List of parliamentary groups in Italy

This article contains a list of parliamentary groups in Italy.

In Italy’s bicameral Parliament, MPs are required to belong to a "parliamentary group" (gruppo parlamentare) in each chamber. ^{[1] [2]} Groups structure debate time, committee assignments and funding, and each chamber's rules set minimum sizes and special cases.

Rules and recent reforms

In July 2022 the Senate of the Republic adopted a comprehensive update of its Rules of Procedure to adapt to the reduced number of members (200 senators), including the six/nine-member thresholds and new anti-trasformismo measures linking groups to electoral symbols and components. ^{[3] [4]} In November 2022 the Chamber approved numerical adjustments (e.g. 14-member baseline from the XX legislature; 7-member components in the Mixed Group; 2 for minority-language components). ^{[5] [6]}

Minimum size and exceptions

• Chamber of Deputies: the general threshold is "20 deputies", but the Bureau may authorize a smaller group for parties that met specific nationwide ballot requirements; from the XX legislature the baseline threshold is scheduled to become "14 deputies" and the minimum for components inside the Mixed Group drops to "7" ("2'" for recognized linguistic minorities). ^{[7] [8]}
• Senate of the Republic: groups must have "at least six senators" at the start of a legislature and generally "nine" if formed later, with specific conditions and limits on splitting/merging; minority-language senators may form a group with "at least four". ^[9]

Mixed Group and "components"

Members who do not join (or no longer belong to) another group sit in the "Mixed Group" (Gruppo misto), which may host smaller "components" representing parties or minority lists; components ensure a minimum of speaking time and organisational rights. ^{[10] [11]}

Current composition

This section reflects the official rosters published by the Chambers for the XIX legislature (from 13 October 2022).

Chamber of Deputies (XIX legislature)

Seat counts per official roster. ^[12] Abbreviations per “Sigle dei gruppi parlamentari”. ^{[13] [14]}

Group	Abbrev	Since	Seats	Notes
Fratelli d’Italia	FdI	Oct 2022 (XIX)	116	—
Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista	PD-IDP	Oct 2022 (XIX)	70	—
Lega – Salvini Premier	Lega	Oct 2022 (XIX)	65	—
Movimento 5 Stelle	M5S	Oct 2022 (XIX)	49	—
Forza Italia – Berlusconi Presidente – PPE	FI-PPE	Oct 2022 (XIX)	51	—
Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra	AVS	27 Oct 2022	10	Constituted as group on 27 Oct 2022. [15]
Azione – Popolari Europeisti Riformatori – Renew Europe	AZ-PER-RE	20 Nov 2023	10	Renamed from “Azione – Italia Viva – Renew Europe” on 20 Nov 2023. [16]
Italia Viva – Il Centro – Renew Europe	IV-C-RE	20 Nov 2023	6	Constituted on 20 Nov 2023. [17]
Noi Moderati (Noi con l’Italia, Coraggio Italia, UDC e Italia al Centro) – MAIE – Centro Popolare	NM(N-C-U-I)M-CP	27 Oct 2022 / 30 Oct 2024	10	Group constituted 27 Oct 2022; name updated to include “Centro Popolare” on 30 Oct 2024. [18]
Gruppo Misto	Misto	Oct 2022 (XIX)	13	Components currently listed: +Europa (3), Minoranze linguistiche (4), non iscritti (6). [19]

Senate of the Republic (XIX legislature)

Seat counts per official roster. ^[20] Abbreviations per “Sigle dei Gruppi parlamentari”. ^{[21] [22]}

Group	Abbrev	Since	Seats	Notes
Fratelli d’Italia	FdI	Oct 2022 (XIX)	63	—
Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista	PD-IDP	Oct 2022 (XIX)	36	—
Lega Salvini Premier – Partito Sardo d’Azione	LSP-PSd’Az	Oct 2022 (XIX)	29	—
Forza Italia – Berlusconi Presidente – PPE	FI-BP-PPE	Oct 2022 (XIX)	20	—
MoVimento 5 Stelle	M5S	Oct 2022 (XIX)	26	—
Italia Viva – Il Centro – Renew Europe	IV-C-RE	Oct 2022 (XIX)	8	—
Per le Autonomie (SVP–PATT, Campobase)	Aut (SVP-PATT, Cb)	Oct 2022 (XIX)	7	Regional/minority group.
Civici d'Italia – UDC – Noi Moderati (NcI, CI, IaC) – MAIE – Centro Popolare	Cd’I-UDC-NM (NcI, CI, IaC)-MAIE-CP	Oct 2022 (XIX)	8	—
Gruppo Misto	Misto	Oct 2022 (XIX)	8	—

Parliamentary groups representing a political party

Parliamentary groups since 1946.

