Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies

Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies
Alleanza Liberalpopolare – Autonomie
Leader Denis Verdini
Founded 28 July 2015
Ideology Centrism
Liberalism
Regionalism
Political position Centre
Chamber of Deputies
9 / 630
Senate
20 / 315

The Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (Italian: Alleanza Liberalpopolare – Autonomie, ALA) is a centrist and liberal parliamentary group active in the Senate[1][2] and a sub-group in the Chamber of Deputies[3] of the Italian Parliament.

The group members are often known as Verdiniani, from the name of their leader, Denis Verdini, formerly a long-time member and national coordinator of three successive centre-right parties led by Silvio Berlusconi (Forza Italia, The People of Freedom and Forza Italia) until July 2015, when he broke with Berlusconi and the party in order to support the Renzi Cabinet.[4]

Verdini aims at launching the "Moderates for Renzi", that would eventually include the other centrist parties supporting the government, namely the New Centre-Right, the Union of the Centre and Civic Choice[5][6][7][8][9][10] (the Christian leftist and centrist Solidary Democracy, currently in alliance with the kin Democratic Centre, ruled out any interest in the idea).[11]

History

The Liberal Popular Alliance emerged from a split from Forza Italia (FI), led by Denis Verdini, who wanted to support the reforms put forward by the Renzi Cabinet, and was joined by senators coming from different centre-right groups, including Great Autonomies and Freedom (GAL), Conservatives and Reformists (CR) and New Centre-Right (NCD).

Denis Verdini

Lucio Barani, who until then was the leader of the New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI),[12][13] was elected president of the group. "Autonomies" was added to "Liberal Popular Alliance" as a reference to the presence of two senators of the Movement for the Autonomies–Party of Sicilians (MpA–PdS) in the group.[14] Other than Barani, who continued to be a member of the NPSI, and the two MpA–PdS senators, the other group members were independent from any party affiliation.

Between September and October, four senators and seven deputies left FI and joined Verdini; the deputies formed a joint sub-group with the Associative Movement Italians Abroad named "Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies – Associative Movement Italians Abroad.[2][15][16][17] Between December and January 2016, the party was joined by five more senators,[2] notably including Sandro Bondi, another former national coordinator of FI.[18][19] Also in January, three ALA members were elected deputy chairpersons of three Senate committees.[20]

In April 2016 the presence of two senators of the MpA, which had broken ties with FI while joining ALA,[21] was marked by a new name of the group in the Senate: Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (Movement for the Autonomies).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Verdini presenta nuovo gruppo Ala: "Ddl Boschi va approvato così com'è"
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Composizione del Gruppo Alleanza Liberalpopolare-Autonomie (Movimento per le Autonomie) nella XVII Legislatura". senato.it. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. ↑ "XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Composizione gruppi Parlamentari". Camera.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. ↑ Senato, a Verdini tre vicepresidenti di commissione. Minoranza dem insorge. Renzi: "Non entra in maggioranza"
  5. ↑ Pubblicato: 19/10/2015 19:58 CEST (2015-10-19). "Finanziaria: iniziano le prove generali dei Moderati per Renzi. Verdini fissa il prezzo del sì. Altri tre senatori in arrivo". Huffingtonpost.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Verdini dà la linea ai centristi | l'Occidentale" (in (Italian)). Loccidentale.it. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  7. ↑ "Chi sono i Moderati per Renzi? - Termometro Politico". Termometropolitico.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. ↑ "Il triste destino di Ncd finisce in balia di Verdini" (in (Italian)). IlGiornale.it. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  9. ↑ "Moderati per Renzi, il progetto di Cicchitto - Termometro Politico". Termometropolitico.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  10. ↑ Francesco Verderami. "Verdini contro Alfano, la battaglia dei centri con Matteo Renzi alla regia". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  11. ↑ http://www.democraziasolidale.it/#!Dellai-i-moderati-per-Renzi-non-ci-interessano-abbiamo-unaltra-cultura-politica/c5g8/562767530cf21850812b2393
  12. ↑ Nuovo PSI il segretario Barani aderisce al gruppo di Verdini ma rischia l'espulsione
  13. ↑ Nuovo PSI, Lucio Barani si dimette da segretario nazionale
  14. ↑ Ponte sullo stretto, PdS-MpA chiede al parlamento il ripristino del progetto
  15. ↑ Redazione Online (2015-09-23). "Forza Italia, dieci parlamentari lasciano il partito per andare nel movimento di Verdini". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  16. ↑ Altri articoli dalla categoria » (2015-09-23). "Forza Italia, altre sette deputati e un senatore lasciano il partito e passano con i verdiniani". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  17. ↑ Di Antonio Bucci. "Anche Iurlaro con Verdini, il senatore abbandona Forza Italia". Affaritaliani.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  18. ↑ Altri articoli dalla categoria » (2015-12-22). "Senato, Bondi e Repetti passano con Verdini". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  19. ↑ Pubblicato: 22/12/2015 14:35 CET (2015-12-22). "Bondi e Repetti con Verdini. L'ex "poeta di Arcore" supera i dissidi e aderisce ad Ala: "Non c'è alternativa a Renzi"". Huffingtonpost.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  20. ↑ Altri articoli dalla categoria » (2016-01-21). "Senato, a Verdini tre vicepresidenti di commissione. Minoranza dem insorge. Renzi: "Non entra in maggioranza"". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  21. ↑ "Rotta intesa FI-Mpa, Scavone: "Vertici siciliani non adeguati" - LiveSicilia Catania". Catania.livesicilia.it. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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