Us of the Centre
Us of the Centre Noi di Centro | |
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Secretary | Clemente Mastella |
President | Giorgio Merlo |
Founded | 28 November 2021 |
Preceded by | Union of Democrats for Europe |
Ideology | Christian democracy |
Political position | Centre |
National affiliation | Italy in the Centre (2021–2022) NDC–Europeanists–DC (since 2022) |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 400 |
Senate | 0 / 200 |
European Parliament | 0 / 76 |
Regional Councils | 4 / 896 |
Website | |
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Us of the Centre (
History
In the summer of 2020, Mastella re-organised his followers under the banner of Us Campanians,
In November 2021, Mastella launched Us of the Centre in order to compete in countrywide elections.[4] In December 2021, during a party assembly in Rome, Mastella was elected secretary and Giorgio Merlo, a journalist and former long-time deputy of the Italian People's Party (PPI), Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, and the PD from Piedmont, president.[5] Subsequently, Mastella's wife Sandra Lonardo, elected senator for Forza Italia (FI) in the 2018 Italian general election, left that party and joined Cambiamo!'s sub-group in the Senate's Mixed Group, whose name was changed in order to include "Us of the Centre (Us Campanians)". The sub-group's main name would soon become "Italy in the Centre".[6]
In June 2022, during a party convention in Naples, Mastella proposed an alliance with Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva (IV) and Giovanni Toti's Italy in the Centre (IaC), in a sort of re-edition of the Daisy, which put the UDEUR together with the PPI, The Democrats, and Italian Renewal in the run-up of the 2001 Italian general election.[7][8] Mastella then announced he would run by himself, along with Europeanists, to avoid to collect signatures.[9]
Electoral results
Italian Parliament
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leaders |
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2022 | 46,109[a] | 0.16 | 0 / 400
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Senate of the Republic | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leaders |
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2022 | 42,860[a] | 0.16 | 0 / 200
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Clemente Mastella
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- ^ a b In a joint list with Europeanists and Christian Democracy.
Leadership
- Secretary: Clemente Mastella (2021–present)
- President: Giorgio Merlo (2021—present)
See also
References
- ^ "Elezioni regionali, Mastella presenta la lista "Noi campani", a sostegno di de Luca". 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Mastella Noi Campani Con de Luca".
- ^ "Elezioni comunali Benevento 2021 - Risultati - la Repubblica".
- ^ "Mastella lancia il partito nazionale "Noi centro"". 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Giorgio Merlo eletto Presidente Nazionale di "Noi di Centro" | Vita Diocesana Pinerolese". 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni dei Gruppi parlamentari".
- ^ "Mastella lancia Noi di Centro: "Al Sud siamo già forti". E apre a Matteo Renzi". 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Mastella a convention 'Noi di Centro': "Coalizioni dormono in stessi letti ma sogni diversi" - Italia". 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Clemente Mastella: "Io corro da solo. Gli altri sono abatini che non si sporcano le mani" (di F. Olivo)". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.