Italy in Common


Italy in Common is a green and progressive political party in Italy. It was formed in April 2018 mainly by splinters from the Five Star Movement. Its leader is Federico Pizzarotti, mayor of Parma.

History

In October 2016 Federico Pizzarotti, mayor of Parma, left the Five Star Movement, due to contrasts with movement's founder Beppe Grillo and after having beeng suspended the previous May. In the 2012 local elections Pizzarotti had been the first M5S member to win in a big city, with 60.2% of the vote in the run-off.
In the 2017 local elections Pizzarotti was re-elected mayor without the M5S' support, with 58.9% in the run-off.
In April 2018 Pizzarotti launched Italy in Common, which aimed at becoming the collector of local "civic lists", as well as disgruntled former M5S members. The party was co-founded by Alessio Pascucci, a left-wing independent who had been elected mayor of Cerveteri, Lazio in 2012 and 2017, supported by civic lists and the Federation of the Greens.
In October 2018 Serse Soverini, a member of the Chamber of Deputies elected in the 2018 general election as a representative of Civic Area, a minor progressive party close to Romano Prodi, joined IiC and soon became the party's regional coordinator in Emilia-Romagna, the region of Parma and, consequently, IiC's powerbase. Almost a year later, in September 2019, after Matteo Renzi had left to form Italia Viva, Soverini would leave IiC too and join the Democratic Party.
The party became involved in the centre-left coalition and, in the early months of 2019, obtained promising results in regional elections in Abruzzo and Sardinia. In February Free Alternative, another party formed by M5S splinters, announced that it was merging into IiC.
In the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament election IiC formed an alliance with the FdV, Green Italy and minor green groups, which would result in a green joint list. However, soon after the party switiched allegiances, deserted the FdV and joined forces with More Europe, a liberal party, which was later enlarged to the Italian Socialist Party.

Electoral results

European Parliament

Regional Councils

Leadership