X Movement (''Movimento X'', MX), later Project For – X Movement (''Progetto Per - Movimento X''), is a populist

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founded in 2014 by some senators expelled from the

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. The leader of the party is the former Senator

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, while the national spokesperson is Giampaolo Sablich, her husband and former city councilor of Busto Arsizio. The party is inspired by the Spanish Podemos party. MX was launched in July 2014 by four senators who had left (or had been expelled from) the

(M5S), a populist party which had come first in the

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, over disagreements with

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's and Gianroberto Casaleggio's leadership, but did not want to team up with the already-existent

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. During 2015

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left the party in order to join, along with

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(another ex-M5S senator formerly affiliated to Italy Work in Progress), the Federation of the Greens, while

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left to join Italy of Values.

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left later, leaving

as the party's only senator. In 2021 Laura Bignami was a candidate for mayor of

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with the support of the X Movement, but she scored just 1.6% of the vote.COMUNE DI BUSTO ARSIZIO Elezioni Comunali
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References

External links

Official website
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