Popular Area
Political party in Italy
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Popular Area (Italian: Area Popolare, AP) was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
"Popular" was 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 (PD), scored 6.0% and 3.4%, respectively.
In the run-up of the 2016 constitutional referendum the UdC campaigned for the "No", while the NCD was among the keenest supporters of the "Yes". After the referendum, which saw a huge defeat of the "Yes" side, the UdC left Popular Area altogether. However, some UdC splinters, notably including Pier Ferdinando Casini, Gianpiero D'Alia and Gian Luca Galletti, launched an alternative party named Centrists for Europe (CpE) and confirmed their alliance with the NCD within Popular Area.[5][6][7][8]
In March 2017 the NCD was dissolved into Popular Alternative (AP) and also Popular Area was set aside.
Composition
The alliance was originally composed by the following two parties:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Centre-Right (NCD) | Conservatism Christian democracy | Angelino Alfano | |
| Union of the Centre (UdC) | Christian democracy Social conservatism | Pier Ferdinando Casini Lorenzo Cesa | |
Since December 2016, the alliance is composed by the following parties:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Centre-Right (NCD) | Conservatism Christian democracy | Angelino Alfano | |
| Centrists for Europe (CpE) | Christian democracy Centrism | Pier Ferdinando Casini Gianpiero D'Alia | |
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) | 6.4 | 4 / 51 |
| Calabria | 2014 | 101,817 | 8.2 | 3 / 30 |
| Campania | 2015 | 68,594 (#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 (2015–2017)
- Group Leader in the Senate: Maurizio Sacconi (2014–2015), Renato Schifani (2015–2016), Laura Bianconi (2016–2017)
References
- ^ "Il dado è tratto per Area Popolare | l'Occidentale". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "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. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ^ "Fabiola Anitori entra nel gruppo Area Popolare | l'Occidentale". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
- ^ "Area Popolare si spacca dopo il referendum. Udc: "L'esperienza, forse mai decollata, si conclude qui"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Dec 6, 2016.
- ^ "Fuggi fuggi al Senato: i centristi guardano a Fi. E Alfano resta da solo". ilGiornale.it. Dec 7, 2016.
- ^ ""Alfano succube di Renzi, ce ne andiamo" - giornaleditalia". Archived from the original on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ^ "Articolo dall'Archivio Storico". AGV (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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