Energies for Italy

Energies for Italy
Energie per l'Italia
Leader Stefano Parisi
Founded 1 April 2017 (2017-04-01)
Headquarters Viale Scarampo 49
20148 Milan
Ideology Federalism
Centrism[1]
Liberalism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation Centre-right coalition
Colours      Gold
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional
Councils
2 / 897
Website
www.energieperlitalia.com

Energies for Italy (Italian: Energie per l'Italia, EpI) is a centre-right political party in Italy, launched in November 2016[2][3][4] and officially established on 1 April 2017.[5] Its leader is Stefano Parisi, a former director-general of Confindustria and CEO of Fastweb, who was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in the 2016 Milan municipal election.

History

In the run-up of the 2016 Milan municipal election, Stefano Parisi was selected by Silvio Berlusconi as the candidate for mayor for Forza Italia (FI). In the election, Parisi pulled the party to 20.2%, but however narrowly lost to his Democratic opponent, Giuseppe Sala, in the run-off. After asking Parisi to reform the party, in November Berlusconi disowned him, due to his difficult political relationship with the party's major ally, Lega Nord (LN).[6][7] Parisi thus launched his own party, EpI, and soon came to terms again with LN, aiming at being part of the same centre-right coalition.

In March 2017 Maurizio Sacconi, senator and former minister, who had been a member of the Italian Socialist Party (like Parisi), the old Forza Italia (FI) and the New Centre-Right (NCD), joined EpI, after stepping down from NCD Senate leader in February 2015 and later refusing to join the NCD-sponsored Popular Alternative (AP).[8][9][10]

Later on, the party was joined by another senator (Gabriele Albertini) and five deputies (Domenico Menorello, Giovanni Monchiero, Dino Secco, Gugliemo Vaccaro and Gianluigi Gigli),[11][12] mostly splinters of FI, NCD/AP and Civic Choice (SC). In September 2017 EpI joined forces with "The Marianne", a liberal political association led by Giovanni Negri (a former secretary of the Radical Party).[13][14][15] In November 2017, the Civics and Innovators sub-group in the Chamber, led by Monchiero, was re-named "Civics and Innovators – Energies for Italy".[16]

On 13 January 2018, EpI and CI launched a joint list named "Energies for Italy – for the Centre-right", allied with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.[17]

Electoral results

Regional Councils

Region Last election # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/−
Lombardy 2018 27,967 (#15) 0.53
1 / 80
Increase 1
Lazio 2018 37,043 (#13) 1.46
1 / 50
Increase 1

Leadership

Symbols

References

  1. ↑ Giorgio Velardi (23 November 2017). "Centristi in movimento. Dalla Bonino a Berlusconi fino al movimento di Parisi: ecco dove guardano gli ex montiani per tornare in Parlamento. Aspettando Calenda". La Notizia.
  2. ↑ http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2016/11/18/parisi-launches-new-center-right-party_4dee8edc-6efc-4cf6-8738-7dd15f64d473.html
  3. ↑ http://www.corriere.it/cronache/16_novembre_18/centrodestra-parisi-lancia-nuovo-movimento-energie-l-italia-grande-lavoro-rinnovamento-0a8d8556-ad79-11e6-97cf-b67e1016ae14.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2016-11-18/parisi-non-molla-e-lancia-movimento-energie-l-italia--111912.shtml?uuid=ADdRzcxB
  5. ↑ Andrea Turco (March 30, 2017). "Sondaggi elettorali: Energie per l'Italia al 10% secondo Parisi". Termometro Politico.
  6. ↑ http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2016/11/15/centrodestra-berlusconi-scarica-parisi-non-puo-avere-un-ruolo-se-in-contrasto-con-salvini_2f5b5389-fe86-44c8-85f4-89194044bc64.html
  7. ↑ http://www.corriere.it/politica/16_novembre_15/berlusconi-scarica-parisi-no-ruoli-lui-se-resta-contrasto-salvini-b06e174a-ab1e-11e6-ba61-2e866e9865d0.shtml
  8. ↑ http://www.ilfogliettone.it/sacconi-lascia-alfano-approda-energie-litalia-parisi-adesione-strada-altarnativa
  9. ↑ http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/regione/2017/03/20/news/sacconi-si-schiera-con-parisi-insieme-in-energie-per-l-italia-1.15063231
  10. ↑ http://danielebellasio.blog.ilsole24ore.com/2017/03/20/nuovo-polo-in-costruzione-gran-traffico-al-centro-attorno-a-parisi-e-fitto
  11. ↑ https://www.energieperlitalia.com/comitati-nazionali
  12. ↑ https://agvilvelino.it/article/2017/12/18/gigli-lascio-democrazia-solidale-aderisco-energie-litalia
  13. ↑ https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/518904/insieme-per-ricostruire-litalia-conferenza-stampa-per-annunciare-lalleanza-energie-per
  14. ↑ http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/la-marianna-ed-energie-per-italia-si-uniscono-497856.html
  15. ↑ http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2017/09/07/centrodestra-generale-mori-responsabile-sicurezza-energie-per-litalia
  16. ↑ http://www.lospiffero.com/ls_article.php?id=36590
  17. ↑ https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/530441/civici-e-innovatori-ed-energie-per-litalia-alle-politiche-2018-conferenza-stampa-di

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