The CP, which was launched in Milan by Pisapia and sponsored by Laura Boldrini, Gad Lerner, Bruno Tabacci (leader of the Democratic Centre, CD) and others in February 2017,[2][3] aimed at unifying the portion of the Italian left interested in forming an alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).[4][5] In this respect, the CP held a different position from that of Italian Left (SI), into which SEL was folded in 2015–2017, as SI refused to form a national alliance with the PD.
In July 2017 the MDP and the CP organised a joint rally in Rome,[15] but the two parties finally parted ways in October.[16][17] However, even after this, at least 15 MDP MPs continued to be associated with the CP.[18]
Finally, on 6 December 2017, Pisapia announced that he would not run in the 2018 general election and declared CP's experience over. Some of his allies, including Ferrara, would join LeU, while others, including Smeriglio and Michele Ragosta, would form, in alliance with the PD, the left-wing list that Pisapia once envisioned.[22][23][24][25] The latter group would launch Progressive Area,[26] which would join the liberal More Europe electoral alliance.
References
^Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Sardinia/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
