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Alternativa (Italian Political Party)
Alternativa ( en, Alternative, A or Alt) is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. It was established in February 2021 as a parliamentary sub-group of the Mixed Group named L'Alternativa c'è ( en, There is an Alternative). Its members are former deputies of the Five Star Movement who were expelled from the party for having voted against Mario Draghi's government. On 15 November 2021, Alternative became a full-fledged party and adopted its current name. The party's three senators sat in the Constitution, Environment, Labour group. History Following the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the Five Star Movement (M5S) asked its members to vote on the party's support to Mario Draghi's government. The party's members approved the online referendum with 59.3% of votes. During the investiture votes in the Parliament on 17–18 February 2021 for the Draghi government, 15 senators and 16 deputies voted against the new cabinet, being immediately expelled by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Italian General Election
The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 21 July, and called for new elections. Regional elections in Sicily were held on the same day. The results of the general election showed the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, a radical-right political party with neo-fascist roots, winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. Meloni was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 22 October, becoming the first woman to hold that position. In a record-low voter turnout, Meloni's party became the largest in Parliament with 26% of the vote; as per the pre-election agreement among the centre-right coalition parties, she became the prime ministerial candidate supported by the winning coalition. The League and Forza Italia suffered losses, polling 8% each, and Us Moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution, Environment, Labour
Constitution, Environment, Labour ( it, Costituzione, Ambiente, Lavoro, CAL), whose full name is United for the Constitution – C.A.L. (Constitution, Environment, Labour) – Alternative – PC – Italy Again – Project SMART – IdV ( it, Uniti per la Costituzione – C.A.L. (Costituzione, Ambiente, Lavoro) – Alternativa – PC – Ancora Italia – Progetto SMART – IdV), is a heterogeneous populist, Eurosceptic, and mainly left-wing parliamentary group active in the Senate of the Republic. All of its members were elected for the Five Star Movement (M5S) in the 2018 Italian general election. History The groups's forbear was C.A.L. (Constitution, Environment, Labour)–IdV, which was briefly active in January 2022. In April 2022, the group was eventually relaunched with the participation of senators from Alternative, the Communist Party, and Italy of Values, plus some non-party independents. Mattia Crucioli was elected as the group's president. Since its establishment, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italexit (political Party)
Italexit, whose complete name is Italexit for Italy ( it, Italexit per l'Italia), is a Eurosceptic political party in Italy, which advocates the country's exit from the eurozone and the European Union. Its founder and current leader is Gianluigi Paragone, senator and former TV journalist, who has defined himself as a "conservative", and presented Italexit as a "conservative party". da Paragone opposes Italy's membership in the NATO alliance. History In January 2020, Five Star Movement (M5S) senator and former journalistParagone has been editor of Lega Nord's newspaper '' La Padania,'' deputy editor of the '' Libero'' newspaper, and host of several talk shows on Rai 2 and La7. Gianluigi Paragone, known for his Eurosceptic stance, was expelled from the party after he abstained in the vote of confidence for the government, which was supported by M5S and the Democratic Party, and had also voted against the 2022 budget. In the following months, Paragone was speaking about a new party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Paragone
Gianluigi Paragone (born 7 August 1971) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Paragone was born in Varese in 1971. After working as a journalist for a local newspaper and a local television network, Paragone became editor of ''La Padania'', the official newspaper of the Northern League. Subsequently, he worked for the newspaper ''Libero'', of which he was deputy editor and (for a short period) acting editor to replace Vittorio Feltri. In 2009, he presented the political talk show ''Malpensa Italia'', aired in late evening on Rai 2. On 5 August 2009 he was appointed deputy director of Rai 1, thus abandoning the management of ''Libero''. On 24 September 2009, Paragone left the Rai 1 vice-direction to become vice-director of Rai 2. From 15 January 2010, he led the political talk show ''L'ultima parola'' on Rai 2. In 2013, he resigned as deputy director of Rai 2 and left the RAI. Subsequently, he switched to La 7, where he led the talk shows ''La gabbia'' (2013–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one of the largest naval powers of the continent and considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattia Crucioli
Mattia is an Italian given name for males and, less frequently, females. Also a surname, it may refer to: Given name * Mattia Altobelli (born 1983), professional Italian footballer * Mattia Battistini (1856–1928), Italian operatic baritone *Mattia Benedetti, Italian painter *Mattia Biso (born 1977), Italian midfielder for Frosinone Calcio *Mattia Bodano (born 1990), Italian midfielder * Mattia Bortoloni (1696–1750), Italian painter of the Rococo period *Mattia Cadorin (mid 17th century), an Italian engraver and publisher who flourished at Padua c. 1648 *Mattia Carpanese (born 1985 in Padova, Italy), a speedway rider *Mattia Cassani (born 1983), Italian footballer *Mattia Cherubini (born 1988), Italian professional football player *Mattia Coletti (born 1984), Italian ski mountaineer * Mattia Dal Bello (born 1984), Italian professional football player *Mattia de Rossi (1637–1695), Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and surrounding towns *Mattia De Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Italian Local Elections
