Centrists for Europe

Centrists for Europe
Centristi per l'Europa
LeaderPier Ferdinando Casini
CoordinatorGianpiero D'Alia
Founded6 December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-06) (launched)
11 February 2017; 8 years ago (2017-02-11) (founded)
Dissolved2021 ca.
Split fromUnion of the Centre
IdeologyChristian democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCentre-left coalition
Website
www.centristixleuropa.it

Centrists for Europe (Italian: Centristi per l'Europa, CpE) was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched, as Centrists for Italy (Centristi per l'Italia, CpI), by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2016 and officially founded, with its final name, in February 2017.[1] Its most recognisable leader was Pier Ferdinando Casini.[2]

History

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In the run-up of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, the Union of the Centre (UdC) chose to campaign for "No", while the New Centre-Right, the UdC's counterpart in Popular Area (AP), was among the keenest supporters of "Yes".[3]

After the referendum, which saw a huge defeat of the "Yes" side, the UdC left AP altogether. However, some UdC splinters, notably including Pier Ferdinando Casini, Gianpiero D'Alia (who had previously launched Centrists for Sicily) and minister Gian Luca Galletti, launched "Centrists for Italy" and confirmed their alliance with the NCD within Popular Area.[4][5][6]

The party was officially founded, with the current name, in February 2017.[7][8] At the time the CpE included one minister (Galletti, who had been confirmed in the Gentiloni Cabinet in December), two deputies (D'Alia and Ferdinando Adornato) and three senators (Casini, Aldo Di Biagio and Luigi Marino).[9] Also former minister Francesco D'Onofrio joined the party.

In December 2017, the CpE launched the Popular Civic List (CP), within the centre-left coalition, along with Popular Alternative (AP), Italy of Values (IdV), Solidary Democracy (DemoS), the Union for Trentino (UpT), Italy Is Popular (IP) and minor parties/groups. The new leader of AP, Beatrice Lorenzin, was chosen as leader of the list too.[10][11][12]

In the 2018 Italian general election, CP obtained a mere 0.5% of the vote,[13] far below the electoral thresholds, but Casini was re-elected to the Senate from a single-seat constituency in Bologna, thanks to the decisive support of the Democratic Party and the centre-left coalition.[14] After the election, Casini sat with the heterogenous For the Autonomies group.[15]

The party results inactive since the early 2020s.[citation needed] Casini continued his political carreer as an independent: in the 2022 Italian general election, he was re-elected to the Senate from the single-seat constituency of Bologna, representing the centre-left coalition,[16] and, subsequently, chose to sit as an independent in the parliamentary group of the PD.[17]

Electoral results

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Italian Parliament

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Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
2018 into CP 0.54
0 / 630
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Pier Ferdinando Casini
Senate of the Republic
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
2018 into CP 0.52
1 / 315
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Pier Ferdinando Casini

Regional Councils

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Region Election year Votes % Seats +/−
Sicily 2017 80,366 (10th)[a] 4.2
0 / 70
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Abruzzo 2019 7,839 (13th) 1.3
0 / 31
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  1. ^ In a joint list with AP.
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References

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  1. ^ Centristi per l'Europa, l'irriducibile Casini vuole rifare la Dc con molto Sud e tante vecchie glorie.
  2. ^ Area Popolare si spacca dopo il referendum. Udc: “L’esperienza, forse mai decollata, si conclude qui”
  3. ^ https://www.corriere.it/referendum-costituzionale-2016/notizie/referendum-costituzionale-2016-risultati-860b84aa-ba6a-11e6-99a2-8ca865283c9e.shtml
  4. ^ "Fuggi fuggi al Senato: I centristi guardano a Fi. E Alfano resta da solo". 7 December 2016.
  5. ^ ""Alfano succube di Renzi, ce ne andiamo" - giornaleditalia". www.ilgiornaleditalia.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-07.
  6. ^ "Articolo dall'Archivio Storico".
  7. ^ "Nasce "Centristi per l'Europa". Con Casini, il ministro Galletti e d'Alia". 11 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Casini ci riprova con la DC". 11 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Ecco mosse, progetti e dubbi di Area Popolare su Renzi e voto anticipato". 2 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Elezioni, Renzi attacca "l'innaturale alleanza popolari-populisti". Orlando chiede scelte condivise". 29 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Centrosinistra, c'è anche il terzo mini-alleato del Pd: Civica Popolare guidata dalla Lorenzin. Simbolo? Una margherita – Il Fatto Quotidiano". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  12. ^ "Nasce "Civica Popolare", lista centrista alleata con il Pd: Lorenzin alla guida".
  13. ^ "Risultati elezioni politiche del 4 marzo 2018: i dati del Viminale". Today. 5 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Elezioni 4 marzo, i risultati a Bologna e provincia. Casini eletto, boom M5S e Lega". Il Resto del Carlino. 4 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Casini, eletto col Pd va al Gruppo 'Autonomie': "Per fare il vice al Senato? Ridicolo, non ho bisogno di seggiole"". 27 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Casini batte Sgarbi: "Commosso dalla mia città, Bologna non mi ha mai abbandonato". Vittorio: "Laeder di se stesso"". La Repubblica. 26 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Casini: «Serve rispetto tra i poli, solo così si aiuta il Paese. Pd, il toto-nomi non basta»". Il Messaggero. 2 October 2022.
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