Popular Base

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Popular Base
Base Popolare
AbbreviationBP
Founders Giuseppe De Mita
Lorenzo Dellai
Mario Mauro
Dante Monda
Gaetano Quagliariello
Gian Mario Spacca
Francescomaria Tuccillo
Founded19 July 2023;8 months ago (2023-07-19)
Headquarters
  • Corso d'Italia, 19
  • 00198 Rome
Ideology Christian democracy
Popolarismo
Political position Centre
Colors  Blue and   Gold
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Councils
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Website
basepopolare.com

Popular Base (Italian : Base Popolare) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.

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History

In 2021 Giuseppe De Mita, leader of Italy is Popular, launched the Populars in Network movement to attempt to federate the Italian populars into a single party. [1] [2] [3] On 25 February 2023, on the same day that the national congress of Together was held, the Assembly of the regional promoters committees of Populars in Network met in Rome and launched a committee called POP - United Populars, with the aim of forming by the end of the year a political association that would bring together other popular political associations. [4] [5] POP, Together and other catholic associations signed on 27 February a manifesto called New Times – United Populars promoted by Giuseppe Fioroni, who left the PD following the election of Elly Schlein in the Democratic Party leadership election. In this manifesto the signatories pledge to work together while preserving the autonomy of their respective political parties. [6] [7] On 19 July, the Popular Base association was born from the POP promoting committee. [8] [9] On 24 September, in a meeting in Marina di Grosseto, the founders of Popular Base [10] [11] launched their official logo, joining the family of European People's Party with a video message sent by its Chairman Manfred Weber, and they announced the next steps leading up to the constituent assembly on 3 February 2024. [12]

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