The 2022 Italian local elections were held in various Italian local communities on 12 June 2022, with a run-off round on 26 June. Local elections in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol were held on 15 May, with a second ballot on 29 May, while local elections in Aosta Valley on 29 May, with a second ballot on 12 June. Elections took place in 980 out of 7,904 municipalities, 26 of which were provincial capitals. Mayors and city councils were elected for the ordinary five-year terms, lasting till 2027. Voting system The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system, voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives 50% of votes during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party (Italy)
The Communist Party (''Partito Comunista'', PC) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Italy, founded in 2009. It defines itself as "the revolutionary political vanguard organization of the working class in Italy". Since 2013, it is part of the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE), of which it is one of the founder parties and still the representative for Italy. History The party was founded on 3 July 2009 by Marco Rizzo as Communists – Popular Left (''Comunisti – Sinistra Popolare''). On 21 January 2012 the party changed its name to Communists Popular Left – Communist Party (''Comunisti Sinistra Popolare – Partito Comunista''). On 17 January 2014 the party finally took the current name. The PC presented its lists of candidates in some municipalities for the 2016 Italian local elections. At the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, the PC took the side of "No", considering the constitutional reform as an attempt functionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Italian General Election
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections. No party or coalition gained an absolute majority in the parliament, even though the centre-right coalition won a plurality of seats as a coalition, and the Five Star Movement (M5S) won a plurality of seats as an individual party. The centre-right coalition, whose main party was the right-wing League led by Matteo Salvini, emerged with a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishment M5S led by Luigi Di Maio became the party with the largest number of votes. The centre-left coalition, led by former Prime Minister M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Civic List
The Popular Civic List ( it, Civica Popolare, CP) was a centrist coalition of political parties in Italy. Its leader is Beatrice Lorenzin, minister of Health from 2013 to 2018 and member of Popular Alternative. History CP participated in the 2018 general election within the centre-left coalition centred on the Democratic Party (PD), along with Together (notably including the Italian Socialist Party) and the liberal More Europe. The CP coalition's symbol consisted in a stylised peony, Lorenzin's name and the logos of Italy of Values, the Centrists for Europe (CpE), the Union for Trentino, Italy is Popular and Popular Alternative Popular Alternative ( it, Alternativa Popolare, AP) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD), one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The P ... (AP). The coalition also included Solidary Democracy, Popular Italy and the Christian Popular U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy Of Values
Italy of Values ( it, Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former '' Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the party in 2014. IdV has aimed at gathering and giving voice to different sectors of the Italian society. From the beginning of its existence one of its major issues has been the so-called "moral issue". In the early 2010s, IdV was eclipsed by the new-born Five Star Movement, founded by comedian Beppe Grillo, which used the same populist and anti-corruption rhetoric. History Background and formation (1996–2001) Antonio Di Pietro was minister of Public Works in the Prodi I Cabinet from May to November 1996, when he resigned because he was under investigation in Brescia. In November 1997 Di Pietro was elected senator for The Olive Tree in a by-election in Mugello, a stronghold of the Democrats of the Left (DS) in Tuscany, with 67.7% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignazio Messina
Ignazio Messina (born 24 July 1964) is an Italian lawyer and politician. He is the current leader of Italy of Values. Biography Ignazio Messina was born in Palermo on 24 July 1964, from a family of magistrates and University professors. In 1991 he was one of the founders of The Network, political party led by Leoluca Orlando, and was candidate in the Sicilian regional election, without being elected. In 1993 he was elected Major of Sciacca and was confirmed again in 1997. In 1998 he joined Italy of Values, party led by the former magistrate Antonio Di Pietro. In 1999 his mandate as Mayor was interrupted by a motion of distrust approved by the City Council; Leoluca Orlando held a meeting to defend Messina and accused the city councilors of collusion with the mafia: for that event Orlando was condemned, with a final sentence, for defamation. In the general election of 2001 Messina was candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, but he was not elected. In 2004 he was again a candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
