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Action
Azione
LeaderCarlo Calenda
Founded18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
(We Are Europeans)
21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
(Action)
Split fromDemocratic Party
HeadquartersVia Poli 3, Rome
Membership (2020)17,000[1]
IdeologySocial liberalism[2][3]
Progressivism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre[4] to centre-left[8]
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (2019–2021)
Renew Europe (2021–)
Colours  Blue   Green
Chamber of Deputies
2 / 630
Senate
1 / 315
European Parliament
1 / 73
Regional Councils
4 / 897
Website
www.azione.it

Action (Italian: Azione, abbr. A or Az) is a social-liberal and progressive political party in Italy.[9]

Its leader is Carlo Calenda, a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former Italian Minister of Economic Development (2016–2018).[10] Originally launched as We Are Europeans (Siamo Europei, SE), it adopted its current name in November 2019 upon becoming a fully-fledged party. Calenda has described his party as "anti-populist" and "anti-souverainist".[11][12][13] He also explained that the party's name is a historical reference to the short-lived post-World War II Action Party and an alusion to Carlo Rosselli's "liberal socialism".[14]

History

Carlo Calenda was a candidate for the centrist Civic Choice party in the 2013 general election and served in various capacities in the three governments of the 2013–2018 legislative term. In the aftermath of the 2018 general election, he officially joined the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).[15]

In January 2019 Calenda launched a political manifesto named We Are Europeans (Siamo Europei), with the aim of creating a joint list composed of the PD and other progressive and pro-Europeanist parties for the upcoming European Parliament election.[16] His proposal was welcomed by Nicola Zingaretti, then leader of the PD, but rejected by other parties within the centre-left coalition, including More Europe and Italia in Comune.[17]

Carlo Calenda in 2019

In the run-up to the European election, Zingaretti and Calenda presented a logo for their joint electoral list including a reference to We Are Europeans and the symbol of the Party of European Socialists.[18] Additionally, they also joined with Article One, a left-wing party established in 2017 by splinters from the PD, led by former PD secretary Pier Luigi Bersani.[19]

In the election, the PD joint list with SE gained 22.7% of the vote, coming second after the League.[20] Calenda, who ran in the North-East constituency, received more than 270,000 votes, thus becoming the most voted candidate of the list.[21]

In August 2019, tensions grew within the coalition supporting the first government of Giuseppe Conte, leading to the issuing of a motion of no-confidence by the League.[22] During the following government crisis, the PD national board officially endorsed the possibility of forming a new cabinet in a coalition with the Five Star Movement (M5S),[23] based on pro-Europeanism, green economy, sustainable development, fight against economic inequality and a new immigration policy.[24] The party also agreed to keep Conte as the head of the new government,[25] and on 29 August, President Sergio Mattarella formally invested Conte as Prime Minister.[26] Calenda strongly opposed the new government, stating that the PD had renounced any representation of the "reformists",[27] and that therefore it became necessary to establish a "liberal-progressive" movement.[28] Calenda left the PD and on 5 September 2019, while Conte's second government was sworn in, announced the transformation of SE into a full-fledged party.[29]

On 10 September 2019, Matteo Richetti, a prominent PD senator and a close associate of former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, abstained in the vote of confidence on the new government, and subsequently exited the party.[30] He stated that he would join forces with Calenda.[31]

In November 2019, SE was officially transformed into a new party named Action (Azione).[32] After a few months, Calenda launched the Action Groups (Gruppi d'Azione), the party's local sections.[33]

In August 2020, two members of the Chamber of Deputies joined Action: former minister Enrico Costa, who left Forza Italia,[34] and Nunzio Angiola, a former member of the M5S.[35]

In November 2020, deputies and senators affiliated with Action formed joint sub-groups in the Mixed Groups together with More Europe (+Eu) both in the Chamber and in the Senate. The sub-group in the Chamber counted four deputies, the one in the Senate three senators.[36][37]

In March 2021, Carlo Cottarelli, a former director of the International Monetary Fund, was chosen by Az, +Eu, the Italian Republican Party (PRI), the Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy (ALI) and The Liberals to head of a scientific committee designed to elaborate of a joint political program.[38][39][40]

In November 2021, Calenda left the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, after that it was hinted that the M5S might have joined it, and switched to Renew Europe.[41][42]

In January 2022, Action and More Europe signed a pact of federation.[43][44]

Notable members

Leading members of the party include MEP Carlo Calenda, senator Matteo Richetti (ex-Democratic Party) and deputies Enrico Costa (ex-Forza Italia) and Nunzio Angiola (ex-Five Star Movement). The party's national board includes Raffaele Bonanni (former secretary-general of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions), Vincenzo Camporini (former Chief of the Defence Staff), Mario Raffaelli (former long-time deputy and under-secretary for the Italian Socialist Party), Walter Ricciardi (former president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità) and Ugo Rossi (former President of Trentino).[45]

Electoral results

Regional Councils

Region Election year Votes % Seats +/−
Emilia-Romagna 2020 into BP list –
1 / 50
–

Leadership

Symbols

  • We Are Europeans logo
    We Are Europeans logo
  • Action logo until 26 oct 2021
    Action logo until 26 oct 2021
  • Action logo
    Action logo

