Constitution, Environment, Labour ( it, Costituzione, Ambiente, Lavoro, CAL), whose full name is United for the Constitution – C.A.L. (Constitution, Environment, Labour) –

Alternative Alternative or alternate may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' * ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film * ''The 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

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, and mainly

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

parliamentary group active in the Senate of the Republic. All of its members were elected for the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

(M5S) in the

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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

, the

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, and

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 par ...

, plus some non-party independents.

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 *Mat ...

was elected as the group's president. Since its establishment, CAL opposed

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and any intervention in the

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. In the 2022 local elections, Crucioli ran for mayor in

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, where he was supported by other parties composing CAL, as well as other populist and Eurosceptic parties including

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 P ...

's Italexit, and obtained 3.7% of the vote. The alliance was named United for the Constitution, which was later incorporated in the group's official name. In June 2022, group member Bianca Laura Granato joined Italy Again, a populist and Eurosceptic party founded by

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. In the run-up of the 2022 general election, Alternative briefly joined forces with Italexit (the alliance was dissolved by Alternative due to allegations about the presence of neofascist candidates within Italexit's lists), while the Communist Party and Italy Again launched Sovereign and Popular Italy.

Composition

Leadership

*President: Mattia Crucioli (2022–present) *Vice President: Bianca Laura Granato (2022–present)

References

{{Italian political parties Parliamentary groups in Italy