Moderates (Italy)

Not to be confused with Us Moderates.

Moderates Moderati
Secretary	Giacomo Portas
Founded	20 December 2005
Headquarters	Via XX Settembre, 9 10121 Turin
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	0 / 896
Website
http://www.moderati.eu/index.html
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The Moderates (Italian: Moderati) are a centrist political party in Italy, active mainly in Piedmont, but also in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Campania and Sicily. The party, whose leader is Giacomo Portas, is associated with the centrist party Italia Viva.

History

The party was launched in January 2006 by Portas, a former member of Forza Italia (FI), and was joined by four regional councillors: Giuliano Manolino (ex-FI), Giovanni Pizzale (ex-IdV), Mauro Laus (ex-DS) and Graziella Valloggia (ex-PRC).^[1]

In the 2006 municipal election in Turin the party scored 4.0%, in 2007 it won 3.0% in Cuneo, 7.8% in Grugliasco and 10.0% in Moncalieri, in 2008 it scored 5.6% in Ivrea and 5.9% in Orbassano.

In the 2008 general election Portas was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as an independent from the list of the Democratic 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 the Province of Turin, 2.1% in Alessandria, 1.7% in Cuneo and 0.8% in Novara,^[4] and in that year municipal elections it obtained 10.4% in Nichelino and 6.7% in Piossasco.

In the 2010 regional election the Moderates won 3.1% of the vote regionally and 4.1% in the Province of Turin, where Michele 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 Democrat Piero Fassino as mayor.^[7]

In the 2012 municipal elections the party won 6.5% in Alessandria,^[8] 4.6% in Asti,^[9] 6.8% in Cuneo,^[10] and 11.9% in Grugliasco.^[11] Lists with a similar name and symbol appeared also outside Piedmont, most notably in Piacenza, where "Moderates for Dosi" won 13.4% of the vote.^[12]

The party contested the 2013 general election as part of the PD-led centre-left coalition Italy. Common Good^[13] and Portas was re-elected to the Chamber.

In the 2014 regional election the party obtained 2.5% of the vote and two councillors.

In 2015 Michelino Davico, a senator from Cuneo elected with Lega Nord, joined the party, which was thus represented in both houses of the Italian Parliament.^[14]

In 2016 the party formed a federative pact with Civic Choice (SC)^{[15][16][17][18][19][20]} and sub-group within the Mixed 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 the 2016 local elections the Moderates won 5.9% in Turin,^[22] 10.0% in Pinerolo^[23] and 4.8% in Nichelino,^[24] and, outside Piedmont, no remarkable results (including a mere 0.9% in Naples).^[25]

In the 2017 local elections the party obtained 3.8% in Alessandria,^[26] 4.6% in Cuneo,^[27] and 7.4% in Chivasso.^[28]

The Moderates contested the 2018 general election as part of the centre-left coalition and Portas was elected in the PD list.

In 2019 the Moderates ended their association with the Democratic Party and affiliated to Italia Viva, the new centrist party founded by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Portas also left the PD group in the Chamber of Deputies and joined the IV group.

The party competed in the 2020 Campania regional election in support of the candidate Vincenzo De Luca, getting 3.6% of the vote and 2 seats.

The party originally planned to contest the 2022 general election as a component of the Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy list.

References

1. "Consiglio regionale del Piemonte - Assemblea -sito ufficiale". Consiglioregionale.piemonte.it. Archived from the original on 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
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6. "Piemonte, ecco la giunta Chiamparino: La carica degli ex sindaci arriva in Regione". 10 June 2014.
7. "::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Comunali del 15 Maggio 2011". Elezionistorico.interno.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
8. "Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
9. "Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
10. "Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
11. "Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
12. "Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
13. "Liste, i simboli presentati sono 215: è record. Domani le esclusioni". Ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
14. "Senato: Portas, Davico tra i Moderati - Politica". August 2015.
15. "Roma: Patto federativo tra Scelta Civica e I Moderati | Agenparl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
16. "Nasce l'alleanza degli "zerovirgola": I montiani e i "moderati" si uniscono". 28 October 2015.
17. "Nascono I Moderati per Renzi". 23 February 2016.
18. "Fusione Moderati-Scelta civica, Portas chiude a Verdini: "Con lui nessuna unione è possibile"". 4 March 2016.
19. "Nasce il Cantiere dei Moderati per Renzi ma è già spaccato. Verdini non si fa vedere". 19 March 2016.
20. "Cosa si agita nel cantiere moderato di Scelta Civica di Zanetti". 19 March 2016.
21. "A Montecitorio spuntano i Moderati: "Siamo gli unici e gli originali"". 19 May 2016.
22. "Comune di Torino - Piemonte - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016".
23. "Comune di Pinerolo - Piemonte - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016".
24. "Comune di Nichelino - Piemonte - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016".
25. "Comune di Napoli - Campania - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016".
26. "Comune di Alessandria - Piemonte - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it".
27. "Comune di Cuneo - Piemonte - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it".
28. http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/chiavasso.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Official website