Us with Italy

Us with Italy
Noi con l'Italia
President Raffaele Fitto
Vice President Francesco Saverio Romano
Coordinator Maurizio Lupi
Founded 19 December 2017 (2017-12-19)
Headquarters Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 18
00186 Rome[1]
Ideology Christian democracy[2][3]
Liberal conservatism[3][4]
Social conservatism[5]
Liberalism[6][7]
Political position Centre-right[8][9][10]
National affiliation Centre-right coalition
Colours      Blue
Chamber of Deputies
3 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
2 / 73
Regional
Councils
9 / 897
Website
noiconlitalia.it

Us with Italy (Italian: Noi con l'Italia, NcI) is a centre-right,[8][9][10] Christian-democratic,[2][3] and liberal-conservative[3][4] federation of political parties in Italy.[11] Until March 2018, the federation was known as Us with Italy – UDC[12][13] for its alliance with the Union of the Centre (UdC). NcI's main leaders are Raffaele Fitto (president, leader of Direction Italy), Francesco Saverio Romano (vice president, leader of Popular Construction), Maurizio Lupi (coordinator, former leading member of Popular Alternative) and Enrico Costa (the main proponent).

The federation was part of the centre-right coalition in the 2018 general election. Along with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the party represents the coalition's centrist wing and thus favours Berlusconi or a centrist candidate as Prime Minister.[8]

History

In the run-up of the 2018 general election there was a debate on the creation of a "fourth leg" of the centre-right coalition, along with Forza Italia (FI), Lega Nord (LN) and Brothers of Italy (FdI). It all started when Enrico Costa, a FI dissident who had been a minister in Paolo Gentiloni's centre-left government, resigned from his post and left his party, Popular Alternative (AP),[14][15][16] in order to form a "liberal centre" in alliance with FI.[17] Originally, the Federation of Freedom (FdL), a parliamentary group in the Senate launched by Identity and Action (IdeA), was seen as the embryo of the "fourth leg".[18][19][20][21]

On 19 December 2017 Us with Italy (NcI) was formed by a group of AP splinters led by Maurizio Lupi, other former AP members close to Enrico Costa, Direction Italy (DI), Civic Choice (SC), Act! (F!), Popular Construction (CP) and the Movement for the Autonomies (MpA). Other centre-right parties, notably including IdeA, chose not to join.[22][23]

On 29 December 2017 NcI signed a pact with the Union of the Centre (UdC).[24][10][25] On 5 January 2018 it was the turn of IdeA, which was convinced to join by enhancement of the federative character and the Christian-democratic identity of NcI.[26][7] On 11 January a new symbol of NcI, containing also UdC's crossed shield, was unveiled.[27][28]

In the election NcI obtained a mere 1.3% of the vote and four deputies from single-seat constituencies: Costa, Lupi, Alessandro Colucci and Renzo Tondo. The first three were former members of AP, while the fourth was a member of Responsible Autonomy, a party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and DI. The list also featured four senators elected, three of the UdC and one of IdeA.

Soon after the election, both the UdC and IdeA quit the alliance and formed a pact with FI.[29][30][31][32][33] In mid April also Costa quit and re-joined FI.[34][35]

Composition

Founding members

Party Main ideology Leader/s
Direction Italy Liberal conservatism Raffaele Fitto
Civic Choice Liberalism Enrico Zanetti
Act! Liberalism Flavio Tosi
Popular Construction Christian democracy Francesco Saverio Romano
Movement for the Autonomies Regionalism Raffaele Lombardo
Independents (former AP members) Christian democracy Maurizio Lupi

Former associate members

Party Main ideology Leader/s
Union of the Centre Christian democracy Lorenzo Cesa
Identity and Action Christian democracy Gaetano Quagliariello
New United Christian Democrats Christian democracy Mario Tassone
Independents (former AP members) Liberalism Enrico Costa

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leaders
2018 427,152 (#8) 1.30
4 / 630
–
 Raffaele Fitto
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leaders
2018 361,402 (#8) 1.20
4 / 315
–
 Raffaele Fitto

