Moderates Moderati | |
|---|---|
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| Secretary | Giacomo Portas |
| Founded | 20 December 2005 |
| Headquarters | Via XX Settembre, 9 10121Turin |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party (2008–2019) Italia Viva (2019–2022) PD–IDP (2022) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 400 |
| Senate | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 76 |
| Regional Councils | 1 / 896 |
| Website | |
| http://www.moderati.eu/index.html | |
TheModerates (Italian:Moderati) are acentristpolitical party in Italy, active mainly inPiedmont, but also inLombardy,Emilia-Romagna,Campania andSicily. The party, whose leader isGiacomo Portas, is associated with the centrist partyItalia Viva.
The party was launched in January 2006 by Portas, a former member ofForza Italia (FI), and was joined by four regional councillors:Giuliano Manolino (ex-FI),Giovanni Pizzale (ex-IdV),Mauro Laus (ex-DS) andGraziella Valloggia (ex-PRC).[1]
In the 2006 municipal election inTurin the party scored 4.0%, in 2007 it won 3.0% inCuneo, 7.8% inGrugliasco and 10.0% inMoncalieri, in 2008 it scored 5.6% inIvrea and 5.9% inOrbassano.
In the2008 general election Portas was elected to theChamber of Deputies as an independent from the list of theDemocratic Party in the "Piedmont 1" constituency,[2][3] marking the party's entry in national politics.
In 2009 provincial elections the party won 2.7% in theProvince of Turin, 2.1% inAlessandria, 1.7% inCuneo and 0.8% inNovara,[4] and in that year municipal elections it obtained 10.4% inNichelino and 6.7% inPiossasco.
In the2010 regional election the Moderates won 3.1% of the vote regionally and 4.1% in the Province of Turin, whereMichele Dell'Utri was elected regional councillor.[5] After the election,Giovanni Maria Ferraris was appointed regional minister.[6]
In the 2011 Turin municipal election the party garnered a sweeping 9.1% and four councillors, being crucial for the election of DemocratPiero Fassino as mayor.[7]
In the 2012 municipal elections the party won 6.5% inAlessandria,[8] 4.6% inAsti,[9] 6.8% inCuneo,[10] and 11.9% inGrugliasco.[11] Lists with a similar name and symbol appeared also outside Piedmont, most notably inPiacenza, where "Moderates for Dosi" won 13.4% of the vote.[12]
The party contested the2013 general election as part of the PD-led centre-left coalitionItaly. Common Good[13] and Portas was re-elected to the Chamber.
In the2014 regional election the party obtained 2.5% of the vote and two councillors.
In 2015Michelino Davico, a senator from Cuneo elected withLega Nord, joined the party, which was thus represented in both houses of theItalian Parliament.[14]
In 2016 the party formed a federative pact withCivic Choice (SC)[15][16][17][18][19][20] and sub-group within theMixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies with three deputies (Marco Di Lello,S&D–PD;Lello Di Gioia, S&D–PD;Aniello Formisano, IdV), but not its leader Portars, who remained in the group of the PD.[21] In the2016 local elections the Moderates won 5.9% in Turin,[22] 10.0% inPinerolo[23] and 4.8% in Nichelino,[24] and, outside Piedmont, no remarkable results (including a mere 0.9% inNaples).[25]
In the2017 local elections the party obtained 3.8% inAlessandria,[26] 4.6% inCuneo,[27] and 7.4% inChivasso.[28]
The Moderates contested the 2018 general election as part of thecentre-left coalition and Portas was elected in the PD list.
In 2019 the Moderates ended their association with the Democratic Party and affiliated toItalia Viva, the new centrist party founded by former Prime MinisterMatteo Renzi. Portas also left the PD group in the Chamber of Deputies and joined the IV group.
The party competed in the2020 Campania regional election in support of the candidateVincenzo De Luca, getting 3.6% of the vote and 2 seats.
The party originally planned to contest the2022 general election as a component of theDemocratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy list.