Italia in Comune (IiC, English: ''Italy in Common'') is a

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and progressive

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. It was founded in April 2018 by mayor of

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

Federico Pizzarotti Federico Pizzarotti (born 7 October 1973) is an Italian politician, who served as mayor of Parma from 2012 to 2022. He was member of the Five Star Movement, and is now leader of Italia in Comune. He became the first Five Star Movement mayor in ...

, other former members of the Five Star Movement and local non-party independent politicians generally affiliated with the

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History

In October 2016, mayor of Parma

left the Five Star Movement (M5S) due to disagreements with the movement's founder,

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and his suspension from the party in the previous May. In the 2012 local elections, Pizzarotti had been the first M5S member to win in a big city, with 60.2% of the vote in the run-off (up from 19.5% in the first round). In the 2017 local elections, Pizzarotti was re-elected mayor without the M5S' support, with 58.9% in the run-off. In April 2018, Pizzarotti launched Italia in Comune, which aimed at becoming the collector of local " civic lists", as well as disgruntled former M5S members. The party was co-founded by Alessio Pascucci, a left-wing independent who had been elected mayor of

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in 2012 and 2017, supported by civic lists and the

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(FdV). In October 2018, Serse Soverini, a member of the Chamber of Deputies elected in the 2018 general election as a representative of Civic Area, a minor progressive party close to

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, joined IiC and soon became the party's regional coordinator in

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, the region of Parma and, consequently, IiC's powerbase. Almost a year later, in September 2019, after

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had left to form

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, Soverini would leave IiC too and join the

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. In the early months of 2019 the party became involved in the

, and obtained promising results in regional elections in Abruzzo (3.9% of the vote and one regional councillor) and

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(2.5%). In February

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, another party formed by M5S splinters, announced that it was merging into IiC. In the run-up to the

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, IiC formed an alliance with the FdV,

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and minor green groups, which would result in a green joint electoral list. However, soon after the party switched allegiances, deserted the FdV and joined forces with

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(+E), a liberal party, which was later enlarged to the

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(PSI). In the run-up of the

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IiC lacked activity, and its leading members parted ways. President Pizzarotti formed a National Civic List and succesively joined forces with Piercamillo Falasca's L'Italia c'è,

and Carlo Calenda's

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, while Alessio Pascucci organised the National Civic Agenda/Network and joined

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's Civic Commitment. In August 2022, shortly before the election, both groups broke with their would-be allies.

Electoral results

European Parliament

Regional Councils

Leadership

* President:

(2018–present) * Coordinator: Alessio Pascucci (2018–present)

References

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