Populars Europeanists Reformers

Populars Europeanists Reformers (Italian: Popolari Europeisti Riformatori, PER) is a former Christian-democratic and liberal political party in Italy and is still active as an association and as a faction of Action.

Populars Europeanists Reformers Popolari Europeisti Riformatori
Abbreviation	PER
President	Elena Bonetti
Founders	Elena Bonetti Ettore Rosato
Founded	19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
Dissolved	29 January 2024
Split from	Italia Viva
Merged into	Action
Headquarters	Via della Conciliazione, 10 00193 Rome
Ideology	Christian democracy Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Colors	Electric blue
Chamber of Deputies	2 / 400
Senate	0 / 200
European Parliament	0 / 76
Regional Councils	2 / 896
Website
per-italia.it
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History

See also: Action – Italia Viva

Following the breakdown of the alliance between Action and Italia Viva, Elena Bonetti announced her departure from Italia Viva on 10 September 2023, announcing the birth of a new party to work alongside Action, a party that would take up the values of the defunct Third Pole.^[1] On 22 September, the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, commented on Bonetti and Ettore Rosato's departure, but Rosato retorted that he had not yet left Italia Viva and that Renzi was kicking him out of the party. Rosato therefore joined Bonetti's party.^[2][3] On 19 October, Bonetti and Rosato officially launched Populars Europeanists Reformers.^[4][5][6]

On 17 December, Raffaele Maria Pisacane, regional councillor for Campania and leader of Liberi e Forti – and former member of Democratic Centre – joined the party. He was followed on 27 December by regional councillor Pasquale Di Fenza, expelled from Democratic Centre on 14 December due to being in favour of Vincenzo De Luca's re-election for a third term, while CD was against it.^[7][8]

On 20 December, PER and Action held in Palazzo Madama a press conference to announce a federation agreement between the two parties.^[9][10] On 29 January 2024, Rosato and Bonetti officially joined Action.^[11][12]

References

1. Logroscino, Adriana (9 October 2023). "Bonetti: «Lascio Renzi e la sua idea di centro. Il futuro? Un ticket con Calenda»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2. "Addio a Renzi: dopo Bonetti, anche Rosato lascia Italia Viva e vira verso Calenda". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
3. "Matteo Renzi espelle Rosato da Iv e punta alla staffetta con Macron per guidare il Consiglio europeo". La Stampa (in Italian). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
4. Palmieri, Giuseppe (2 December 2023). "L'intervista. Rosato rilancia il sogno del Terzo Polo: "Insieme ad Azione ridaremo speranza"". Cronachedi (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
5. "Nasce Popolari Europei e Riformisti, Bonetti: "Serve una politica che unisca e non divida"". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
6. "Nasce Popolari Europei e Riformisti, Rosato: Interpretiamo bisogno di politica pragmatica". Vista TV (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
7. "Di Fenza: "Io espulso da Centro Democratico? Metodi fascisti e contenitore vuoto: felice di uscire"". TerranostraNews (in Italian). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
8. Napoli, Redazione Gazzetta di (27 December 2023). "Popolari, Europeisti, Riformatori, altre adesioni". Gazzetta di Napoli (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
9. "Azione, Calenda lancia fronte repubblicano con socialisti e liberali". Politica News (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
10. "Presentazione dell'Accordo politico tra Azione e PER (Popolari, Europeisti, Riformatori) insieme all'Associazione Socialista Liberale". Radio Radicale (in Italian). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
11. "Carlo Calenda annuncia: "Bonetti e Rosato entrano in Azione"". Tgcom24 (in Italian). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
12. "Calenda accoglie Rosato e Bonetti in Azione per creare un Terzo polo senza Renzi". www.ilfoglio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

• Official website