L'Italia c'è

Centrist liberal political party in Italy

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L'Italia c'è (lit. 'Italy Is There') is a liberal political party in Italy.

History

After the argument between the former vice secretary Piercamillo Falasca and the secretary Benedetto Della Vedova about the rules for the membership admission for the 2021 More Europe leadership election, Falasca left the party.^[1]^[2] Falasca then launched European Italy (formerly presented as a list for the 2019 leadership election of More Europe, +E) as a fully-fledged association, with the goal of building a new party autonomous from the two main coalitions.^[3] The new party was officially launched on 7 February 2022 by Falasca and Gianfranco Librandi, deputy for Italia Viva.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

On 27 July, for the 2022 Italian general election in September, the party rebranded itself as an electoral list called National Civic List (Italian: Lista Civica Nazionale) following the joining of mayors and local administrators, notably the former mayor of Parma and Italia in Comune leader Federico Pizzarotti and the former Minister of Transport and Federated Mezzogiorno party leader Claudio Signorile.^[8] The party sought an alliance with the centre-left coalition but instead decided to run with Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva party due to their refusal to join the Civic Commitment list led by Luigi Di Maio.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] Separately from Pizzarotti, fellow leading Italia in Comune member Alessio Pascucci organised the National Civic Agenda/Network,^[13] and he joined Civic Commitment.^[14]^[15]^[16] Later in August 2022, Pizzarotti and Falasca announced the breakup with Italia Viva and Action due to not having received offers of nominations in competitive constituencies.^[17] Librandi, another leading L'Italia c'è member,^[18] stood as a candidate for +E.^[19]

In late 2022, Falasca and Pizzarotti re-joined +E.^[20] In March 2023 the party was admitted to the European Democratic Party.^[21]

References

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^ Accardi, Leonardo (9 February 2022). "L'Italia c'è, parla Emanuele Pinelli". AlterThink (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ Caccia, Fabrizio (8 October 2022). "Si rivede Signorile, numero due di Bettino Craxi:«Io sto con Pizzarotti, sono un facilitatore»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ "Pizzarotti lancia la Lista Civica Nazionale per il centrosinistra". la Repubblica (in Italian). 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ TG24, Sky. "Elezioni, Pizzarotti: 'Lista civica nazionale corre con Italia viva'". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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^ "Politiche, Pascucci scalda i motori". www.civonline.it. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ redazione, La (11 August 2022). "Agenda Nazionale Civica: presentata da Di Maio e Pascucci". Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Di Maio su Calenda: "Con i bulli porgere l'altra guancia" - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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^ "Pizzarotti rompe con il Terzo polo e annuncia: non sarò candidato". Askanews (in Italian). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ ""L'Italia c'è", nasce l'associazione del deputato di Iv Librandi che vuole Sala leader riformista. Il sindaco: "Ricostruzioni fantasiose"". 18 June 2022.
^ "Il saronnese Librandi lascia Italia Viva e va con +Europa". 22 August 2022.
^ "+Europa, nuovo ticket alla guida del partito di Emma Bonino: Magi segretario al posto di della Vedova, Federico Pizzarotti presidente". 26 February 2023.
^ European Democrats [@PDE_EDP] (29 March 2023). "Another warm welcome to our new Italian member party @litaliace ! 🇮🇹🇪🇺" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Twitter.