Italy in the Centre

Italian political party

Italy in the Centre

Italia al Centro

President| Giovanni Toti
Founded| 28 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-28)
Dissolved| 21 May 2023; 2 years ago (2023-05-21) (de facto)
Split from| Coraggio Italia
Merged into| Us Moderates
Ideology| Liberal conservatism
Political position| Centre[1] to centre-right
National affiliation|

* Party:
* Us Moderates (2022–2023)
* Coalition:
* Centre-right coalition

Colours|  Orange
Website
www.italiaalcentro.org

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Italy in the Centre (Italian: Italia al Centro, IaC) was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy led by Giovanni Toti.

## History

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In August 2019, Giovanni Toti left his former party Forza Italia (FI), and formed Cambiamo! (C!).[2][3][4] In May 2021, C! was a founding member of a new joint party named Coraggio Italia (CI), whose main leaders were Toti and Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice.[5]

In less than a year, CI, which had failed to attract substantial support among voters according to opinion polls, experienced an internal crisis. On one side Toti wanted to form an alliance with Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva party,[6][7] and he launched Italy in the Centre (IaC);[8][9] on the other side, Brugnaro rejected establishment politics,[10] and he wanted to remain part of the centre-right coalition.[11] In February 2022, CI's sub-group within the Mixed Group, previously named "IDeA–Cambiamo!–Europeanists", was re-named "Italy in the Centre".[12] On 28 April 2022 IaC was officially established.[13]

During a meeting of the national leadership in May 2022, a provisional statute of IaC was approved and regional coordinators and a secretariat were appointed,[14] entirely supplanting Cambiamo!. Also in May, senators Francesco Mollame and Ugo Grassi joined IaC.[15][16]

In the 2022 Italian local elections, CI and IaC ran separately in most places. CI obtained relevant results only in Veneto, Brugnaro's home-region, most notably 5.2% in Verona and 4.4% in Padua, while IaC won 9.2% in Genoa, 8.5% in La Spezia, 3.7% in Rieti, 5.2% in L'Aquila, and 4.3% in Catanzaro.

In late June 2022, CI and IaC formally split both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.[17][18]

In July 2022, there was a party's convention in Rome, featuring as guests, among others, Mariastella Gelmini of Forza Italia, Carlo Calenda of Action and Ettore Rosato of Italia Viva.[19][20][21]

In the run-up of the 2022 general election, IaC first formed a joint list with Us with Italy (NcI),[22] then it was a founding member of Us Moderates (NM), a broader joint list within the centre-right coalition, along with NcI, CI and the Union of the Centre (UdC).[23]

## Composition

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### Member parties

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Party  | Main ideology  | Leader

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| Cambiamo! (C!)  | Liberal conservatism | Giovanni Toti
| Identity and Action (IDeA)  | Liberal conservatism | Gaetano Quagliariello
| Vinciamo Italia (VI)  | Liberal conservatism | Marco Marin

### Former members

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Party  | Main ideology  | Leader

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|

| Europeanists | Liberalism | Raffaele Fantetti
| Us of the Centre (nDC)  | Christian democracy | Clemente Mastella

## Leadership

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* President: Giovanni Toti (2022–present)

## External links

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* Official website

## References

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1. ^ "Nasce Italia al centro: Toti, Quagliariello e Mastella dal notaio".
2. ^ "Toti: alleati con Lega e FdI, qui vogliamo restare - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. 1 August 2019.
3. ^ Canessa, Fabio (7 August 2019). "Centrodestra, Toti registra ufficialmente il nuovo movimento 'Cambiamo'". Telenord.it. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
4. ^ "Toti presenta simbolo di 'Cambiamo' - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
5. ^ "Nasce 'Coraggio Italia', nuovo progetto politico di Brugnaro e Toti". Adnkronos (in Italian). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
6. ^ "Politica, Renzi-Toti rompono gli indugi: Arriva "Italia al centro"". 4 February 2022.
7. ^ "Si chiama 'Italia al centro' la nuova creatura centrista di Renzi e Toti".
8. ^ "Toti presenta "Italia al centro", modello Csu: «Questo sistema bipolare è ormai superato»". 25 March 2022.
9. ^ "Toti e il grande centro: Nasce la Federazione fra Coraggio Italia e Italia al centro". 24 March 2022.
10. ^ "Brugnaro: «Il cuore si è fermato, stavo morendo. Mi sono svegliato il giorno dopo»". 14 May 2022.
11. ^ "Renzi e Toti, al centro sono rimasti in pochi (Di F. Fantozzi)". 7 February 2022.
12. ^ "Senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni dei Gruppi parlamentari".
13. ^ Italia al Centro – Statuto
14. ^ ""Italia al Centro" di Toti: varato statuto, nascono i gruppi federati". www.primocanale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
15. ^ "Prima l'Italia, malumori nel partito: Salvini e i nodi in Sicilia". Live Sicilia (in Italian). 7 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
16. ^ "Liti sui posti e sulla linea, gli smottamenti della Lega (Tre addii in un mese)". 19 May 2022.
17. ^ "E Brugnaro e Toti sanciscono il divorzio. Non c'è pace nel centro, ingolfato e litigioso (Di F. Olivo)". 23 June 2022.
18. ^ "Coraggio Italia si scioglie: è l'effetto domino della scissione 5S. Per Toti e Brugnaro obiettivo nuovo Centro con di Maio". 23 June 2022.
19. ^ "Centro, parte il cantiere di Toti. I paletti di Calenda e la 'fatwa' del Cav". 9 July 2022.
20. ^ "Gelmini: "Ci sono fibrillazioni ma il governo va avanti". E Toti a Berlusconi: "Il Centro è di tutti o diventa un centrino"". 9 July 2022.
21. ^ "Italia al Centro, Toti lancia il suo nuovo partito e cerca alleati: "Potenziale fino al 18%". Ma Calenda lo avverte: "Il fritto misto non serve"". 9 July 2022.
22. ^ "Elezioni: Toti e Lupi presentano il simbolo del nuovo schieramento - Liguria". 5 August 2022.
23. ^ "Elezioni 2022, nasce 'Noi moderati' lista unica dei centristi di centrodestra". 11 August 2022.

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