Active parliamentary groups

Party		Chamber of Deputies	Senate of the Republic
	Democratic Party Partito Democratico	2007–present	2007–present
	Brothers of Italy Fratelli d'Italia	2013–present	2012–2013, 2018–present
	Five Star Movement Movimento Cinque Stelle	2013–present	2013–present
	Forward Italy Forza Italia	2013–present	2013–present
	Lega Lega	2018–present	2018–present

Defunct parliamentary groups

Party		Chamber of Deputies [a]	Senate of the Republic
	Christian Democracy Democrazia Cristiana	1946–1994	1948–1994
	Italian Communist Party Partito Comunista Italiano	1946–1991	1948–1991
	Italian Socialist Party Partito Socialista Italiano	1946–1966, 1969–1994	1948–1966, 1969–1996
	Common Man's Front Fronte dell'Uomo Qualunque	1946–1948	—
	Italian Republican Party Partito Repubblicano Italiano	1946–1953, 1963–1994	1948–1953, 1979–1994
	Labour Democratic Party Partito Democratico del Lavoro	1946–1948	—
	Italian Liberal Party Partito Liberale Italiano	1947–1994	1948–1953, 1963–1976, 1992–1994
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party [b] Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano	1947–1966, 1969–1994	1948–1953, 1963–1966, 1969–1976, 1979–1992
	Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico	1948–1959	1953–1958
	Italian Social Movement Movimento Sociale Italiano	1953–1994	1953–1958, 1963–1994
	People's Monarchist Party Partito Monarchico Popolare	1954–1959	—
	Italian Democratic Party Partito Democratico Italiano	1959–1972	—
	Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria	1964–1972	1964–1976
	Radical Party Partito Radicale	1976–1987	—
	National Democracy Democrazia Nazionale	1976–1979	1977–1979
	Proletarian Democracy Democrazia Proletaria	1976–1978, 1983–1991	—
	Proletarian Unity Party Partito di Unità Proletaria	1978–1983	—
	Federation of Green Lists Federazione delle Liste Verdi	1987–1992	—
	Democratic Party of the Left Partito Democratico della Sinistra	1991–1994, 1996–1998	1991–1994, 1996–1998
	Communist Refoundation Party Partito della Rifondazione Comunista	1992–1998, 2001–2008	1991–1999, 2006–2008
	Northern League Lega Nord	1992–2018	1992–2018
	Federation of the Greens Federazione dei Verdi	1992–1994, 2006–2008	1996–2006
	The Network La Rete	1992–1994	—
	Christian Democratic Centre Centro Cristiano Democratico	1994–1998	1994–2001
	Italian People's Party Partito Popolare Italiano	1994–2001	1994–2001
	Forward Italy Forza Italia	1994–2008	1994–2008
	National Alliance Alleanza Nazionale	1994–2008	1994–2008
	Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalisti e Liberaldemocratici	1994–1996	—
	Federalist Italian League Lega Italiana Federalista	1995	1995–1996
	United Christian Democrats Cristiani Democratici Uniti	—	1995–1998
	Italian Renewal Rinnovamento Italiano	1996–1999	1996–2000
	Democrats of the Left Democratici di Sinistra	1998–2006	1998–2006
	Party of Italian Communists Partito dei Comunisti Italiani	1998–2001, 2006–2008	1998–1999
	Democratic Union for the Republic Unione Democratic per la Repubblica	1998–1999	1998–1999
	The Democrats I Democratici	1999–2001	—
	Union of Democrats for Europe Unione Democratici per l'Europa	1999–2001, 2006–2008	1999–2001
	European Democracy Democrazia Europea	—	2001
	Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita	2001–2006	2001–2006
	Union of Christian and Centre Democrats Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro	2001–2013	2001–2008
	Italy of Values Italia dei Valori	2006–2013	2008–2013
	Democratic Left Sinistra Democratica	2007–2008	2007–2008
	The People of Freedom Il Popolo della Libertà	2008–2013	2008–2013
	Future and Freedom Futuro e Libertà	2010–2013	2010–2011
	New Centre-Right Nuovo Centrodestra	2013–2018	2013–2018
	Article One Articolo Uno	2017–2018	2017–2018
	Civic Choice Scelta Civica	2013–2018	2013–2015
	Left Ecology Freedom Sinistra Ecologia Libertà	2013–2018	—
	Conservatives and Reformists Conservatori e Riformisti	—	2015–2017
	Us with Italy Noi con l'Italia	—	2017–2018
	Italy Alive Italia Viva	2019–2022	2019–2022
	Together for the Future Insieme per il Futuro	2022	2022

