Energies for Italy (Italian: Energie per l'Italia, EpI) was a political party in Italy, launched in November 2016[2][3][4] and officially established on 1 April 2017.[5] Its leader is Stefano Parisi, a former director-general of Confindustria and CEO of Fastweb, who was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in the 2016 Milan municipal election.
Energies for Italy Energie per l'Italia | |
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| Leader | Stefano Parisi |
| Founded | 18 November 2016 |
| Dissolved | 17 December 2020 |
| Headquarters | Viale Scarampo 49 20148 Milan |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre[1] |
| National affiliation | Centre-right coalition |
| Colours | Gold |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
editIn the run-up of the 2016 Milan municipal election, Stefano Parisi was selected by Silvio Berlusconi as the candidate for mayor for Forza Italia (FI). In the election, Parisi pulled the party to 20.2%, but however narrowly lost to his Democratic opponent, Giuseppe Sala, in the run-off. After asking Parisi to reform the party, in November Berlusconi disowned him, due to his difficult political relationship with the party's major ally, Lega Nord (LN).[6][7] Parisi thus launched his own party, EpI, and soon came to terms again with LN, aiming at being part of the same centre-right coalition.
In March 2017 Maurizio Sacconi, senator and former minister, who had been a member of the Italian Socialist Party (like Parisi), the old Forza Italia (FI) and the New Centre-Right (NCD), joined EpI, after stepping down from NCD Senate leader in February 2015 and later refusing to join the NCD-sponsored Popular Alternative (AP).[8][9][10]
Later on, the party was joined by another senator (Gabriele Albertini) and five deputies (Domenico Menorello, Giovanni Monchiero, Dino Secco, Gugliemo Vaccaro and Gianluigi Gigli),[11][12] mostly splinters of FI, NCD/AP and Civic Choice (SC). In September 2017 EpI joined forces with "The Marianne", a liberal political association led by Giovanni Negri (a former secretary of the Radical Party).[13][14][15] In November 2017, the Civics and Innovators sub-group in the Chamber, led by Monchiero, was renamed "Civics and Innovators – Energies for Italy".[16]
On 13 January 2018, EpI and CI launched a joint list named "Energies for Italy – for the Centre-right", allied with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.[17]
On 17 December 2020 Parisi declared his farewell to politics to return to being an entrepreneur, recalling the unsuccessful attempt to give the center-right a liberal-popular impulse.[18]
Electoral results
editRegional Councils
edit| Region | Last election | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
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| Sicily | 2017 | with Diventerà Bellissima | 0 / 70
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| Lombardy | 2018 | 27,967 (#15) | 0.53 | 1 / 80
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| Lazio | 2018 | 37,043 (#13) | 1.46 | 1 / 50
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| Abruzzo | 2019 | 19,446 (#8) | 3.24 | 1 / 31
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1 |
| Sardinia | 2019 | 3,471 (#23) | 0.49 | 0 / 60
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| Piedmont | 2019 | with NMS | 0 / 51
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Leadership
edit- Secretary: Stefano Parisi (2017–2020)
Symbols
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Electoral logo
References
edit- ^ Velardi, Giorgio (23 November 2017). "Centristi in movimento. Dalla Bonino a Berlusconi fino al movimento di Parisi: ecco dove guardano gli ex montiani per tornare in Parlamento. Aspettando Calenda". La Notizia.
- ^ "Parisi launches new center-right party – English". 18 November 2016.
- ^ Cagnazzo, Raffaella (18 November 2016). "Centrodestra, Parisi lancia il nuovo movimento 'Energie per l'Italia': "Rinnovamento radicale dal basso"".
- ^ "Parisi lancia "Energie per l'Italia": alternativi a Renzi e Grillo".
- ^ Turco, Andrea (March 30, 2017). "Sondaggi elettorali: Energie per l'Italia al 10% secondo Parisi". Termometro Politico.
- ^ "Centrodestra: Berlusconi scarica Parisi, non può avere un ruolo se in contrasto con Salvini – Politica". 15 November 2016.
- ^ Santarpia, Valentina (15 November 2016). "Berlusconi scarica Parisi: "No a ruoli per lui se resta contrasto con Salvini" La replica di Parisi: "Io vado avanti"".
- ^ "Sacconi lascia Alfano e approda a Energie per l'Italia. Parisi: adesione strada altarnativa alla sinistra – ILFOGLIETTONE.ITILFOGLIETTONE.IT". www.ilfogliettone.it. 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Sacconi si schiera con Parisi insieme in Energie per l'Italia". 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Il Sole 24 Ore". danielebellasio.blog.ilsole24ore.com.
- ^ "COMITATO NAZIONALE • Energie PER l'Italia". Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Gigli: lascio Democrazia solidale e aderisco a Energie per l'Italia – AGV". 18 December 2017.
- ^ Radicale, Radio (7 September 2017). "Insieme per ricostruire l'Italia – Conferenza stampa per annunciare l'alleanza tra Energie per l'Italia e La Marianna".
- ^ "La Marianna ed Energie per l'Italia si uniscono".
- ^ "Centrodestra: Generale Mori responsabile Sicurezza Energie per l'Italia - Il Dubbio". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- ^ "Centrodestra senza Energie".
- ^ Radicale, Radio (11 January 2018). "Civici e Innovatori ed Energie per l'Italia alle politiche 2018: conferenza stampa di Stefano Parisi e Giovanni Monchiero sulla campagna di raccolta firme per la presentazione della lista elettorale".
- ^ Centrodestra, Parisi lascia la politica. Tornerà a fare l'imprenditore