Responsible Initiative
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People and Land originally Responsible Initiative, is a centre-right
parliamentary party active in the Italian Chamber of Deputies
.
Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet
. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy. Its counterpart in the Senate
is National Cohesion
, which was animated too by dissenting members of Future and Freedom
.
On 23 March 2011 Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture. 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).
(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, Antonio Milo, Americo Porfidia, Antonio Razzi and Lucio Sardelli (who left the party in the summer of 2011). All but Razzi and Milo left the group from September to November 2011. Razzi and Milo left the party instead.
A tenth deputy from the PdL, Mario Pepe, was member of the group until 21 June 2011, when he moved to the Mixed Group in order to make possible the survival of the sub-component of the Italian Republican Party
.
Centre-right
The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...
parliamentary party active in the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
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Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Berlusconi IV Cabinet has been the cabinet of the government of Italy from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011.As of July 2011, it was composed of 24 ministers, 4 deputy ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 67 members.-Sources:*...
. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy. Its counterpart in the Senate
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...
is National Cohesion
National Cohesion
National Cohesion is a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Italian Senate.Launched on 2 March 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet. The group's president is Pasquale Viespoli, formerly leader of Future and Freedom in the Senate, and its counterpart in the Chamber of...
, which was animated too by dissenting members of Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom , whose complete name is Future and Freedom for Italy is a centre-right political party in Italy....
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On 23 March 2011 Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture. On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone (Environment), Bruno Cesario (Economy and Finances) and Catia Polidori (Economy and Finances).
Current members
The group includes:- The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (I Popolari di Italia Domani, PID)
- ideology: Christian democracyChristian DemocracyChristian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
, regionalismRegionalismIn politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular region or group of regions, whether traditional or formal... - leader: Francesco Saverio Romano
- 4 deputies: Pippo Gianni, Michele Pisacane, Francesco Saverio Romano, Giuseppe Ruvolo
- ideology: Christian democracy
- Popular ActionPopular Action (Italy)Popular Action is a conservative political party in Italy.It was founded in by Silvano Moffa as an association of former members of National Alliance who left Future and Freedom to return into the centre-right fold in late 2010...
(Azione Popolare, AP)- ideology: National conservatismNational conservatismNational conservatism is a political term used primarily in Europe to describe a variant of conservatism which concentrates more on national interests than standard conservatism as well as upholding cultural and ethnic identity, while not being outspokenly nationalist or supporting a far-right...
, liberal conservatismLiberal conservatismLiberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different... - leader: Silvano Moffa
- 3 deputies: Silvano Moffa, Catia Polidori, Maria Grazia Siliquini
- ideology: National conservatism
- Movement of National ResponsibilityMovement of National ResponsibilityThe Movement of National Responsibility is a tiny centrist parliamentary political party in Italy....
(Movimento di Responsabilità Nazionale, MRN)- ideology: CentrismCentrismIn politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
, liberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,... - leader: Domenico Scilipoti
- 3 deputies: Massimo CalearoMassimo CalearoMassimo Calearo Ciman is an Italian entrepreneur and politician from Veneto.Before entering politics he held several leadership roles within Confindustria, at local and national level...
, Bruno Cesario, Domenico Scilipoti
- ideology: Centrism
- Alliance of the CentreAlliance of the CentreAlliance of the Centre is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.It was founded in November 2008 by splinters from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats who wanted to return to an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition and support his fourth government...
(Alleanza di Centro, AdC)- ideology: Christian democracyChristian DemocracyChristian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
- leader: Francesco Pionati
- 2 deputies: Maurizio Grassano, Francesco Pionati
- ideology: Christian democracy
- 9 deputies of the The People of FreedomThe People of FreedomThe People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
(PdL) who joined the group for technical reasons:- Vincenzo D'Anna, Giancarlo Lehner, Roberto Marmo, Giovanni Mottola, Carlo Nola, Andrea Orsini, Gerardo Soglia, Maria Elena Stasi, Vincenzo Taddei
- 4 independent deputies:
- Giampiero Catone (ex-DCChristian Democracy (Italy)Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
/CDUUnited Christian DemocratsThe United Christian Democrats was a Christian democratic party in Italy.-History:It began in 1995 by a split of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter into an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia...
/UDC/PdLThe People of FreedomThe People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
/FLIFuture and FreedomFuture and Freedom , whose complete name is Future and Freedom for Italy is a centre-right political party in Italy....
), Paolo GuzzantiPaolo GuzzantiPaolo Guzzanti is an Italian journalist and politician. He was previously a member of the Italian Socialist Party.-Biography:Born in Rome, he is the nephew of Elio Guzzanti and father to actors Corrado, Sabina and Caterina....
(ex-PSIItalian Socialist PartyThe Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
/FIForza ItaliaForza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
/PdLThe People of FreedomThe People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
/PLI), Antonio Milolo (ex-DCChristian Democracy (Italy)Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
/CDUUnited Christian DemocratsThe United Christian Democrats was a Christian democratic party in Italy.-History:It began in 1995 by a split of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter into an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia...
/UDC/MpA/NSWe the SouthWe the South , in full We the South – Freedom and Autonomy , is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy based in the South.-History:...
), Antonio Razzi (ex-IdVItaly of ValuesItaly of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
/NSWe the SouthWe the South , in full We the South – Freedom and Autonomy , is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy based in the South.-History:...
).
- Giampiero Catone (ex-DC
Former members
The group originally included also 6 deputies of We the SouthWe the South
We the South , in full We the South – Freedom and Autonomy , is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy based in the South.-History:...
(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, Antonio Milo, Americo Porfidia, Antonio Razzi and Lucio Sardelli (who left the party in the summer of 2011). All but Razzi and Milo left the group from September to November 2011. Razzi and Milo left the party instead.
A tenth deputy from the PdL, Mario Pepe, was member of the group until 21 June 2011, when he moved to the Mixed Group in order to make possible the survival of the sub-component of the Italian Republican Party
Italian Republican Party
The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...
.