| Italy Is Popular L'Italia è Popolare | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Giuseppe De Mita |
| Founded | 11 November 2017 |
| Split from | Union of the Centre |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Popularism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Electoral list: Popular Civic List Coalition: Centre-left coalition |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630 |
| Senate | 0 / 315 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Regional Council of Campania | 2 / 51 |
| Website | |
| www.italiaepopolare.it | |
Italy Is Popular (Italian: L'Italia è Popolare, IP) is a Christian-democratic political party active in Italy.
History
IP was launched as a split from the Union of the Centre (UdC) in November 2017 by Giuseppe De Mita, nephew of Ciriaco De Mita, a former leader of Christian Democracy and Prime Minister of Italy during 1980s. For the 2017 Sicilian regional election, the UdC re-joined the centre-right coalition at the regional level. Giuseppe De Mita criticised the decision, was relinquished as UdC's deputy secretary, and, along with his uncle Ciriaco and Marco Follini, launched IP.
In December, IP formed the Popular Civic List (CP), a centrist electoral list within the centre-left coalition, along with Popular Alternative (AP), Italy of Values (IdV), the Centrists for Europe (CpE), Solidary Democracy (DemoS), the Union for Trentino (UpT) and minor parties/groups. Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin was chosen as leader.
In the 2018 general election, CP obtained a mere 0.5% and no seats, except for a handful of elects in single-seat constituencies. De Mita was defeated in the single-seat constituency of Ariano Irpino, where he came third.
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