Italian Renewal
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Italian Renewal
Rinnovamento Italiano |
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|---|---|
| Leader | Lamberto Dini |
| Founded | 27 February 1996 |
| Dissolved | 17 March 2002 |
| Merged into | Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy |
| Ideology |
Centrism Liberalism |
| National affiliation | The Olive Tree |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party – European Democrats |
Italian Renewal (Italian: Rinnovamento Italiano, RI), officially the Dini List – Italian Renewal (Lista Dini – Rinnovamento Italiano, LD–RI), was a centrist and liberalpolitical party in Italy.
The party was a member of the European People's Party from 1998 to 2004.
The party was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini, the outgoing Prime Minister, along with former Christian Democrats, Liberals, Socialists, Republicans and Social Democrats. The party joined The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi. In the 1996 general election RI gave hospitality in its electoral lists to the Italian Socialists (SI), the Segni Pact (PS) and the Democratic Italian Movement (MID). The Dini List won 4.3% of the vote, winning 26 seats at the Chamber:
The list also won 11 seats at the Senate:
After the election Dini became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Treu minister of Labour in the Prodi I Cabinet.
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