Good Right

Good Right (Italian: Buona Destra, BD) was a liberal political party in Italy.

Good Right Buona Destra
Abbreviation	BD
Secretary	Filippo Rossi
Founded	3 July 2020 (2020-07-03)
Dissolved	15 May 2023 (2023-05-15)
Merged into	Action
Headquarters	Via Giuseppe Ferrari, 35 00195 Rome
Membership	5,000 (2021)[1]
Ideology	Liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Action – Italia Viva alliance
Colors	Blue
Website
buonadestra.it
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History

The party was founded on 3 July 2020 by journalist Filippo Rossi,^[2] who was the editor of FareFuturo's web magazine between 2009 and 2011,^[3] and who published an essay in 2019 (On Jekyll's side: manifesto for a good right), in which he criticized the populist and sovereign drift of the Italian centre-right represented by Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni.^[4] He compared his party to the moderate European parties, like the French The Republicans and the German Christian Democratic Union, for their firm stance against the eurosceptic parties,^[5] as he pointed out that in Italy instead the centre-right and the eurosceptics parties are allied.^[6] He stated his preference for the United States of Europe as the ultimate goal for the European Union.^[7]

In 2021 he supported Carlo Calenda's candidacy for the 2021 Rome municipal election^[8] and then he supported Roberto Lagalla's candidacy for the 2022 Palermo municipal election.^[9] For the 2022 Italian general election, Rossi decided to support Action^[10] and was a candidate for the Action – Italia Viva list.

On 15 May 2023, Good Right merged into Action.^[11][12]

References

1. "Buona Destra, sabato l'assemblea dei soci fondatori. La sfida di Filippo Rossi: "Siamo l'alternativa ai sovranisti"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
2. "Nasce Buona Destra, nuovo partito antisovranista e contro i populismi". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "Quanto costava il magazine di Fare Futuro?". Il Post (in Italian). 2 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
4. "Contro la destra traditrice". Il Post (in Italian). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
5. Fiumanò, Maria Carmela (26 February 2021). "Nasce la 'Buona Destra' di Filippo Rossi: il partito del fare". Agenzia Dire (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
6. Mecarozzi, Pietro (3 July 2020). "La Buona Destra - Il movimento politico di Filippo Rossi contro i sovranisti". Linkiesta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
7. Priori, Daniele (4 July 2020). "Nasce la Buona Destra, gli Stati Uniti d'Europa in risposta al sovranismo di Salvini e Meloni". Il Riformista (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
8. Caldarelli, Tommaso (2021-08-04). "Filippo Rossi (Buona Destra): "Siamo di destra e scegliamo Carlo Calenda"". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
9. "La Buona Destra sostiene la candidatura a sindaco di Roberto Lagalla". L'Ora (in Italian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
10. "La Buona Destra di Parma aderisce al patto di Azione e +Europa". ParmaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
11. "Azione accoglie gli ex finiani di Buona Destra. Calenda: "Condividiamo spirito repubblicano"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
12. "L'Adige di VeronaLunedì si fondono Buona Destra ed Azione. Massimiliano Urbano: nell'area liberale forti dei nostri valori - L'Adige di Verona" (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

External links

• Official website