Italian Renewal
Encyclopedia
The Italian Renewal was a liberal
-centrist
political party in Italy
.
It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini (the outgoing Prime Minister of Italy
) along with some former Liberals
, Socialists
, Christian Democrats
, Republicans
and Social Democrats
. The party joined the The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi
In the 1996 general election
RI, that gave hospitality in its lists to the Italian Socialists
, Patto Segni
and Italian Democratic Movement
, won 4.3% of the vote.
The party gor 26 seats at the Chamber:
The party got 11 seats at the Senate:
After the election Lamberto Dini became Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Tiziano Treu minister of Labour in the Prodi I Cabinet
.
In 2001–2002 the party joined Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL). RI members in DL formed a faction within the party, named simply Renewal, consisting of around 10% of the party members. In 2007 several members of this association including Dini broke away from DL to form the Liberal Democrats
.
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
-centrist
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
political party in Italy
Italy
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.
It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini (the outgoing Prime Minister of Italy
Prime minister of Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
) along with some former Liberals
Italian Liberal Party
The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...
, Socialists
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
, Christian Democrats
Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
, Republicans
Italian Republican Party
The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...
and Social Democrats
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian...
. The party joined the The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...
In the 1996 general election
Italian general election, 1996
An early national general election was held in Italy on 21 April, 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic...
RI, that gave hospitality in its lists to the Italian Socialists
Italian Socialists
The Italian Socialists were a minor social-democratic political party in Italy active in Italy from 1994 to 1998....
, Patto Segni
Patto Segni
Patto Segni was a Christian-democratic and liberal political party in Italy, named after Mario Segni.-History:The party was founded in 1993 as a split from Democratic Alliance and as the continuation of the Populars for the Reform, a split from Christian Democracy in 1992, whose principal aim was...
and Italian Democratic Movement
Italian Democratic Movement
The Italian Democratic Movement was a political party founded in 1995 by Sergio Berlinguer.The party joined into Italian Renewal in 1996. It won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies and a seat at the Senate ....
, won 4.3% of the vote.
The party gor 26 seats at the Chamber:
- ten seats went to the Dini's group (Lamberto Dini, Augusto Fantozzi, Tiziano Treu, Natale D'Amico, Ernesto Stajano, Gianni Marongiu, Pierluigi Petrini, Andrea Guarino, Paolo Ricciotti, Lucio Testa);
- eight seats went to the Patto (Diego MasiDiego MasiDiego Masi is an Italian entrepreneur and politician, deputy during the XII and XIII legislatures.Loyalist of Mariotto Segni, he overlooked the political scene during the elections of 1994 as a member of the Segni Pact. He was elected in the proportional share for the small center party...
, Giuseppe Bicocchi, Elisa Pozza Tasca, Gianni RiveraGianni RiveraGiovanni Rivera is an Italian former football midfielder, mostly as an offensive playmaker, who was awarded the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, in 1969. He played the majority of his career with Serie A side A.C. Milan...
, Antonino Mangiacavallo, Gianantonio Mazzocchin, Bonaventura Lamacchia, Paolo Manca);
- seven seats went to Italian Socialist (Enrico BoselliEnrico BoselliEnrico Boselli is an Italian politician. He is currently Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Italian Socialist Party....
, Giuseppe Albertini, Enzo Ceremigna, Giovanni Crema, Leone Delfino, Sergio Fumagalli, Roberto VillettiRoberto VillettiRoberto Villetti is an Italian politician.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party , he was vice-secretary of the Italian Socialists from 1994 to 1998...
);
- one seat went to Italian Democratic Movement (Aldo Brancati).
The party got 11 seats at the Senate:
- five seats went to Italian Socialist (Ottaviano Del TurcoOttaviano Del TurcoOttaviano Del Turco is an Italian politician. After a career in trade unionism in the Italian General Confederation of Labour Del Turco rose to the top of Bettino Craxi's Italian Socialist Party before it was swept away in the Tangentopoli scandals of 1992-94.Del Turco was the president of the...
, Livio Besso Cordero, Giovanni Iuliano, Maria Rosaria Manieri, Cesare Marini);
- four seats to the Dini's group (Mario D'Urso, Bianca Maria Fiorillo, Angelo Giorgianni, Adriano Ossicini);
- one seat went to the Patto Segni (Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini);
- one seat went to Italian Democratic Movement (Giovanni Bruni).
After the election Lamberto Dini became Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the foreign ministry of the government of the Republic of Italy. It is also known as the Farnesina as a metonym from its headquarters, the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome...
and Tiziano Treu minister of Labour in the Prodi I Cabinet
Prodi I Cabinet
The Prodi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998.-Sources:*...
.
In 2001–2002 the party joined Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL). RI members in DL formed a faction within the party, named simply Renewal, consisting of around 10% of the party members. In 2007 several members of this association including Dini broke away from DL to form the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats (Italy)
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.Its long-time leader was Senator Lamberto Dini, former Minister of the Treasury, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.-History:...
.