Italian Animalist Party Partito Animalista Italiano | |
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Leader | Cristiano Ceriello |
Spokesperson | Nicolas Micheletti |
Founded | 4 July 2006 |
Headquarters | Via Armando Diaz 140, San Giuseppe Vesuviano (NA) |
Youth wing | Gioventù Animalista |
Ideology | Animal rights Animal welfare Environmentalism |
National affiliation | PAI–UCDL–10VM (2022–) |
European affiliation | European Alliance for Freedom and Democracy Animal Politics EU |
International affiliation | Animal Politics Foundation |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 400 |
Senate | 0 / 200 |
European Parliament | 0 / 76 |
Regional Councils | 0 / 897 |
Website | |
https://www.partitoanimalista.org/ | |
The Italian Animalist Party (Partito Animalista Italiano) is a political party in Italy focused animal rights. It was founded on 4 July 2006 and is led by Cristiano Ceriello.
The Italian Animalist Party was founded in 2006 by lawyer and animal rights activist Cristiano Ceriello. The main objectives of the Italian Animalist Party are animal liberation and climate change activism. In 2019, the Italian Animalist Party participated in the 2019 European Parliament election, obtaining 0.6% at the national level, making it the tenth Italian political party by number of seats held. [1]
In 2020, the party organized food collections for animals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy [2] and presented a petition to the president of the province of Trento and to the Prefect and the Minister of the Environment asking for the release of the M49 bear. [3]
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leaders |
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2022 | 21,442 | 0.08 | 0 / 400 | – | Cristiano Ceriello |
Senate of the Republic | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leaders |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 16,957 | 0.06 | 0 / 200 | – | Cristiano Ceriello |
European Parliament | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
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2019 | 160,270 | 0.60 | 0 / 76 | – | Cristiano Ceriello |
Region | Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
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Aosta Valley | 2020 | 1,084 | 1.6 | 0 / 35 | – |
Apulia | 2020 | 5,573 | 0.3 | 0 / 51 | – |
Campania | 2020 | 33,681 | 1.4 | 1 / 51 | 1 |
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