The Network 2018 La Rete 2018 | |
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Leader | Leoluca Orlando |
Founded | 21 March 2011 |
Dissolved | 26 January 2018 |
Split from | Italy of Values |
Merged into | Democratic Party |
Ideology | Progressivism Anti-corruption Environmentalism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | RC (2013 election) |
Website | |
www.laretitudine.net | |
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The party, which considered itself a re-foundation [1] of The Network (established, among others, by Orlando in 1991), [2] [3] [4] was launched in 2011 and caused a split from Italy of Values (IdV) in 2013. [5] Along Orlando, splinters from IdV notably included Fabio Giambrone, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies, and Niccolò Rinaldi, a former member of the European Parliament. [6]
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In 2018 Orlando and his closest allies, notably including his deputy mayor Giambrone, [9] joined the Democratic Party. [10] [11] [12] For their part, Rinaldi returned to his original affiliation to the Italian Republican Party, [13] Belisario abandoned active politics and Costantini joined Action. [14] [15]
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