Popular Civic List

Popular Civic List
Civica Popolare
LeaderBeatrice Lorenzin
Founded29 December 2017 (2017-12-29)
Dissolved2019 (de facto)
HeadquartersVia del Governo Vecchio, 3
00186 Rome
IdeologyChristian democracy[1]
Political positionCentre[1]
National affiliationCentre-left coalition

The Popular Civic List (Italian: Civica Popolare, CP) was a centrist[1] coalition of political parties in Italy.[2] Its leader is Beatrice Lorenzin, minister of Health from 2013 to 2018 and member of Popular Alternative.[3]

History

CP participated in the 2018 general election within the centre-left coalition centred on the Democratic Party (PD), along with Together (notably including the Italian Socialist Party) and the liberal[1] More Europe.[4]

CP's electoral symbol consisted in a stylised peony, Lorenzin's name and the logos of Italy of Values, the Centrists for Europe (CpE), the Union for Trentino, Italy Is Popular and Popular Alternative (AP). The coalition also included Solidary Democracy, Popular Italy and the Christian Popular Union, although their logos did not appear in the coalition's symbol.

In the event, the list obtained a mere 0.5% of the vote, but three of its candidates were elected in single-seat constituencies: Lorenzin and Gabriele Toccafondi (both members of AP) to the Chamber and Pier Ferdinando Casini (CpE) to the Senate.

In September 2019 Lorenzin directlty joined the PD,[5][6] while Toccafondi joined Matteo Renzi's new Italia Viva party.[7][8]

Composition

Main members

Party Main ideology Leader/s
Popular Alternative Christian democracy Beatrice Lorenzin
Italy of Values Populism Ignazio Messina
Centrists for Europe Christian democracy Pier Ferdinando Casini
Union for Trentino Regionalism Tiziano Mellarini
Italy Is Popular Christian democracy Giuseppe De Mita

Other members

Party Main ideology Leader/s
Solidary Democracy Christian left Lorenzo Dellai
Christian Popular Union Christian democracy Antonio Satta
Popular Italy Christian democracy Alberto Monticone

Election results

Election Leader Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
Votes % Seats Position Votes % Seats Position
2018 Beatrice Lorenzin 210,178 0.54
2 / 630
 13th 189,942 0.52
1 / 315
 13th

References

  1. ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. ^ "Elezioni, Renzi attacca "l'innaturale alleanza popolari-populisti". Orlando chiede scelte condivise". Repubblica.it. 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Nasce la lista "Civica Popolare" alleata del PD. La guiderà il ministro della Salute Lorenzin - Quotidiano Sanità". www.quotidianosanita.it.
  4. ^ "Nasce 'Civica popolare', guida a Lorenzin". Adnkronos. 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ "La scelta di Lorenzin: "Entro nel Pd"". rep.repubblica.it. 18 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Beatrice Lorenzin entrerà nel Partito Democratico". Il Post. 19 September 2019.
  7. ^ Bozza, Claudio (18 September 2019). "Partito di Renzi: ecco la lista dei 41 che vanno a Italia Viva (38 dal Pd)". Corriere della Sera.
  8. ^ ""Italia Viva": la lista dei (primi) 41 parlamentari che seguono Renzi". Il Sole 24 ORE. 18 September 2019.