Coraggio Italia
PresidentLuigi Brugnaro
Vice PresidentMichaela Biancofiore
Founded27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)
Split fromForza Italia
HeadquartersVia Gaspare Spontini 22, Rome
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Political positionCentre[1] to
centre-right[1][2][3]
National affiliationElectoral list:
Us Moderates (since 2022)
Coalition:
Centre-right coalition
Colours  Fuchsia
  Indigo
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 400
Senate
1 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Councils
2 / 896
Conference of Regions
0 / 21
Website
coraggioitalia.it
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Coraggio Italia (lit. 'Courage Italy',[4] also translatable as 'Cheer up Italy', CI) is a liberal-conservative[5][6] political party in Italy, led by Luigi Brugnaro.

History

In February 2021, amid the formation of Mario Draghi's national unity government, Cambiamo! (C!), a liberal-conservative party led by Giovanni Toti, president of Liguria, started to attract new members from the more centrist wing of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI).[7]

In May 2021, Toti and Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice, announced the formation of a new political party[8] mainly composed by dissidents of FI,[9] as well as Gaetano Quagliariello's Identity and Action (an associate party of C!), splinters from other parties,[10] notably including three deputies previously affiliated with the centre-left Democratic Centre (CD).[11] Brugnaro was appointed party president, while deputy Marco Marin, senator Gaetano Quagliariello and Toti vice presidents.[12][13] During the press conference in which he and Toti launched the new party, Brugnaro thanked Berlusconi, describing him as a "brave leader", but also added that the centre-right "has to move on, it is another era".[14]

In the 2021 Calabrian regional election the party obtained 5.7% of the vote and 2 regional councillors.

In less than a year, CI, which had failed to attract substantial support countrywide, according to opinion polls, experienced an internal crisis. On one side Toti launched the project of a new political party named Italy in the Centre (IaC),[15][16] on the other side Brugnaro rejected establishment politics[17] and wanted to continue to be part of the centre-right coalition.[18] In February 2022 CI's sub-group within the Mixed Group, previously named "IDeA–Cambiamo!–Europeanists", was re-named "Italy in the Centre".[19] In March, a federation between Coraggio Italia and Italy of the Centre was announced, stating that they would have different organisations and parliamentary groupings.[20]

In the 2022 local elections CI and IaC ran separately in most places. CI obtained relevant results only in Veneto, Brugnaro's home-region, most notably 5.2% in Verona and 4.4% in Padua, while IaC won 9.2% in Genoa, 8.5% in La Spezia, 3.7% in Rieti, 5.2% in L'Aquila and 4.3% in Catanzaro.

In late June 2022 CI and IaC formally split both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.[21] The joint parliamentary group in the Chamber was dissolved,[22] while six other deputies, including vice president Marin, left the party, founding a new party called Vinciamo Italia,[23][24] and CI was left with 7 deputies (led by Emilio Carelli)[25] and 2 senators (Andrea Causin and Marinella Pacifico).[26]

In July 2022 a new sub-group named after CI was formed within the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies. The group was led by Fabio Berardini and included 10 deputies: 8 members of CI (not including Carelli) and two representatives of the Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE).[27][28] Contextually, in the Senate, a new sub-group composed of three senators, including two senators of CI and one of the MAIE, was formed.[29]

In the run-up of the 2022 general election CI first formed a joint list with Union of the Centre (UdC),[30] then it was a founding member of Us Moderates (NM), a broader joint list within the centre-right coalition, along with the UdC, IaC and Us with Italy (NcI).[31]

Former member parties

Party Main ideology Leader
Cambiamo! (C!) Liberal conservatism Giovanni Toti
Identity and Action (IDeA) Christian democracy Gaetano Quagliariello

Leadership

References

  1. 1 2 "Coraggio Italia: Ufficializzata la nascita del nuovo partito". 14 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Centro, nasce 'Coraggio Italia': 24 deputati e 7 senatori". 26 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Coraggio Italia: Toti, è sprone e arricchimento per c.destra - Ultima Ora". 28 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - Political Party - Courage Italy (CI)".
  5. ↑ "Parties and Elections in Europe".
  6. ↑ "Viaggio Nella Galassia dei Piccoli Partiti Italiani". 25 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Forza Italia: tre deputati lasciano e vanno con Toti, Adnkronos
  8. ↑ Coraggio Italia:Brugnaro,grazie al Cav, ma è altro tempo, ANSA
  9. ↑ Giovanni Toti e Luigi Brugnaro presenteranno alla Camera il nuovo gruppo parlamentare "Coraggio Italia", Il Post
  10. ↑ "XVIII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Composizione Gruppi parlamentari". www.camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Nasce 'Coraggio Italia', nuovo progetto politico di Brugnaro e Toti, Adnkronos
  12. ↑ Nasce Coraggio Italia, con Brugnaro e Toti subito 24 deputati. Forza Italia ne perde 12, la Repubblica
  13. ↑ "Nasce 'Coraggio Italia', nuovo progetto politico di Brugnaro e Toti". Adnkronos (in Italian). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Coraggio Italia:Brugnaro,grazie al Cav, ma è altro tempo, Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
  15. ↑ "Toti presenta "Italia al centro", modello Csu: «Questo sistema bipolare è ormai superato»". 25 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Toti e il grande centro: Nasce la Federazione fra Coraggio Italia e Italia al centro". 24 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Brugnaro: «Il cuore si è fermato, stavo morendo. Mi sono svegliato il giorno dopo»". 14 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "Renzi e Toti, al centro sono rimasti in pochi (Di F. Fantozzi)". 7 February 2022.
  19. ↑ "Senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni dei Gruppi parlamentari".
  20. ↑ "Toti e il grande centro: nasce la Federazione fra Coraggio Italia e Italia al centro". la Repubblica (in Italian). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "E Brugnaro e Toti sanciscono il divorzio. Non c'è pace nel centro, ingolfato e litigioso (Di F. Olivo)". 23 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Coraggio Italia si scioglie: è l'effetto domino della scissione 5S. Per Toti e Brugnaro obiettivo nuovo Centro con di Maio". 23 June 2022.
  23. ↑ "Si scioglie Coraggio Italia, nasce "Vinciamo Italia": è il decimo gruppo di centro in Parlamento". Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  24. ↑ "Il Centro unito è come l'isola che non c'è: un grande ingorgo ma nessuno riesce a conquistarlo". la Repubblica (in Italian). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  25. ↑ "Coraggio Italia si scioglie e Toti corteggia di Maio".
  26. ↑ "Coraggio Italia implode, effetto di Maio su partito Brugnaro". 23 June 2022.
  27. ↑ "XVIII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche intervenute".
  28. ↑ "Ultimo'ora: Coraggio Italia: Brugnaro, 'rafforzato il partito dei territori'".
  29. ↑ "Ultimo'ora: Coraggio Italia: Brugnaro, 'rafforzato il partito dei territori'".
  30. ↑ "Elezioni 2022, ecco simbolo Udc-Coraggio Italia: Nome 'Brugnaro' e scudocrociato per lista unica". 5 August 2022.
  31. ↑ "Elezioni 2022, nasce 'Noi moderati' lista unica dei centristi di centrodestra". 11 August 2022.
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