Possible (Italy)
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| Secretary | Giuseppe Civati |
| Founded | 21 June 2015 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Turin |
| Membership (2015) |
 4,773 |
| Ideology |
Progressivism Social democracy Green politics Social liberalism Participatory democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | with Italian Left |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Cerise |
| Slogan | It's possible |
| Chamber of Deputies |
4 / 630
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| Senate |
0 / 315
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| European Parliament |
1 / 73
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| Website | |
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Possible (Italian: Possibile) is a left-wing political party in Italy, launched in Rome on 21 June 2015.
The party's leader is Giuseppe Civati, a former prominent member of the Democratic Party (PD). Possible's progressive platform is a mixture of social democracy, green politics, social liberalism and elements of participatory democracy.
In May 2015, after months of tensions with Prime Minister and party secretary Matteo Renzi, Civati chose to leave the PD. Civati, who had lost a bid to become leader of the party to Renzi in 2013, had long accused the Prime Minister of being a right-winger and moving the PD to the right or toward a centrist "party of the nation".
Civati followed Luca Pastorino, a member of the Chamber of Deputies who was running, with Civati's support, for President in the 2015 Ligurian election and was instrumental in the defeat of the official Democratic candidate. Civati and Pastorino were joined by Elly Schlein, a member of the European Parliament sitting in the Socialists and Democrats' Group, and two more deputies, Andrea Maestri and Beatrice Brignone.
At Possible's launch, Civati explained that it was intended to "have minimum bureaucracy, and membership will be light, participatory, horizontal" and aimed at unifying all the parties, groups and individuals to the left of the PD, including Sergio Cofferati, Stefano Fassina, Nichi Vendola's Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), Maurizio Landini's Social Coalition, the Greens and other environmentalists, etc., in a single party, with a potential support around 10% of the vote. Also representatives of the Italian Radicals, Green Italy, the Communist Refoundation Party, Free Alternative (AL) and Italy Work in Progress (the latter two splinter groups from the Five Star Movement, M5S) showed up at Possible's first convention in Rome.
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