Cantiere Popolare (translatable into Popular Worksite) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily.
Cantiere Popolare | |
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| Leader | Francesco Saverio Romano |
| Founded | 4 January 2012 |
| Preceded by | The Populars of Italy Tomorrow |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| National affiliation | Political party: The People of Freedom (2013) Forza Italia (2013–15) Liberal Popular Alliance (2015–17) Us with Italy (2017–present) Coalition: Centre-right coalition (2017–present) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 400 (Into Us Moderates)
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| Senate | 0 / 200
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| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Sicilian Regional Assembly | 0 / 70 |
| Website | |
| www.cantierepopolare.it | |
The party's leader is Francesco Saverio Romano, a former Sicilian leader of the Union of the Centre and, later, minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government.
History
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The CP was launched in January 2012 as an evolution of The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (PID),[1][2] a Sicilian-based Christian-democratic emerged in 2010 as a split from the Union of the Centre (UdC). Other subjects (Popular Action, the Christian Movement of Workers and the Extended Christian Pact) took part to the project.[3] Francesco Saverio Romano, leader of the PID, went on to lead also the CP.
In the 2012 Sicilian regional election, the CP won 5.9% of the vote and obtained four regional deputies.[4]
CP took part in the February 2013 general election, siding with the centre-right coalition, and got 0.1% of the votes.[5] Nevertheless, thanks to an agreement with The People of Freedom (PDL) party, Francesco Saverio Romano managed to run in PDL's list and be elected as MP.[6] In October 2013, CP became an associate party of the newly-constituted Forza Italia (FI).[7][8] In 2015, Romano left FI and joined with the Liberal Popular Alliance (ALA) parliamentary group, in support of the Renzi Cabinet.[9][10]
In the run-up to the 2017 Sicilian regional election, the CP returned into the centre-right's fold and teamed up with the Movement for the Autonomies (MpA) under the electoral list "Populars and Autonomists".[11][12][13] The list won 7.1% of the votes, obtained five regional deputies and entered the regional government led by Nello Musumeci, the newly elected president.[14][15]
In December 2017, Romano broke with ALA[16][17] and CP became one of the founding members of Us with Italy (NcI), a pro-Silvio Berlusconi centrist electoral list within the centre-right coalition for the 2018 general election.[18][19][20]
Electoral results
editSicilian Regional Assembly
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| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
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| 2012 | 112,169 (8th) | 5.9 | 4 / 90
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| 2017 | 136,520 (4th)[a] | 7.1 | 5 / 70
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| 2022 | 127,096 | 6.8 | 3 / 70
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- ^ In a joint list with Movement for the Autonomies.
Leadership
edit- President: Francesco Saverio Romano (2012–present)
- Coordinator: Massimo Dell'Utri (2021–present)
References
edit- ^ "Pid: "Nasce il cantiere popolare"". Live Sicilia. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Saverio Romano presenta Cantiere popolare, la lista erede del Pid". TP24.it (in Italian). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Partiti italiani di cui forse vi siete dimenticati". Il Post (in Italian). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Sicilia - Elezioni Regionali 28 ottobre 2012". La Repubblica.it.
- ^ "Riepilogo Nazionale - Senato - Elezioni Politiche 24-25 febbraio 2013". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Eletti e trombati (FOTO)". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 26 February 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Lauricella, Valerio (31 October 2013). "Il Pid-Cantiere Popolare si fonde con Forza Italia. Il senatore Ruvolo tra i firmatari del documento". AgrigentoWeb. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Forza Italia, i dirigenti del Pid aderiscono al partito di Berlusconi". Giornale di Sicilia. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Adduso, Sebastiano (5 July 2019). "Alle audizioni della Commissione Siciliana Antimafia sul caso Arata vengono fuori nomi eccellenti". Vivicentro (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Orrù, Paolo Salvatore (15 January 2018). "Dai Riformatori di Vargiu a Raffaele Fitto, ecco la quarta gamba che è pronta a correre per il centrodestra". Tiscali Notizie (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Reale, Claudio (25 September 2017). "Elezioni regionali,il cartello degli autonomisti Mpa-Cantiere popolare: "Arriviamo alla doppia cifra"". La Repubblica.
- ^ Viola, Manlio (22 September 2017). "Da Lagalla a Lombardo passando per Saverio Romano, ecco il simbolo di 'Popolari e autonomisti'". BlogSicilia (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Vasta, Francesco (20 September 2017). "Regionali: asse tra Lombardo, Romano e Lagalla I nomi dei catanesi e l'incognita del "nipote di"". Meridionews (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Elezioni Regionali 2017". www.elezioni.regione.sicilia.it. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Regione, ecco la nuova giunta - Nomi e Foto". Giornale di Sicilia (in Italian). 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Cinque deputati e due senatori, tra i quali l'ex ministro Saverio Romano, hanno lasciato il gruppo parlamentare di ALA". Il Post (in Italian). 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Romano dice addio a Verdini "Spero in Berlusconi premier"". Live Sicilia. 3 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017.
- ^ Rubino, Monica (19 December 2017). "Nasce "Noi con l'Italia", la lista dei centristi pro-Berlusconi". La Repubblica (in Italian).
- ^ Sofia, Alberto (19 December 2017). ""Noi con l'Italia", ecco la quarta gamba del centrodestra: Ex FI, leghisti espulsi e alfaniani pentiti". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian).
- ^ Curridori, Francesco (19 December 2017). "Nasce Noi con l'Italia, la 'quarta gamba' del centrodestra". Il Giornale (in Italian).