The Union of the Centre,whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats",is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Lorenzo Cesa is the party's current secretary;Pier Ferdinando Casini was for years the most recognisable figure and de facto leader of the party,before eventually distancing from it in 2016. The UdC is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International (CDI),of which Casini was president from 2004 to 2015.
Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006.
Angelino Alfano is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein,elected in the 2023 leadership election,while the party's president is Stefano Bonaccini.
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections. No party or coalition gained an absolute majority in the parliament,even though the centre-right coalition won a plurality of seats as a coalition,and the Five Star Movement (M5S) won a plurality of seats as an individual party.
Civic Choice was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In the election SC was part of a centrist coalition named With Monti for Italy,along with Union of the Centre of Pier Ferdinando Casini and Future and Freedom of Gianfranco Fini.
Beatrice Lorenzin is an Italian politician belonging to the Democratic Party,former leader of Popular Alternative,and former Minister of Health from 28 April 2013 to 1 June 2018,in the governments of Enrico Letta,Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. In 2018 she became one of the longest-serving health minister in the history of the Italian Republic.
New Centre-Right was a centre-right political party in Italy.
Popular Area was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition,which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament:the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies,who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018,being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural,Food and Forestry Policies since 22 February 2014,in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017,he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Act! was a centre-right liberal political party in Italy,based in Veneto.
Carlo Calenda is an Italian business executive and politician. On 10 May 2016,he was appointed Minister of Economic Development in the government of Matteo Renzi and continued in that role in the government of Renzi's successor,Paolo Gentiloni. From 21 March to 10 May 2016,he served as Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Union. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019.
Centrists for Europe is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party was launched,as Centrists for Italy,by splinters from the Union of the Centre in December 2016 and officially founded,with the current name,in February 2017. Its most recognisable leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini.
The Gentiloni government was the 64th government of the Italian Republic,in office from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. The government was headed by Paolo Gentiloni,former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Renzi government.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom.
Us with Italy is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and,as such,was part of the centre-right coalition in the 2018 general election. Along with Forza Italia,NcI represented the coalition's "centrist" wing and supported Silvio Berlusconi or another "centrist" candidate as Prime Minister. Originally,the federation's full name was Us with Italy –UDC for its alliance with the Union of the Centre.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Italy were held on 26 May 2019,electing members of the 9th Italian delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.
Italia Viva is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019. The party is led by Matteo Renzi,a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD). As of 2021,Italia Viva is a member of the European Democratic Party.
The municipal elections in Bologna took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Bologna was Virginio Merola of Democratic Party,who won the 2016 Bologna municipal election. The centre-left candidate Matteo Lepore won in a landslide with 62% of votes,becoming the most voted mayor since the introduction of direct elections in 1995.
