Future Italy
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| Founded | July 2009 |
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| Founder | Luca Cordero di Montezemolo |
| Type | Think tank |
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President
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Carlo Pontecorvo |
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Key people
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Lelio Alfonso, Carlo Calenda, Vincenzo Camporini, Stefano Dambruoso, Alessandro De Nicola, Diego Della Valle, Luigi Marino, Michel Martone, Angelo Mellone, Maria Paola Merloni, Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Corrado Passera, Simone Perillo, Gianni Punzo, Andrea Romano, Nicola Rossi, Andrea Riccardi, Federico Vecchioni Irene Tinagli |
| Website | www.italiafutura.it |
Future Italy (Italia Futura, IF) is an Italian liberal-centrist think tank, formed in 2009 by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of Alitalia (since 2014) and former chairman of Ferrari (1991–2014), FIAT (2004–2010) and Confindustria (2004–2008).
Between 2013 and 2014, IF acted as a de facto internal faction of Civic Choice, a centrist party launched by Mario Monti.
IF was launched in July 2009 by Montezemolo along with a substantial group of entrepreneurs, managers and intellectuals, notably including Diego Della Valle, Maria Paola Merloni, Gianni Punzo, Corrado Passera, Luigi Marino, Carlo Calenda, Andrea Romano, Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Stefano Dambruoso, Irene Tinagli, Angelo Mellone, and Michel Martone.
Romano, who was appointed IF director, was formerly close to Massimo D'Alema, and many of IF leading members came from the centre-left. A strong supporter of Montezemolo's project was Massimo Cacciari, philosopher, three-times mayor of Venice and disgruntled Democrat, who had inspired a Veneto-based regional party called Toward North (VN). In Montezemolo's words, however, IF aimed at forming a new "popular, reform and authentically liberal force" which would hegemonize the political centre of Italian politics, in dialogue with "responsible people" of the established parties.
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