Regional Councils

Region Last election # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/−
Lombardia 2018 66,355 (#10) 1.3
1 / 21
Increase 1
Lazio 2018 41.234 (#9) 1.6
1 / 21
Increase 1
Molise 2018 5,204 (#9) 3.6
1 / 21
Increase 1

Symbols

References

  1. ↑ "Noi con l'Italia - Contatti". noiconlitalia.it.
  2. 1 2 Erika Bertossi (19 February 2018). "Roccella, Noi con l'Italia: 'Siamo l'anima cattolica del centrodestra'". Bologna Today.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Cesa e Fitto presentano il simbolo di Noi con l'Italia". Formiche.net. 11 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Piero Ignazi (2008). Partiti politici in Italia. Il Mulino, Bologna. p. 58.
  6. ↑ "Cattaneo: "Ecco perché ho aderito a Noi con l'Italia"". Varese News. 30 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 Caterina Danese (5 January 2018). "Saremo noi a garantire l'autosufficienza al centrodestra. Parla Gaetano Quagliariello". Formiche.net.
  8. 1 2 3 Monica Rubino (19 December 2017). "Nasce "Noi con l'Italia", la lista dei centristi pro-Berlusconi". la Repubblica.
  9. 1 2 Alessandro Cipolla (13 February 2018). "Elezioni, lista Noi con l'Italia chi sono? Sondaggi e programma in vista del voto". Money.it.
  10. 1 2 3 Giuseppe Alberto Falci (30 December 2017). "Nasce la stampella centrista di Forza Italia". Corriere della Sera.
  11. ↑ Alberto Sofia (19 December 2017). ""Noi con l'Italia", ecco la quarta gamba del centrodestra: ex FI, leghisti espulsi e alfaniani pentiti". il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Programma di Noi con l'Italia UDC". mauriziolupi.it. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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  14. ↑ Piera Matteucci (19 July 2017). "Governo, si è dimesso ministro Enrico Costa: "Niente ambiguità"". la Repubblica.
  15. ↑ "Enrico Costa si dimette: Gentiloni perde pezzi. L'ex ministro verso Forza Italia. Alfano: "Inevitabile e tardivo"". il Fatto Quotidiano. 19 July 2017.
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  17. ↑ Roberto Scafuri (20 July 2017). "Costa lascia il governo Via al partito centrista che nasce contro Alfano". il Giornale.
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  22. ↑ "La "quarta gamba" del centrodestra: nasce Noi con l'Italia". Avvenire. 19 December 2017.
  23. ↑ Francesco Curridori (19 December 2017). "Nasce Noi con l'Italia, la 'quarta gamba' del centrodestra". il Giornale.
  24. ↑ "Udc-Noi con l'Italia, è accordo. Sulla lista torna lo scudo crociato". affaritaliani.it. 29 December 2017.
  25. ↑ Anna Maria Greco (30 December 2017). "Berlusconi si appella ai delusi dalla politica: "Sarà sfida coi 5 Stelle"". il Giornale.
  26. ↑ "La tela Fitto-Cesa si allarga su 'Idea' di Gaetano Quagliariello". affaritaliani.it. 5 January 2018.
  27. ↑ "Verso il voto. Noi con l'italia presenta il simbolo, c'è lo scudo crociato". Avvenire. 11 January 2018.
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  29. ↑ http://www.udc-italia.it/c-destra-de-poli-udc-corriamo-insieme-per-costruire-ppe-italiano-priorita-lavoro-imprese-e-giovani
  30. ↑ http://www.movimentoidea.it/news/lettera-del-presidente-idea-gaetano-quagliariello
  31. ↑ http://www.movimentoidea.it/news/sottoscritto-senato-accordo-federativo-idea-gruppo-forza-italia
  32. ↑ https://www.diariodelweb.it/ultimora/notizie/?nid=20180323-6364
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  34. ↑ https://www.agenzianova.com/a/0/1893438/2018-04-19/camera-gelmini-costa-passa-in-forza-italia
  35. ↑ http://www.targatocn.it/2018/04/10/leggi-notizia/argomenti/politica/articolo/enrico-costa-lunico-governo-possibile-e-quello-di-contratto.html

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