Civic Area Area Civica | |
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Leader | Giulio Santagata |
Founded | 14 December 2017 |
Dissolved | 2018 |
Split from | Democratic Party |
Ideology | Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | Electoral list Together Coalition: Centre-left coalition |
Colours | Orange |
Civic Area (Italian : Area Civica, AC) was a progressive political party in Italy.
Led by Giulio Santagata, a former minister in Romano Prodi's second government, AC was mainly composed of former Olivists, a faction of Prodi's loyalists within Democracy is Freedom and, subsequently, the Democratic Party (PD). [1]
In December 2017 AC formed, along with the Italian Socialist Party, the Federation of the Greens and Progressive Area, the Together electoral list, within the centre-left coalition, for the upcoming 2018 general election. [2] [3] [4]
In the election the list obtained a mere 0.6% of the vote and no seats. However, Serse Soverini (AC) was elected to the Chamber from the single-seat constituency of Imola, Emilia-Romagna.
In October 2018 Soverini joined Italia in Comune [5] and soon became the party's regional coordinator in Emilia-Romagna. [6] In September 2019, after Matteo Renzi had left to form Italia Viva, Soverini joined the PD. [7] [8]
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