8)	1.2	0 / 41
Umbria	2015	9,285 (#9)	2.6	0 / 20
Veneto	2015	37,937 (#11)	2.0	1 / 51

Leadership

Group Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Nunzia De Girolamo (2014–2015), Maurizio Lupi (2015–2017)
Group Leader in the Senate: Maurizio Sacconi (2014–2015), Renato Schifani (2015–2016), Laura Bianconi (2016–2017)

References

Political parties in Italy
Major	Democratic Party Five Star Movement
Medium	Forza Italia Lega Nord Democratic and Progressive Movement Popular Alternative
Minor	Brothers of Italy Green Italy Italy of Values Italian Left Direction Italy Liberal Popular Alliance Democrazia Solidale Union of the Centre Civic Choice Italian Socialist Party Act! Identity and Action Possible Centrists for Europe Free Alternative Us with Salvini Democratic Centre Forza Europa Energies for Italy Movement for the Autonomies Great South National Movement for Sovereignty Italian Communist Party Communist Refoundation Party Federation of the Greens Pensioners' Party
Regional	Aosta Valley Valdostan Union Progressive Valdostan Union Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Edelweiss For Our Valley Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss Piedmont Lega Nord Piemont Moderates Lombardy Lega Lombarda South Tyrol South Tyrolean People's Party Die Freiheitlichen Greens South Tyrolean Freedom Citizens' Union for South Tyrol Alto Adige in the Heart Trentino Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party Union for Trentino Trentino Project Lega Nord Trentino Trentino Civic List Administer Trentino Ladin Autonomist Union Veneto Liga Veneta Veneto for Autonomy We Independent Veneto Venetian Independence Venetian Centre-Right Friuli-Venezia Giulia Responsible Autonomy Lega Nord FVG Civic Freedom Slovene Union Emilia-Romagna Lega Nord Emilia Lega Nord Romagna Liguria Lega Nord Liguria Tuscany Lega Nord Toscana Marche Lega Nord Marche Umbria Lega Nord Umbria Campania We the South Apulia Schittulli Political Movement Basilicata Reality Italy Calabria The DemoKRats Autonomy and Rights Sicily Centrists for Sicily Pact of Democrats for Reforms Party of Sicilians Democratic Sicily The Network 2018 Sardinia Sardinian Reformers Sardinian Action Party Unidos Project Republic of Sardinia Party of Sardinians Red Moors Sardinian Democratic Union Christian Popular Union
Abroad	South America Associative Movement Italians Abroad South American Union Italian Emigrants
Parliament	Chamber and Senate Mixed Group Chamber Civics and Innovators Senate For the Autonomies Great Autonomies and Freedom Federation of Freedom
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