Civil Revolution
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Civil Revolution Rivoluzione Civile | |
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President | Antonio Ingroia |
Founded | 29 December 2012 |
Dissolved | 2 April 2013 |
Headquarters | Via Marche 72 00187 Rome |
Ideology | Anti-corruption[1] Left-wing populism Internal factions: Communism[1] Green politics[1] Hard Euroscepticism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Colours | Red, Orange |
Civil Revolution (Italian: Rivoluzione Civile, RC) was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy.
The coalition was headed by Antonio Ingroia, a former anti-mafia prosecutor of Palermo from 1992 to 2012 and then director of a UN investigation into illegal drug trade in Guatemala in 2012.
The foundation of RC was preceded by the manifesto , presented by Ingroia on 21 December in Rome. Among the signatories of this appeal were Franco Battiato, Fiorella Mannoia, Luigi de Magistris, Leoluca Orlando, , Massimiliano Bruno, , Sabina Guzzanti, Vauro and .[2] The coalition had an anti-corruption platform.[3]
In the 2013 general election the party obtained 2.2% of the vote, returning no seats in the Italian Parliament.[3][4] Soon after RC was dissolved on 2 April 2013,[3] and Ingroia launched Civil Action, a non-party association.[5]
Overview[]
Civil Revolution was founded on 29 December 2012 in Rome by Ingroia and the following parties:[6]
Party | Ideology | Leader | |
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Italy of Values (IdV) | Anti-corruption | Antonio Di Pietro | |
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Communism | Paolo Ferrero | |
Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) | Communism | Oliviero Diliberto | |
Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green politics | Angelo Bonelli | |
The Network 2018 (LR2018) | Anti-corruption | Leoluca Orlando | |
Orange Movement (MA) | Anti-corruption | Luigi de Magistris |
Subsequently, the following parties joined RC:
- (Agende Rosse - Anti-mafia politics), led by ;[7]
- (Cambiare Si Può, CSP - Left-wing appeal), led by , and ;[8]
- Ecologists and Civic Networks (Ecologisti e Reti Civiche - Green coalition), led by Bonelli and , including:
- Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi);
- (Abbiamo un Sogno);
- (Costituente Ecologista);
- (Sindaci della Buona Amministrazione);[9]
- (Nuovo Partito d'Azione, NPA - Social liberalism), led by ;[10][11]
- Purple People (Popolo Viola - Activism), led by .
- Party of the South (Partito del Sud - Southernism), led by .[12]
Electoral results[]
Italian Parliament[]
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 765,172 | 2.25 | 0 / 630
|
Antonio Ingroia |
Senate | |||||
Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 549,987 | 1.79 | 0 / 315
|
Antonio Ingroia |
Leadership[]
- President: Antonio Ingroia (2012–2013)
References[]
- ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2013). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Manifesto Io ci sto". Revoluzione Civile (in Italian). 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ a b c Tom Lansford (8 April 2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 711. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
- ^ "Elezioni 2014". eligendo (in Italian). Ministero dell'Interno. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ "Ingroia scioglie "Rivoluzione Civile" e riparte da «Azione Civile". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Cucciniello, Cristina (2013-02-01). "Ingroia, ecco lo Statuto". L'Espresso (in Italian). la Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ "Salvatore Borsellino alla presentazione di Rivoluzione Civile a Palermo" (Video) (in Italian). YouTube. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ "INGROIA E CAMBIARE SI PUO': SCELTA NO TAV E SPAZIO ALLA SOCIETA' CIVILE". Cambiare #Sipuò (in Italian). 2013-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "ANCHE NOI ECOCIVICI E VERDI EUROPEI CI STIAMO!" (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
- ^ "Anche Il Nuovo Partito D'Azione Entra Nella Coalizione 'Rivoluzione Civile'" (in Italian). Orangeforum.forumfree.it. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ "Tre leader in corsa e 2 outsider, fine sfida Berlusconi-sinistra" (in Italian). TM News. 2013-01-30. Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ CHI SIAMO
External links[]
- (in Italian) Civil Revolution official website
- Defunct political party alliances in Italy
- Political parties established in 2012
- 2012 establishments in Italy
- Political parties disestablished in 2013
- 2013 disestablishments in Italy
- History of the Communist Refoundation Party