Together ( it, Insieme), whose complete name was Italy Europe Together (''Italia Europa Insieme'', IEI), was a broadly progressive coalition of

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that was part of the

centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-sinistra) is an political alliance, alliance of list of political parties in Italy, political parties in Italy active, under several forms and names, since 1995 when The Olive Tree (Italy), Th ...

for the 2018 general election.

History

During 2017 there were lengthy talks on the creation of an electoral list to the left of the

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(PD), within the PD-led

. In this process

Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia (; born 20 May 1949) is an Italian lawyer, politician, former mayor of Milan, former member of the Italian Parliament and member of the European Parliament. As a politician, he has been a member of two left-wing parties, first P ...

, a former

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, launched the

Progressive Camp The Progressive Camp ( it, Campo Progressista, CP) was a left-wing political party in Italy. Its leader was Giuliano Pisapia, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–2006) for the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and later mayor of ...

(CP) and long pondered the possibility of leading the proposed list, including minor established parties, assorted leftists and, most notably, former members of

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(SEL) – which had been folded into the more radical

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(SI). In December, after Pisapia's retirement and the dissolution of the CP, Riccardo Nencini,

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and

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, respectively leaders of the

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(PSI), the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. T ...

(FdV) and Civic Area (AC), launched Together in order to participate in the 2018 general election as a part of the centre-left coalition, along with

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(+E) and the

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(CP). Together's logo was styled on that of The Olive Tree, a broad centre-left coalition active from 1995 to 2007 (when its main components were merged into the PD). Some of Pisapia's followers launched the

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(AP) and looked set to join Together, However, after tensions with Together leaders, it was announced that AP had signed an agreement with +E, already composed of the

Italian Radicals The Italian Radicals ( it, Radicali Italiani, RI) is a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy. Founded on 14 July 2001 with Daniele Capezzone as their first secretary, the party describes itself as "''liberale'', ''liberista'' nd''lib ...

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and the Democratic Centre, also with the centre-left. In the election the list obtained a mere 0.6% of the vote and no seats. However, two of its members elected in single-seat constituencies: Nencini (PSI) to the Senate in

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and

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(AC) to the Chamber in

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. On 2 December 2018 the

left Together, ending ''de facto'' the alliance.

Composition

Election results

Italian Parliament

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Together 2017 establishments in Italy Political parties established in 2017 Defunct political party alliances in Italy