Popular Area
Popular Area Area Popolare | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leaders |
Angelino Alfano Pier Ferdinando Casini Maurizio Lupi |
| Founded | 11–16 December 2014 |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | EPP |
| International affiliation | CDI (UdC) |
| European Parliament group | EPP Group |
| Chamber of Deputies |
31 / 630 |
| Senate |
31 / 315 |
| European Parliament |
2 / 73 |
| Regional Government |
0 / 20 |
Popular Area (Italian: Area Popolare, AP) the name of a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, initially active as two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. "Popular" is a reference to popolarismo, the Italian variety of Christian democracy.
History
The groups, launched in December 2014, originally included 34 deputies and 36 senators, comprising the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Union of the Centre (UdC), some dissidents from Civic Choice (SC) and a splinter from the Five Star Movement (M5S).[1][2][3][4] The UdC and most former SC members were previously affiliated to the For Italy groups.
In the 2015 regional elections, Popular Area ran lists in Veneto, Liguria and Tuscany. In Campania and Umbria the names "Popular Campania" and "For Popular Umbria" were used, respectively. Finally, in Marche and Apulia, the NCD (without the UdC) formed a joint list with Marche 2020 and Francesco Schittulli's movement, respectively, under the Popular Area banner. The best results were obtained in Apulia (6.0%), Campania (4.0%) and Marche (4.0%); in Apulia and Marche the UdC, which was in alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party, scored 6.0% and 3.4%, respectively.
Composition
The alliance is composed by the following parties:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Centre-Right (NCD) | Conservatism | Angelino Alfano | |
| Union of the Centre (UdC) | Christian democracy | Pier Ferdinando Casini | |
Electoral results
Regional Councils
| Region | Latest election | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruzzo | 2014 | 40,219 (#4) | 5.9 | 1 / 31 |
| Apulia | 2015 | 101,817 (#7) | 6.0 | 4 / 51 |
| Campania | 2015 | 133,753 (#5) | 5.9 | 1 / 51 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 2014 | 31,635 (#7) | 2.6 | 0 / 50 |
| Liguria | 2015 | 9,269 (#9) | 1.7 | 1 / 31 |
| Marche | 2015 | 21,049 (#7) | 4.0 | 1 / 31 |
| Piedmont | 2014 | 49,059 (#7) | 2.5 | 0 / 50 |
| Tuscany | 2015 | 15,808 (#8) | 1.2 | 0 / 41 |
| Umbria | 2015 | 9,285 (#9) | 2.6 | 0 / 20 |
| Veneto | 2015 | 37.937 (#11) | 2.0 | 1 / 51 |
Leadership
- Group Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Nunzia De Girolamo (2014–2015), Maurizio Lupi (2015–present)
- Group Leader in the Senate: Maurizio Sacconi (2014–2015), Renato Schifani (2015–present)
References
- ↑ http://www.loccidentale.it/node/136059
- ↑ "Parlamento: nascono i gruppi di area popolare, a formarli membri di Ncd, Udc e Scelta Civica". InfoOggi.it. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ↑ "Senato, l'ex M5s Anitori passa ad Area popolare: "Sosterrò il governo Renzi" - Il Fatto Quotidiano". Ilfattoquotidiano.it. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ↑ http://www.loccidentale.it/node/135993
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