Us Moderates

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Us Moderates
Noi Moderati
President Maurizio Lupi
Founded11 August 2022
Ideology Liberal conservatism [1]
Christian democracy [1]
Political position Centre
National affiliation Centre-right coalition
Civics of Italy (Senate)
Colours  Blue
Chamber of Deputies
8 / 400
Senate
2 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 76
Regional Councils
12 / 896
Website
noimoderati.it

Us Moderates (Italian : Noi moderati, NM) is a centrist political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi.

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The party has had several associated members and regional partners. Most of NM's members and electes are former members of Forza Italia.

History

Us Moderates was launched as an electoral joint list within the centre-right coalition in the 2022 Italian general election, [2] which obtained 0.9% of the vote, seven deputies and two senators. NM was originally composed of four founding members: Us with Italy (NcI), Italy in the Centre (IaC), the Union of the Centre (UdC) and Coraggio Italia (CI). As a result, NM formed parliamentary groups both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate (Civics of Italy), thanks to the influx of some elects from the Brothers of Italy and the alliance with the Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE).

After the election, NM evolved into a unitary party, causing the split of the UdC and CI. Maurizio Lupi, leader of NcI, became NM's leader and president, while Giovanni Toti, leader of IaC, has served as president of the party's national council since the party's first congress, held in October 2023. [3] [4] In January 2024, Italy of Values (IdV), formerly aligned with the centre-left, joined and its leader Ignazio Messina became NM's spokesperson. [5] In February 2024 UdC leader Lorenzo Cesa aligned his party with the League [6] and subsequently left NM's group in the Chamber. [7]

In the 2024 European Parliament election NM ran with Forza Italia (FI), obtaining 9.6% of the vote.

In September 2024 Mara Carfagna, Mariastella Gelmini and Giusy Versace, all three former FI members who had joined Action in 2022, formed an association named "Popular Centre". In October they officially joined NM, as well as its parliamentary groups in the Chamber and the Senate. [8]

In November 2024 NM changed its symbol, adding to its name also "Populars for Europe", and it was announced that the party is seeking to join the European People's Party in the coming months. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Composition

Founding members merged into NM
PartyIdeologyLeader
Us with Italy (NcI) [a] Liberal conservatism Maurizio Lupi
Italy in the Centre (IaC) [b] [c] Liberal conservatism Giovanni Toti
  1. ↑ Founding member.
  2. ↑ Including Cambiamo! (C!) and Identity and Action (IDeA).
  3. ↑ Founding member.
Associate member parties
PartyIdeologyLeader
Popular Centre (CP) Liberal conservatism Mariastella Gelmini
Italy of Values (IdV) Populism Ignazio Messina
Party of Europeans and Liberals (PEL) Liberalism Francesco Patamia
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) Centrism Ricardo Antonio Merlo
Animalist Movement (AM) Animal rights Michela Brambilla
Regional member parties
PartyRegionIdeologyLeader
Responsible Autonomy (AR) Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regionalism Renzo Tondo
Popular Liguria (PL) Liguria Christian democracy Andrea Costa
Alliance of the Centre (AdC) Campania Christian democracy Francesco Pionati
Cantiere Popolare (CP) Sicily Christian democracy Francesco Saverio Romano
Sardinia 20Twenty (S20V) Sardinia Regionalism Stefano Tunis
Founding members that have left NM
PartyIdeologyLeader
Coraggio Italia (CI) Liberal conservatism Luigi Brugnaro
Union of the Centre (UdC) Christian democracy Lorenzo Cesa
Former associate member parties
PartyIdeologyLeader
Renaissance Liberalism Vittorio Sgarbi

Election results

National Parliament

ElectionLeader Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
Votes %Seats+/–PositionVotes %Seats+/–Position
2022 Maurizio Lupi 254,1270.91
7 / 400
New12th248,3080.89
2 / 200
New13th

European Parliament

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/–EP Group
2024 [a] Maurizio Lupi 2,243,030 (4th)9.6
0 / 76
New–
  1. ↑ Run in a joint list with Forza Italia.

Leadership

Symbols

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  2. ↑ Elezioni 2022, nasce 'Noi moderati': ecco il simbolo che unisce Nci-Iac e Udc-Ci, Adnkronos
  3. ↑ Noi Moderati: Toti eletto presidente del consiglio nazionale. ANSA
  4. ↑ Noi Moderati, Toti: consolidiamo il percorso del centrodestra. Stram24
  5. ↑ Idv aderisce a Noi Moderati, "insieme anche dopo le elezioni europee". AGI
  6. ↑ https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/02/15/news/salvini_cesa_accordo_lega_udc_europee-422136639/
  7. ↑ https://www.camera.it/leg19/1083
  8. ↑ https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2024/11/23/lupi-e-centro-popolare-noi-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra_98fb966e-b2b0-4d0a-b408-15e89356f42f.html
  9. ↑ https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789
  10. ↑ https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html
  11. ↑ https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/politica/24_novembre_30/lupi-cambia-il-simbolo-di-noi-moderati-un-ponte-nel-centrodestra-08a39e13-9147-40e8-ace2-509cb124bxlk.shtml
  12. ↑ https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/30/news/toti_ritorno_in_politica_lupi_noi_moderati_nuovo_assessore_genova-423776830
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