Giuseppe "Pippo" Civati (born 4 August 1975) is an Italian politician and publisher, former leader of Possible and a member of the

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from 2013 to 2018.

Biography

Comunal and Regional experiences

Very close to

Romano Prodi Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prim ...

, Civati was elected to the City Council of

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

in 1997 and the following year he became city secretary of the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...

. From 2002 to 2004 Civati has been a member of the provincial secretariat of the DS in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, while from 2005 to 2006 he has been a member of the regional secretariat of the party in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

. On April 2005, Civati was elected in the Regional Council of

In the Democratic Party

After

Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni (; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist, and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He serve ...

's resignation, on the occasion of the 2009 Democratic Party primaries, Civati supported

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. Together with

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been ...

, Civati started in 2010 the Leopolda convention, being a member of the current of ''Rottamatori'' (Scrappers). With the passing years, Civati became critical of Renzi's positions and the two split. With the 2013 election, Civati is elected to the

and promoted a dialogue between his party and 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 ...

. Civati criticized the decision to form a government with

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

, so he didn't support the

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and later voted against the

Renzi Cabinet The Renzi government was the 63rd government of the Italian Republic, in office from February 2014 to December 2016. It was led by Matteo Renzi, secretary and leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD). The government was composed of membe ...

. Civati ran for the role of Secretary of the PD in occasion of the 2013 primaries, but was defeated by

. When Renzi became

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, Civati began to clash with the leadership of the party, until he decided to leave the

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in May 2015 and founded a new

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

party named Possible.

Free and Equal

Possible was one of the founder parties of the

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 ...

Free and Equal coalition. Civati ran for the

in occasion of the 2018 election, but failed the election and later resigned from the office of Secretary of Possible.

2019 European Parliament election

On the occasion of the 2019 European Parliament election Civati he was a candidate on the

Green Europe Green Europe ( it, Europa Verde, EV), officially Green Europe – Greens (''Europa Verde – Verdi''), is a green political party in Italy. Its leaders are Angelo Bonelli, long-time leader of the former Federation of the Greens, and Eleonora Evi, ...

list. After that an article by

Il Foglio ''Il Foglio'' (English: "The Paper") is an Italian centrist daily newspaper with circulation around 25.000 copies per day (with an overall spread of 47.000). It was founded in 1996 by the Italian journalist and politician Giuliano Ferrara after ...

reported that two candidates on the list (Giuliana Farinaro and Elvira Maria Vernengo) had received support from the

Green Front The Green Front ( it, Fronte Verde, FV), whose complete name is Green Front – Independent Ecologists ( it, Fronte Verde – Ecologisti Indipendenti, FVEI), is a small green political party in Italy, led by Vincenzo Galizia, a former leader of ...

(led by Vincenzo Galizia, former leader of the youth section of the

Tricolour Flame The Social Movement Tricolour Flame ( it, Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore, MSFT), commonly known as Tricolour Flame (''Fiamma Tricolore''), is a neo-fascist political party in Italy. History The party was started by the more radical members ...

), Civati withdrew (informally) his candidacy and suspended his election campaign. Civati was the most voted candidate on the list with 12,247 preferences, but he was not elected because EV got only 2.29% of the votes, below the 4% threshold established by the Italian electoral law.

References

External links

Official blog
*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Civati, Giuseppe 1975 births Living people People from Monza Democratic Party of the Left politicians Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Possible (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Members of the Regional Council of Lombardy University of Milan alumni