Populars for Italy
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Populars for Italy
Popolari per l'Italia |
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| President | Mario Mauro |
| Founded | 28 January 2014 |
| Split from | Civic Choice |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Forza Italia |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | none |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
1 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Website | |
| www.popolariperlitalia.org | |
Populars for Italy (Italian: Popolari per l'Italia, PpI) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy led by Mario Mauro, minister of Defence in Letta Cabinet and, previously, long-serving MEP for Forza Italia.
On 11 September 2014 the PpI were officially accepted into the European People's Party (EPP).
The party was launched in November 2013 by splinters from Civic Choice (SC) led by Mario Mauro and Lorenzo Dellai, who wanted to continue supporting Enrico Letta's government (in which Mauro served as minister of Defence), but disagreed with SC's perceived liberal outlook. Soon after, the PpI formed joint parliamentary groups, named For Italy, with the Union of the Centre (UdC). According to its leaders, the party would soon merged with the UdC into a new "centrist" party.
The party was officially founded on 28 January 2014. In the meantime, Mauro was appointed president.
In February 2014 Mauro was not confirmed as minister of Defence in Matteo Renzi's government, but the PpI joined the government with one deputy minister (Andrea Olivero at Agriculture) and three undersecretaries.
In the 2014 European Parliament election the party endorsed the New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre joint list.
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