Civics of Italy

Civics of Italy (Italian: Civici d'Italia), officially Civics of Italy – Us Moderates (UDC – Coraggio Italia – Us with Italy – Italy in the Centre) – MAIE (Italian: Civici d'Italia - Noi Moderati (UDC - Coraggio Italia - Noi con l'Italia - Italia al Centro) - MAIE) is a centre-right parliamentary group established in the Senate of the Republic of the XIX legislature on 18 October 2022.

Civics of Italy Civici d'Italia
President	Antonio De Poli
Founded	18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)
Ideology	Conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Centre-right coalition
Group members	FdI (3 of 65) UdC CI MAIE
Senate of the Republic	6 / 206
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

History

Civics of Italy was established on 18 October 2022 as a group in the Senate among the lists that support the center-right coalition majority, which won the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September. The group also includes three members of FdI.^[1][2][3]

Antonio De Poli was unanimously elected chairman of the group.^[4][5]

Composition

Party		Main ideology	Leader	Senators
				Beginning	Current
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	National conservatism	Giorgia Meloni[lower-alpha 1]	3[lower-alpha 2]	3
	Union of the Centre (UdC)[lower-alpha 3]	Christian democracy	Lorenzo Cesa	1[lower-alpha 4]	1
	Coraggio Italia (CI)[lower-alpha 3]	Liberal conservatism	Luigi Brugnaro	1[lower-alpha 5]	1
	Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)	Italians abroad interests	Ricardo Merlo	1[lower-alpha 6]	1
Total				6	6[6]

Notes

1. Not in the group, like the rest of the 62 party members
2. Antonio Guidi, Giovanna Petrenga, Giorgio Salvitti (vice president)
3. Us Moderates coalition member
4. Antonio De Poli (president)
5. Michaela Biancofiore
6. Mario Borghese (treasurer)

References

1. "Berlusconi: c'è l'accordo con Giorgia Meloni su Elisabetta Casellati alla Giustizia". RaiNews (in Italian). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
2. Lentini, Aurora Bottino e Davide (18 October 2022). "Parlamento: Paita capogruppo Terzo Polo, Pastorino e Cavo nel Gruppo misto". www.primocanale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-18.
3. "Le notizie del 18 ottobre sul nuovo governo italiano". Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-18.
4. "Senato:De Poli presidente Civici d'Italia-Noi Moderati-Maie - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
5. Paoli, Enrico (2022-10-18). "Formazione del nuovo governo: il possibile timing". Interris.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-18.
6. https://www.senato.it/leg/19/BGT/Schede/Gruppi/00000092.htm Gruppo Civici d'Italia - Noi Moderati (UDC - Coraggio Italia - Noi con l'Italia - Italia al Centro) - MAIE