People and Territory
People and Territory (Popolo e Territorio, PT), originally Responsible Initiative, was a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in 2011–2013. Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy.[1][2] Its counterpart in the Senate was National Cohesion, which was composed mainly of splinters from Future and Freedom.
On 23 March 2011 Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture.[3] On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone (Environment), Bruno Cesario (Economy and Finances) and Catia Polidori (Economy and Finances).[4]
Composition
Current members
The group included:[5]
- The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (I Popolari di Italia Domani, PID)
- ideology: Christian democracy, regionalism
- leader: Francesco Saverio Romano
- 4 deputies: Pippo Gianni, Michele Pisacane, Francesco Saverio Romano, Giuseppe Ruvolo[6]
- Popular Action (Azione Popolare, AP)[7]
- ideology: National conservatism, liberal conservatism
- leader: Silvano Moffa
- 3 deputies: Silvano Moffa, Catia Polidori, Maria Grazia Siliquini
- Movement of National Responsibility (Movimento di Responsabilità Nazionale, MRN)
- ideology: Centrism, liberalism
- leader: Domenico Scilipoti
- 3 deputies: Massimo Calearo, Bruno Cesario, Domenico Scilipoti
- Alliance of the Centre (Alleanza di Centro, AdC)
- ideology: Christian democracy
- leader: Francesco Pionati
- 1 deputy: Francesco Pionati
- Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC)
- ideology: Christian democracy
- leader: Gianni Fontana
- 1 deputy: Giampiero Catone
- 7 deputies of The People of Freedom (PdL) who joined the group for technical reasons:
- Vincenzo D'Anna, Giancarlo Lehner, Roberto Marmo, Giovanni Mottola, Andrea Orsini, Maria Elena Stasi, Vincenzo Taddei
- We the South (Noi Sud, NS)
- ideology: Regionalism
- leader: Antonio Milo
- 2 deputies: Antonio Milo, Antonio Razzi.
Former members
The group originally included also 4 others deputies of We the South (NS): Elio Belcastro (who was appointed under-secretary of Environment by Berlusconi on 28 July 2007 in representation of IR/PT, see article), Arturo Iannaccone, Americo Porfidia and Lucio Sardelli (who left the party in the summer of 2011).
Three more deputies from the PdL (Mario Pepe,[8] Gerardo Soglia and Carlo Nola) were members of the group for some time.[5]
Other former members of the group include Paolo Guzzanti (ex-PSI/FI/PdL/PLI) and Maurizio Grassano (ex-LN/LD/AdC).[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=135365&sez=HOME_INITALIA
- ↑ http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-01-20/ecco-responsabili-pronti-difendere-123748.shtml?uuid=AaHn4J1C
- ↑ http://www.governo.it/governo/Ministeri/ministri_gov.html
- ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/maggio/06/rimpasto_non_placa_malumori_nella_co_9_110506118.shtml
- 1 2 3 http://www.camera.it/217?idGruppo=849
- ↑ A fifth deputy of PID, Calogero Mannino, who was also party president, refused to join the group. Mannino finally left the party in March (see article).
- ↑ Popular Action is composed of three former members of Future and Freedom who were decisive for Berlusconi IV Cabinet's survival on 14 December 2010.
- ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/giugno/21/Responsabili_sicuri_saremo_320_contro_co_8_110621020.shtml.