References

  1. ^ "Questo partito di Carlo Calenda". Il Post (in Italian). 12 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.ilpost.it/2020/09/12/azione-partito-carlo-calenda/
  3. ^ https://europeelects.eu/italy
  4. ^ "Questo partito di Carlo Calenda". Il Post. September 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Calenda lancia 'Azione', il nuovo partito di centrosinistra e riformista, AGR Press
  6. ^ I sondaggisti: «Azione» di Calenda parte dal 2%, Il Sole 24 Ore
  7. ^ https://europeelects.eu/italy/
  8. ^ [5][6][7]
  9. ^ "Calenda lascia il Pd e fonda il suo Movimento: "Serve una casa riformista"". Globalist.
  10. ^ "Calenda lancia nuovo movimento politico - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. September 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Carlo Calenda lancia Azione contro populisti e sovranisti". rainews.
  12. ^ "Calenda lancia Azione, contro i populisti - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. November 21, 2019.
  13. ^ politica, Redazione (November 22, 2019). "Calenda presenta Azione, il suo nuovo partito: "Ecco il nostro fronte anti-populista"". Corriere della Sera.
  14. ^ @CarloCalenda (3 September 2021). ".@azione_it non si chiama così per una scelta di marketing ma per un riferimento storico preciso: il Partito d'Azio…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Calenda prende la tessera del Pd: "Abbiamo dato sensazione di essere élite"". Il Sole 24 ORE. 6 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Calenda lancia Manifesto "Siamo Europei", Aderiscono Martina e Gentiloni, diversi governatori e sindaci dem". L'HuffPost. January 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "Elezioni europee 2019, Pd e PiùEuropa correranno separati. Zingaretti: "Faremo due liste aperte alla società civile"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. March 12, 2019.
  18. ^ "Simbolo di unità. Nicola Zingaretti svela il logo Pd-SiamoEuropei". L'HuffPost. March 30, 2019.
  19. ^ "Il simbolo c'è, l'intesa con Mdp quasi (di R. F. Calvo)". L'HuffPost. March 29, 2019.
  20. ^ Online, Redazione (May 27, 2019). "Europee: chi ha vinto, chi ha perso e cosa succederà al governo italiano". Corriere della Sera.
  21. ^ "Europee, i candidati acchiappavoti. Calenda e Pisapia campioni di preferenze. Alla Lega 29 seggi, al Pd 19". Repubblica.it. May 27, 2019.
  22. ^ Horowitz, Jason (20 August 2019). "Italy's Government Collapses, Turning Chaos Into Crisis". The New York Times.
  23. ^ Giuffrida, Angela (20 August 2019). "Italian PM resigns with attack on 'opportunist' Salvini" – via www.theguardian.com.
  24. ^ "Governo, Zingaretti: "I 5 punti per trattare con il M5S. No accordicchi, governo di svolta"". Repubblica.it. 21 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Conte wins crucial support for new Italian govt coalition". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-08-28.
  26. ^ "Il Presidente Mattarella ha conferito l'incarico al Prof. Conte di formare il Governo". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  27. ^ Bordi, Roberto (5 September 2019). "Nasce il partito di Calenda: "Sarà un movimento aperto a tutti"". ilGiornale.it.
  28. ^ "Calenda lancia il suo "movimento liberal-progressista": "Tesseramento al via da dicembre"". September 5, 2019.
  29. ^ "Calenda anticipa Renzi e apre la scissione nel Pd: "Nuovo movimento liberal-progressista"". Today.
  30. ^ "Richetti verso l'addio al Pd, il senatore andrà nel Gruppo Misto". Tgcom24.
  31. ^ "Richetti dice No al governo, lascia il Pd e guarda a Calenda" (in Italian). Globalist. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  32. ^ "Matteo Richetti: "Azione non sarà un partito di centro, ma il vero polo progressista del Paese"". Fanpage.
  33. ^ Azione – Gruppi d'Azione, azione.it
  34. ^ "Il deputato Enrico Costa ha lasciato Forza Italia e si è unito ad Azione" (in Italian). Il Post. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  35. ^ Nunzio Angiola archivia M5s e passa con Calenda: è il secondo parlamentare per Azione, la Repubblica
  36. ^ "Nasce gruppo parlamentare comune Più Europa-Azione - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA. November 17, 2020.
  37. ^ "Azione e Più Europa, centro di questi giorni". www.ilfoglio.it.
  38. ^ "Calenda, Bonino e Cottarelli: "La politica non finisce con Draghi"". 10 March 2021.
  39. ^ "Programma per l'Italia | Cosa farà il comitato di Cottarelli che mette insieme (Quasi) tutti i partiti liberaldemocratici". 11 March 2021.
  40. ^ "Le forze Libdem insieme per il "Programma per l'Italia": Il comitato presieduto da Cottarelli". 9 March 2021.
  41. ^ https://euobserver.com/tickers/153551
  42. ^ Calenda lascia gli S&D, 'oggi chiederò ingresso in Renew'
  43. ^ https://www.today.it/politica/federazione-azione-piu-europa-nuovo-partito-calenda.html
  44. ^ https://piueuropa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Epson.pdf
  45. ^ https://www.azione.it/promotori

External links

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