Notes

1. 1946–1948: Constituent Assembly of Italy.
2. The party was established as "Socialist Party of Italian Workers" in 1947, it was variously named and was ultimately named "Italian Democratic Socialist Party" in 1952.

Parliamentary groups not representing a political party

Active parliamentary groups

Alongside single-party groups, some groups aggregate multiple parties/groups. As of today seven such groups are active.

• Mixed Group (Constituent Assembly / Chamber and Senate, 1946–present)
• For the Autonomies (Senate, 2001–present)
• Action – Italy Alive (Chamber and Senate, 2022–present)
• Greens and Left Alliance (Chamber, 2022–present)
• Us Moderates (Chamber, 2022–present)
• Civics of Italy–Us Moderates (Senate, 2022–present)

The Mixed Group has existed continuously since 1946 and hosts members and small components not enrolled in other groups. ^[23] At the Senate, "For the Autonomies" has grouped senators from regionalist and recognized linguistic-minority parties (e.g. SVP, PATT) since 2001. ^[24] Several current groups explicitly aggregate allied lists (e.g. Noi Moderati – MAIE – Centro Popolare at the Chamber; Civici d’Italia–UDC–Noi Moderati–MAIE–Centro Popolare at the Senate), per each Chamber’s rules on coalitions and symbols. ^{[25] [26]}

Defunct parliamentary groups

• Historical Right (Chamber, 1849–1913)
• Historical Left (Chamber, 1849–1913)
• Historical Far Left (Chamber, 1867–1904)
• Dissident Left (Chamber, 1877–1887)
• Autonomist Group (Constituent Assembly, 1946–1948)
• National Democratic Union (Constituent Assembly, 1946–1948)
• National Bloc of Freedom (Constituent Assembly, 1947–1948)
• National Union (Constituent Assembly, 1947–1948)
• Left Democratic Group (Senate, 1948–1953)
• Democratic Group – Independents of the Left (Senate, 1953–1958)
• Free–Social–Republican Group (Senate, 1953–1958)
• Italian Social Movement–PNM/PDI (1958–1963)
• Unified Socialist Party (Chamber and Senate, 1966–1969)
• Independent Left (Senate, 1968–1992; Chamber, 1983–1992)
• Italian Liberal Party–Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Senate, 1976–1979)
• European Federalist Group (Chamber, 1987–1994)
• Ecologist European Federalist Group (Senate, 1987–1992)
• Proletarian Democracy–Communists (Chamber, 1991–1992)
• Greens–The Network (Senate, 1992–1996)
• Progressives (Chamber and Senate, 1994–1996)
• Democratic Left (Senate, 1994–1996)
• The Democrats (Chamber, 1995)
• The Olive Tree (Chamber and Senate, 2006–2007)
• Socialists and Radicals – Rose in the Fist (Chamber, 2006–2008)
• Greens–Italian Communists (Senate, 2006–2008)
• Christian Democracy for the Autonomies–New Italian Socialist Party (Chamber, 2006–2008)
• Christian Democracy for the Autonomies–Movement for Autonomy (Senate, 2006–2008)
• People and Territory (Chamber, 2011–2013)
• National Cohesion (Senate, 2011–2013)
• For the Third Pole (Senate, 2011–2013)
• For Italy (Chamber, 2013–2014; Senate 2013–2014)
• For Italy–Democratic Centre (Chamber, 2014–2016)
• For Italy–Solidary Democracy (Chamber, 2016–2018)
• Great Autonomies and Freedom (Senate, 2013–2018)
• Popular Area (Senate, 2014–2017)
• Civics and Innovators (Chamber, 2016–2018)
• Federation of Freedom (Senate, 2017–2018)
• Free and Equal (Chamber, 2018–2022)
• Europeanists–MAIE–CD (Senate, 2021)
• Constitution, Environment, Labour–PC–IdV (Senate, 2022)

See also

• List of political parties in Italy
• List of political coalitions in Italy

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