Alternativa (Template:Lang-en, abbr. A or Alt) is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. It was founded in February 2021 as a parliamentary subgroup of the Mixed Group named L'Alternativa c'è (Template:Lang-en).[3] Its members are former deputies of the Five Star Movement who were expelled from the party for having voted against Mario Draghi's national unity government.[4]
Alternativa | |
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| Leader | Pino Cabras |
| Founded | 23 February 2021 |
| Split from | Five Star Movement |
| Ideology | Populism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Big tent[1] |
| Colors | Orange |
| Chamber of Deputies[2] | 14 / 630 |
| Senate[2] | 3 / 321 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 76 |
| Regional Councils | 0 / 897 |
| Website | |
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On 15 November 2021, Alternative became a full-fledged party and adopted its current name.[5][6] The party's three senators sit in the Constitution, Environment, Labour group.
History
Following the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the Five Star Movement (M5S) asked its members to vote on the party's support to the national unity government led by Mario Draghi. The party's members approved the online referendum with 59.3% of votes.[7] Alessandro Di Battista, a prominent leader of the M5S, opposed the party's decision of participating the new government and left the M5S that same day, 11 February 2021.[8]
During the investiture votes in the Parliament on 17–18 February 2021 for the Draghi government, 15 senators and 16 deputies voted against the new cabinet, being immediately expelled by the M5S party's acting leader Vito Crimi.[9] On 23 February, 12 former deputies of the M5S reorganised themselves in a new subgroup within the Mixed Group, calling it L'Alternativa c'è.[10] On 26 February, deputy Emanuele Dessì from M5S joined the new subgroup, while deputy Francesco Forciniti joined the subgroup on 11 March.[11][12]
As for the Senate, it is required by the rules of the Senate that a new group must be associated with one party that elected at least one senator, even in a joint list. Ignazio Messina, the secretary of Italy of Values (IdV) who ran in the Popular Civic List back in 2018 Italian general election, agreed to put its party symbol at the disposal of the new group.[13] The agreements failed after the legal attorney of IdV stated that there were no longer any political conditions for the disposal of the symbol at the Senate, meaning that they could instead be able to form a subgroup only within the Mixed Group.[14]
Ideology
According to their manifesto, the party is against public shares offering and privatizations, as they adhere to a doctrine of dirigisme and economic interventionism, supporting abolition or redrafting of the Maastricht criteria, the Stability and Growth Pact, and the European Fiscal Compact, rejecting the European Stability Mechanism, and opposing taking the loan part of the Next Generation EU quota. As for environmentalism, they claim to be the one closer to the original M5S manifesto and are in favour of green politics.[15][16]
Symbols
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See also
References
- ^ "Europe Elects – Italy". Europe Elects. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Squadra".
- ^ Gli ex 5 stelle danno vita a "L'Alternativa c'è", nasce nuova componente in Parlamento, Huffington Post
- ^ Espulsi M5s: domani nasce "Alternativa c'è" alla Camera e al Senato, Gazzetta del Sud
- ^ Componenti del gruppo MISTO - Modifiche intervenute alle componenti politiche
- ^ **Parlamento: ex M5S lanciano 'Alternativa', 'impedire elezione Draghi al Quirinale'**
- ^ "Dal voto Cinquestelle via libera al governo Draghi con il 59,3%. Di Maio: "Il movimento prende la via europea". Fico: "Niente salti ne buio"". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ Di Battista: "Lascio il M5s, non accetto un governo con questi partiti". Il Movimento a rischio scissione (in Italian)
- ^ M5s, Crimi espelle i 15 senatori del No a Draghi. Grillo: “Perseveranza alla Camera, non siamo più marziani”. E rilancia: “Unità e patto verde unica strada”, Il Fatto Quotidiano
- ^ Nasce alla Camera e al Senato la componente del M5s 'Alternativa c'è', ANSA
- ^ "XVIII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Scheda deputato - FORCINITI Francesco". www.camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Dessì lascia il M5s e aderisce a 'L'Alternativa c'è': "Movimento liberale e moderato? Giustifica la mia scelta di andarmene" - Video" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Messina: "Ho messo a disposizione il simbolo di Idv per Alternativa c'è"" (in Italian). Radio Cusano Campus. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "L'Idv non torna: negato il simbolo agli ex grillini" (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "'L'alternativa c'è': il manifesto politico dell'opposizione a Draghi". www.lantidiplomatico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Camera, ecco 'L'Alternativa c'è' dei dissidenti 5S. "Siamo la vera opposizione a Draghi". Di Battista: "Tornare per Conte? No grazie". Nuove espulsioni alla Camera". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.