South American Union Italian Emigrants

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South American Union Italian Emigrants
Unione Sudamericana Emigrati Italiani
President Eugenio Sangregorio
Founded2006
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ideology Interests of Italians abroad
National affiliation Centre-right coalition (since December 2019)
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
Website
www.usei-it.org

The South American Union Italian Emigrants (Italian : Unione Sudamericana Emigrati Italiani, USEI) is an Italian political party representing Italian minorities in South America, especially Argentina and Brazil.

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Its leader is Eugenio Sangregorio  [ it ], who was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 general election.

History

USEI was founded in 2006 by Eugenio Sangregorio  [ it ], a Calabrian-born entrepreneur. [1]

In the 2006 general election the party won 4.7% of the vote in the South American constituency of the Chamber of Deputies. [2] USEI did not participate in the 2008 general election, [3] but continued to be active and improve its network.

In the 2013 general election USEI won 13.3% of the vote in the South American constituency and elected Renata Bueno to the Chamber of Deputies. [4] Bueno was the daughter of Rubens Bueno, [5] a long-time member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies for the Brazilian Socialist Party. [6] [7] After the election, she formed a parliamentary alliance with the alternative Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE) within the Mixed Group of the Chamber, that lasted for two and half years. [8]

Despite the fact that USEI's and Sangregorio's political orientation was broadly centre-right, [9] [10] Bueno, due to her family's political upbringing, started to be supportive of the Democratic Party (PD), the country's main centre-left party, and, particularly, its leader Matteo Renzi, [11] who served as Prime Minister from February 2014 to December 2016.

Curiously enough, in November 2015, Bueno joined forces with Identity and Action (IdeA), a centre-right party opposed to Renzi. [12] Subsequently, she formed a sub-group, named after the USEI (and, later, "USEI–IdeA"), within the Mixed Group of the Chamber, along with Aniello Formisano of Italy of Values (IdV), a party traditionally affiliated to the centre-left, and Guglielmo Vaccaro of Unique Italy (IU). [8] [9] [13] Right after its formation, the sub-group was joined also by the other two IdeA deputies, Eugenia Roccella and Vincenzo Piso. [8] The USEI–IdeA sub-group was dissolved in May 2017. [8] After that, Bueno was affiliated with Civics and Innovators (CI) and Direction Italy (DI). [8] Sangregorio, who had opposed the constitutional reform proposed by Renzi with the 2016 constitutional referendum (Renzi lost and resigned from Prime Minister), was not willing to field Bueno again as a USEI candidate. [14]

In the 2018 general election the party won 18.7% of the vote in the South American constituency and Sangregorio was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Bueno led the Popular Civic List to 6.3% (compared to 0.5% in Italy) and was not elected. USEI ran also for the Senate, obtaining 20.4% and the election of Adriano Cario. In May 2018 Cario left the USEI and switched to MAIE. [15]

On 18 December 2019, USEI formed with the centrist allies of Forza Italia (Alliance of the Centre and Us with Italy) and the centre-right Cambiamo! the new sub-group within the Mixed Group "Noi con l'Italia-USEI-Cambiamo!-Alleanza di Centro".

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies – Italians abroad
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats		# of seats for
Italians abroad		±
2006 14,2051.46
0 / 630
0 / 12
Steady2.svg 0
2013 44,0244.5
1 / 630
1 / 12
Increase2.svg 1
2018 65.3636.05
1 / 630
1 / 12
Steady2.svg 1
Senate – Italians abroad
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats		# of seats for
Italians abroad		±
2006 12,5521.41
0 / 315
0 / 6
Steady2.svg 0
2013 38.2234.3
0 / 315
0 / 6
Steady2.svg 0
2018 65.0596.56
1 / 315
1 / 6
Increase2.svg 1

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.gov.it. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
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  7. ↑ "Deputado RUBENS BUENO — Portal da Câmara dos Deputados". www.camara.leg.br. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Italiani all'estero, Eugenio Sangregorio regala l'USEI a Renata Bueno?". Jan 6, 2016. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  11. ↑ ItaliaChiamaItalia (12 December 2013). "Italiani all'estero, Bueno (USEI) a ItaliaChiamaItalia: 'Io indagata? Una storia inventata' - Italia chiama Italia" . Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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