Italian Renewal ( it, Rinnovamento Italiano, RI) was a

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and

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. The party was a member of The Olive Tree and

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, while also affiliated to the

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from 1998 to 2004.

History

Originally the Dini List – Italian Renewal (''Lista Dini – Rinnovamento Italiano)'', the party was founded in 1996 by

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, the outgoing

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, along with former

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, Liberals,

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, Republicans and

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. The party joined The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by

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 ...

. In the 1996 general election RI gave hospitality in its electoral lists to the Italian Socialists (SI), the

Segni Pact The Segni Pact ( it, Patto Segni), officially called Pact of National Rebirth (''Patto di Rinascita Nazionale''), was a Christian-democratic, centrist and liberal political party in Italy. The party was founded and named after Mario Segni, a form ...

(PS) and the

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(MID). The Dini List won 4.3% of the vote, winning 26 seats at the

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: *10 ''Diniani'' (Dini, Augusto Fantozzi,

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, Natale D'Amico, Ernesto Stajano, Gianni Marongiu, Pierluigi Petrini, Andrea Guarino, Paolo Ricciotti, Lucio Testa); *8 PS ( Diego Masi, Giuseppe Bicocchi, Elisa Pozza Tasca,

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, Antonino Mangiacavallo, Gianantonio Mazzocchin,

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, Paolo Manca); *7 SI (

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, Giuseppe Albertini,

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, Giovanni Crema, Leone Delfino, Sergio Fumagalli, Roberto Villetti); *1 MID ( Aldo Brancati). The list also won 11 seats at the

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: *5 SI ( Ottaviano Del Turco,

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); *4 ''Diniani'' ( Mario D'Urso, Bianca Maria Fiorillo, Angelo Giorgianni, Adriano Ossicini); *1 PS ( Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini); *1 MID ( Giovanni Bruni). After the election Dini became

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and Treu minister of Labour in the

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. In 1998 the party was admitted into the

and at the

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obtained 1.1% of the vote and one MEP,

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. In October 2001 the party joined the

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ( it, Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a centrist political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties within ...

(DL), an

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of centrist parties which merged to become a unified party in March 2002. RI members in DL formed a faction within the party, named simply Renewal, consisting of around 10% of the party members. In 2007 several members of this association including Dini broke away from to form the Liberal Democrats upon DL's merger with the

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to form the

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Electoral results

Italian Parliament

European Parliament

Symbols

Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,1996-1999).svg, Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,1999-2001).svg, Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,2001-2002).svg,

References

{{Historical Italian political parties Political parties established in 1996 Political parties disestablished in 2002 Defunct political parties in Italy Centrist parties in Italy 1996 establishments in Italy 2002 disestablishments in Italy Liberal parties in Italy Pro-European political parties in Italy9