Europeanists Europeisti | |
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President | Raffaele Fantetti |
Founded | 27 January 2021 |
Headquarters | Via del Monte delle Capre 44/A, Rome |
Ideology | Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre |
National affiliation | Cambiamo! |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630 |
Senate | 1 / 315 |
European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
Website | |
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Europeanists (Italian: Europeisti) is a political party in Italy.
History
The Europeanists were formed in January 2021, amid a government crisis which occurred after the announcement of Matteo Renzi, leader of Italia Viva (IV) and former Prime Minister, that he would revoke IV's support to the government of Giuseppe Conte.[1] It was initially a component of a joint parliamentary group in the Italian Senate together with MAIE and Democratic Centre.[2] In the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies, on the other hand, there was not an identical counterpart: indeed the Europeanists were part of a sub-group along with MAIE and PSI, made up of three deputies, while the Democratic Centre was an autonomous sub-group made up of 10 deputies.
On 18 January the government won the vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies with 321 votes in favour, 259 against and 27 abstentions.[3][4] On the following day the government won a vote of confidence in the Senate with 156 votes in favor, 140 against and 16 abstentions;[5][6] however, the cabinet failed to reach the absolute majority in the house.[7] Among those who voted in support of Conte in the Senate, there were members of the future Europeanists group, like the then-senators of Forza Italia (FI), Andrea Causin and Mariarosaria Rossi, as well as former members of the Five Star Movement (M5S), like Gregorio de Falco (who joined the Democratic Centre,[8] a party led by Bruno Tabacci) and Maurizio Buccarella, and senators from the Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE), like Ricardo Antonio Merlo and Raffaele Fantetti.[9]
On 26 January Conte resigned as Prime Minister.[10][11][12] On the following day, the Europeanists group was formed in support of Conte.[13] The senator of the Democratic Party, Tatjana Rojc joined Europeanists in order to allow the formation of the group, while remaining a member of the PD.[14] Instead, Sandra Lonardo, a former senator of FI and wife of Clemente Mastella, who was among the main proponents of the parliamentary group, decided not to join, in contrast with the other members about the group's name (which did not include Londardo's and Mastella's party, Us Campanians).[15]
On 28 January the group took part in the consultations with President Sergio Mattarella for the formation of a new cabinet, stressing its support to Conte.[16] On the same day, Causin hinted the transformation of the group into a political party.[17]
In late March two senators, Tatjana Rojc and Mariarosaria Rossi, have announced that they would soon leave the group.[18] Consequently, on 29 March the group was dissolved due to lack of senators (eight instead of ten).[19]
Despite the dissolution of the group in each branch of Parliament, the senators Fantetti and Rossi formed a parliamentary sub-group within the Mixed Group along with IDeA and Cambiamo!; moreover, Fantetti himself continued to preside over the "Europeanists" association, federated with Cambiamo![20]. On 28 October, the "IDeA – Cambiamo!" sub-group changed its name into "IDeA-Cambiamo-Europeanists". Since 2022 Europeanists has been part of the National Register of political parties.[21]
References
- ^ Conte offre un patto, Renzi ritira le ministre. La crisi è servita, Huffington Post Italia
- ^ Responsabili, nasce gruppo "Europeisti" al Senato, Huffington Post
- ^ Reuters Staff (2021-01-18). "Italy PM Conte comfortably wins lower house confidence vote". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Crisi di governo, via libera della Camera alla fiducia a Conte con 321 voti. Il premier: "Strappo con Iv incancellabile". Polverini vota sì e lascia Forza Italia, la Repubblica
- ^ "Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's government survives Senate confidence vote". euronews. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ Crisi di governo, sì del Senato alla fiducia con 156 voti. Ma scoppia il caso Ciampolillo. Sì dei forzisti Rossi e Causin. Meloni e Salvini: "Ci rivolgeremo al Colle", la Repubblica
- ^ Il Senato vota la fiducia a Conte: il Governo ha la maggioranza relativa con 156 sì, Fanpage
- ^ "Governo: Senatore de Falco chiede di aderire a Cd di Tabacci - Ultima Ora". 26 January 2021.
- ^ Gruppo "Europeisti–MAIE–Centro Democratico", Senato della Repubblica
- ^ Legorano, Giovanni (January 25, 2021). "Italian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Struggle Over How to Revive Economy From Covid-19". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Crisi di governo, Conte si dimette: "Grazie a ogni singolo ministro". Alle 12 sale al Quirinale e spera nel 'Ter'. La regia passa a Mattarella, la Repubblica
- ^ Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to resign, BBC
- ^ Al Senato nasce il gruppo dei responsabili: si chiama "Europeisti", TGCOM 24
- ^ Senato, parla Tatjana Rojc, la responsabile "prestata" dai dem: "Mi sacrifico per il bene del Paese, ma la mia casa è il Pd", la Repubblica
- ^ Senato, il rifiuto di Lady Mastella: "I responsabili? Non c'è valore aggiunto. Ma sosterrò Conte dal Misto", la Repubblica
- ^ Governo: Europeisti, avanti con Conte per stabilità, ANSA
- ^ Governo, Causin (Europeisti): “Conte è elemento di attrazione, non escludiamo un partito. Italia Viva? Fa la schifiltosa ma è nata come noi”, Il Fatto Quotidiano
- ^ "Giuseppe Conte, non solo Mariarosaria Rossi: Ecco chi lascia il gruppo dei responsabili per il Pd".
- ^ "Addio ai Costruttori che dovevano salvare Conte: Sciolto il gruppo Europeisti-Maie al Senato".
- ^ "UE: migrazioni e prospettive di sviluppo - EUROPEISTI". 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Deliberazione 8 febbraio 2022, n. 61/IR" (PDF).