Cambiamo!

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Cambiamo!
PresidentGiovanni Toti
Founded7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)
Split fromForza Italia
HeadquartersPiazza Madama 9, Rome
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationCoraggio Italia
Centre-right coalition
Colours  Orange   Blue
Chamber of Deputies
5 / 630
Senate
5 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces
1 / 21
Regional Councils
15 / 897
Website
cambiamo.eu

Cambiamo! (transl. Let's Change!, also stylized as C!)[1] is a centre-right political party in Italy, launched in August 2019.[2][3] Its leader is Giovanni Toti, President of Liguria region and former notable member of Forza Italia.

History[]

Giovanni Toti with supporters

In June 2019, after the European Parliament election, Silvio Berlusconi appointed Giovanni Toti and Mara Carfagna national coordinators of Forza Italia (FI), with the goal of reforming and relaunching the party.[4] However, after a few weeks, Toti left the party in opposition to Berlusconi,[5] who had not endorsed Toti's proposal for open primaries,[6][7][8] and launched Cambiamo!. The reasons of the split were FI's lack of internal democracy and lack of clarity on the alliance with the League and the Brothers of Italy (FdI) at country-level, which he definitely supported.[9][10][11]

In September four deputies (Stefano Benigni, Manuela Gagliardi, Claudio Pedrazzini and Alessandro Sorte) officially left FI in order to join C![12] Along with a fifth deputy who had earlier left FI (Giorgio Silli), they renamed the "Dream Italy–10 Times Better" sub-group within the Mixed Group as "Cambiamo!–10 Times Better".[13] Additionally, four senators (Massimo Vittorio Berruti, Gaetano Quagliariello, Paolo Romani and Luigi Vitali),[14][15] as well as several regional councillors from Lombardy (including Romani's son) and Lazio[16][17][18] have announced they would do the same.

In the 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election C! ran in a joint list with The People of Family, gaining 0.3% of the votes.[19] In the 2020 Ligurian regional election party leader Toti was re-elected president with 56.1% of the vote, while C! gained 22.6% of the vote.[20] In the 2020 Tuscan regional election the party obtained 1.0% of the vote and no seats.[21]

Despite its beginnings, by the end of 2020 C! became a proponent of a more moderate version of conservatism in comparison with FI. The party thus gave strong support to the formation of a national unity government as a replacement of Giuseppe Conte's centre-left government. In February 2021, amid the formation of Mario Draghi's national unity government, which was supported also by the League and FI, as well as by the main centre-left parties, C! started to attract new members from the more centrist wing of FI. As a result, the party was able to form a larger sub-group within the Chamber's Mixed Group, comprising ten deputies (including eight who were full members of the party).[22][23][24]

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. CI formed a parliamentary group in the Chamber with more than 20 deputies. However, two C! deputies, Benigni and Sorte, left the party.[25]

Election results[]

Regional Councils[]

Region Election year Votes % Seats +/–
Liguria 2020 141,552 (1st) 22.60
9 / 31
New
Tuscany 2020 16,830 (11th) 1.04
0 / 37
–
Emilia-Romagna 2020 6,341[a] 0.29
0 / 50
–
  1. ^ In a joint list with The People of Family .

Leadership[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cambiamo!, Cambiamo.eu – Sito Ufficiale
  2. ^ Canessa, Fabio (August 7, 2019). "Centrodestra, Toti registra ufficialmente il nuovo movimento 'Cambiamo'". Telenord.it.
  3. ^ "Toti presenta simbolo di 'Cambiamo' - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Forza Italia, Berlusconi: Carfagna e Toti coordinatori nazionali". Repubblica.it. June 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Toti: alleati con Lega e FdI, qui vogliamo restare - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. August 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Martirano, Dino (7 July 2019). "Le condizioni di Berlusconi a Toti: «No alle primarie aperte»". Corriere.it. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Fi, Toti lascia: "Ognuno va per conto suo, buona fortuna". Carfagna: "Così si uccide il partito"". Repubblica.it. August 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ma quali primarie, Forza Italia è nata con Berlusconi e morirà con lui". Linkiesta. July 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Fi, Toti dopo l'addio lancia il tour del suo movimento politico e si rivolge a Salvini. Carfagna resta nel partito". Repubblica.it. August 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Forza Italia implode, Toti lascia: "Ognuno per conto suo, buona fortuna". Carfagna: "Non farò parte del comitato di liquidazione"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. August 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "Giovanni Toti lascia Forza Italia, i motivi dell'addio al partito | Sky TG24 | Sky TG24". Tg24.sky.it.
  12. ^ "Gli azzurri Benigni e Sorte lasciano Forza Italia, entrano nel gruppo misto della Camera - Bergamo News". BergamoNews.it. September 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "Camera: nasce Cambiamo!,componente Misto - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. September 11, 2019.
  14. ^ "Toti sfida Berlusconi: "così cambiamo il centrodestra"". Panorama.it. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Centrodestra, Paolo Romani: "Vado con Toti. Mi dispiace ma Forza Italia ha più eletti che elettori"". Repubblica.it. August 7, 2019.
  16. ^ "Fuga da Forza Italia: i deputati e consiglieri che lasciano il Cav e vanno da Toti". Secolo d'Italia. September 12, 2019.
  17. ^ "Forza Italia si svuota: in Lombardia 7 consiglieri pronti a passare con Toti - La Stampa". lastampa.it. September 12, 2019.
  18. ^ "Fuori da Forza Italia: i 3 consiglieri del Lazio passano al Misto". Alessioporcu.it. September 9, 2019.
  19. ^ "Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna". Elezionistorico.interno.gov.it. September 23, 2020.
  20. ^ "Ministry of the Interior – Results". Elezionistorico.interno.gov.it. September 23, 2020.
  21. ^ "Tuscany Region – Electoral Services". Elezioni2020.regione.toscana.it. September 23, 2020.
  22. ^ "Forza Italia, tre deputati lasciano e vanno con Toti". Adnkronos.com. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Cambiamo: Toti presenta componente Camera, 'ago bussola politica italiana'". Iltempo.it. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Toti lancia componente 'Cambiamo' alla Camera: "Altri forzisti in arrivo? FI partito alleato, noi vogliamo allargare centro del centrodestra"". Ilfattoquotidiano.it. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Nasce 'Coraggio Italia', nuovo progetto politico di Brugnaro e Toti". Adnkronos (in Italian). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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