Italy Work in Progress explained

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Italy Work in Progress
Native Name:Italia Lavori in Corso
Leader:Francesco Campanella
Foundation:May 2014
Dissolution:July 2015
Split:Five Star Movement
Merged:The Other Europe
Ideology:Direct democracy
Position:Centre-left
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Country:Italy

Italy Work in Progress (Italia Lavori in Corso, ILC) was a centre-left political party in Italy, which has been active mainly as a sub-group within the Mixed Group of the Senate. Its leaders were Fabrizio Bocchino and Francesco Campanella.

ILC was launched in May 2014 by nine senators who had left (or had been expelled from) the Five Star Movement (M5S),[1] [2] a populist party which had come first in the 2013 general election, over disagreements with Beppe Grillo's and Gianroberto Casaleggio's leadership. In the following months seven senators left the party.[2]

As of July 2015, the two remaining members of the party, Bocchino and Campanella, showed interest in joining Giuseppe Civati's Possible, along with other former M5S members from Free Alternative,[3] [4] but instead they chose to join The Other Europe,[5] changing the name to their sub-group within the Senate's Mixed Group accordingly .

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: senato.it - Composizione del Gruppo Misto. 30 December 2016. it.
  2. Web site: senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni nei Gruppi parlamentari. 30 December 2016. it.
  3. Web site: Due passano all'Idv, altri tre incerti, tanti strizzano l'occhio a Civati. E Alternativa libera.... 15 July 2015 . 30 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Il Messaggero - Flashnews. 30 December 2016.
  5. Web site: "Nel M5S le posizioni arrivano dall'alto. Adesso interloquiamo con progressisti e democratici". Intervista al senatore Campanella de "L'altra Europa con Tsipras" - Terzo Binario News. 16 July 2015. 30 December 2016.