Popular Civic List Explained

Popular Civic List
Native Name:Civica Popolare
Leader1 Title:Leader
Leader1 Name:Beatrice Lorenzin
Dissolution:2019 (de facto)
Headquarters:Via del Governo Vecchio, 3
00186 Rome
Ideology:Christian democracy[1]
Position:Centre
National:Centre-left coalition
Country:Italy

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

PartyMain ideologyLeader/s
bgcolor= Popular AlternativeChristian democracyBeatrice Lorenzin
bgcolor= Italy of ValuesPopulismIgnazio Messina
Centrists for EuropeChristian democracyPier Ferdinando Casini
bgcolor= Union for TrentinoRegionalismTiziano Mellarini
Italy Is PopularChristian democracyGiuseppe De Mita

Other members

PartyMain ideologyLeader/s
Solidary DemocracyChristian leftLorenzo Dellai
Christian Popular UnionChristian democracyAntonio Satta
Popular ItalyChristian democracyAlberto Monticone

Notes and References

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