More Europe
More Europe Più Europa | |
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Secretary | Benedetto Della Vedova |
Founder | Emma Bonino |
Founded | 23 November 2017 |
Ideology | Liberalism[1][2] Pro-Europeanism[3] Social liberalism[4] Economic liberalism[5] |
Political position | Centre[1] |
National affiliation | Centre-left coalition |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[6] |
Colours | Gold |
Chamber of Deputies | 3 / 630 |
Senate | 1 / 315 |
European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
Regional Councils | 6 / 897 |
Website | |
www.piueuropa.eu | |
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More Europe (Italian: Più Europa or +Europa, +E) is a liberal,[1]pro-European[3] and centrist[7]political party in Italy, within the centre-left coalition. The party's founding leader was Emma Bonino, while its secretary is Benedetto Della Vedova.
+E is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
Contents
1 History
2 Composition
2.1 Founding and constituent members
2.2 Former associate member
3 Election results
3.1 Italian Parliament
3.2 European Parliament
3.3 Regional Councils
4 Leadership
4.1 Party
4.2 Federation
5 Symbols
6 References
7 External links
History
More Europe was launched in November 2017, seeking to participate in the 2018 general election within the centre-left coalition centred on the Democratic Party (PD).[8] The founding members were two liberal and distinctively pro-Europeanist parties: the Italian Radicals (RI), whose leading members included Emma Bonino (a former minister of International Commerce and Foreign Affairs), Riccardo Magi and Marco Cappato, and Forza Europa (FE), led by Benedetto Della Vedova, a former Radical elected in 2013 with Future and Freedom (FLI) and later transitated through Civic Choice (SC). The RI and FE were joined by individual members of the Civics and Innovators (CI) sub-group in the Chamber of Deputies, formed by former SC members (two CI deputies, Andrea Mazziotti and Stefano Dambruoso, were already involved with FE).
Angelo Bonelli, coordinator of the Federation of the Greens, had earlier proposed to the Radicals a joint list together with Giuliano Pisapia's Progressive Camp (CP) named "Ecology, Europe, Rights".[9] However, Pisapia announced that he would not run in the election and declared CP's experience over, while the Radicals organised +E.
In early January 2018 Bonino and Della Vedova announced that +E would run as a stand-alone list, due to technical reasons associated with the new electoral laws.[10] While the PD leadership was trying to find a solution to those problems,[11] on 4 January, Bruno Tabacci, leader of the centrist, mostly Christian-democratic and also pro-Europeanist Democratic Centre (CD), announced that his party would join the coalition +E, in alliance with the PD, in order to overcome those issues.[12][13][14][15] Later in January, +E was enlarged also to the Progressive Area (AP), a small left-wing party emerged from the dissolution of the Progressive Camp (CP),[16][17] a would-be party launched by Giuliano Pisapia (Pisapia did not join and AP itself would never be a full member of +E).
The list won 2.6% of the vote in the election, falling short of the 3% threshold, but had three elects in single-seat constituencies (Bonino to the Senate, Magi and Tabacci to the Chamber) and one among Italians abroad (Alessandro Fusacchia, a Radical, in the European constituency).
In July 2018 +E started to organise itself as a full-fledged party. It was decided that a committee, presided by Gianfranco Spadaccia (a long-time Radical), would lead +E until the founding congress, scheduled for January 2019. The newly-formed committee appointed Della Vedova as coordinator.[18] In January 2019, at the congress, Della Vedova was elected secretary of +E with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Marco Cappato (30.2%) and Alessandro Fusacchia (14.1%).[19][20]
In February 2019 the party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.[21]
Composition
Founding and constituent members
Party | Main ideology | Leader/s | |
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Italian Radicals | Liberalism | Emma Bonino | |
Forza Europa | Liberalism | Benedetto Della Vedova | |
Democratic Centre | Centrism | Bruno Tabacci |
Former associate member
Party | Main ideology | Leader/s | |
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Progressive Area | Democratic socialism | Michele Ragosta |
Election results
Italian Parliament
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Leader |
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2018 | 841,468 (7th) | 2.56 | 3 / 630 | – | Emma Bonino |
Senate of the Republic | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Leader |
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2018 | 714,821 (7th) | 2.37 | 1 / 315 | – | Emma Bonino |
European Parliament
European Parliament | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Leader |
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2019 | TBD | – | 0 / 76 | – | Benedetto Della Vedova |
Regional Councils
Region | Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lombardy | 2018 | 108,743 (8th) | 2.07 | 1 / 80 | – |
Lazio | 2018 | 52,451 (9th) | 2.06 | 1 / 50 | 1 |
Abruzzo | 2019 | 14,198 (12th) | 2.36 | 0 / 31 | – |
Leadership
Party
- Secretary: Benedetto Della Vedova (2019–present)
Federation
- Coordinator: Benedetto Della Vedova (2018–2019)
- Deputy Coordinator: Bruno Tabacci (2018–2019), Massimiliano Iervolino (2018–2019)
- Administrator: Silvja Manzi (2018–2019)
- President: Gianfranco Spadaccia (2018–2019)
Symbols
Official logo
2018 general election
References
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^ Forza Europa piace ai francesi e si fa la lista con i radiali. Nasce +Europa
^ ab Bonino, i dem e gli Stati Uniti d’Europa
^ Altro che PD, il vero centrosinistra è +Europa con Emma Bonino
^ Programma dei Radicali e di Forza Europa
^ https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-supports-piu-europa-ahead-italian-elections
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Parties and Elections in Europe". parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^ Pd-Radicali, incontro al Nazareno in vista delle elezioni
^ Radicali italiani, ecco la lista europeista di Bonino e Della Vedova
^ Bonino: «La lista +Europa costretta a correre da sola alle elezioni»
^ Elezioni, Renzi: Speriamo di risolvere I problemi con Più Europa
^ Tabacci salva la lista di Bonino: «Il 4 marzo +Europa ci sarà»
^ Elezioni, Tabacci salva la lista di Emma Bonino: “Niente firme, il 4 marzo ci saremo”
^ Rosatellum, Tabacci: "Esenzione simbolo Centro Democratico a disposizione per lista Bonino"
^ Il centrosinistra al voto con una coalizione a 4: Pd con +Europa, Civica Popolare e Insieme
^ Centrosinistra, intesa raggiunta tra Area Progressista e +Europa
^ Elezioni, Area Progressista a sostegno di +Europa
^ Forza Europa – Più Europa è ripartita
^ https://www.corriere.it/politica/19_gennaio_27/europa-vedova-la-segreteria-non-vogliamo-essere-partito-4percento-c62db0e4-221e-11e9-9349-c3c76bb921b8.shtml
^ "+Europa, Della Vedova eletto segretario" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-party-council-meets-berlin
External links
- Official website