People and Territory


People and Territory, originally Responsible Initiative, was a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in 2011–2013. Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy. Its counterpart in the Senate was National Cohesion, which was composed mainly of splinters from Future and Freedom.
On 23 March 2011, Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture. On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone, Bruno Cesario and Catia Polidori.

Composition

Latest members

The group included:
The group originally included also 4 others deputies of We the South : Elio Belcastro.
Three more deputies from the PdL were members of the group for some time.
Other former members of the group include Paolo Guzzanti and Maurizio Grassano.