Forza Italia (2013)

Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Abbreviation	FI
President	vacant
Vice President	Antonio Tajani
Coordinator	Antonio Tajani
Founded	16 November 2013; 10 years ago
Preceded by	The People of Freedom
Headquarters	Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina 4, Rome
Newspaper	Il Mattinale
Youth wing	Forza Italia Giovani
Membership (2015)	106,000
Ideology	Liberal conservatism; Christian democracy; Liberalism; Populism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Centre-right coalition
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Colours	Azure
Chamber of Deputies	74 / 630
Senate	49 / 320
European Parliament	10 / 76
Regional Councils	73 / 897
Conference of Regions	4 / 21
Website
	www.forzaitalia.it
	Political parties;

Forza Italia^{[nb 1]} (transl. "Forward Italy",^[9]^[10] "Come on Italy" or "Let's go Italy";^[11]^[12] FI) is a centre-right political party in Italy.

Their ideas include elements of liberal conservatism, Christian democracy and liberalism. FI is a member of the European People's Party.

Leadership

Silvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy, 1994–1995, 2001–2006, and 2008–2011) is the party's leader and president. Antonio Tajani (former President of the European Parliament, 2017–2019) works as vice president and national coordinator. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati (President of the Senate since 2018), as well as ministers Renato Brunetta, Mara Carfagna and Mariastella Gelmini (representing FI in Mario Draghi's government since 2021).

References

↑ The name is not usually translated into English: forza is the second-person singular imperative of forzare, in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Italy" or "Go, Italy!". Forza Italia! was used as a sport slogan, and was also the slogan of Christian Democracy in the 1987 general election (see Giovanni Baccarin, Che fine ha fatto la DC?, Gregoriana, Padova 2000). See Forza Italia for details.

↑ Paola Di Caro (17 May 2015). "Forza Italia, i tormenti di un partito". il Corriere della Sera.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
↑ Carlo Taormina (28 November 2013). Il Tempo (ed.). "Silvio rialza la bandiera liberale e liberista".
↑ Woods, Dwayne (2014). The Many Faces of Populism in Italy: The Northern League and Berlusconism. Emerald Group. pp. 28, 41–44. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ Pietro Ignazi (30 August 2015). "Chi sono i populisti? Lega e Forza Italia. M5s difende le regole". il Fatto Quotidiano.
↑ Nicolò Conti (2015). "No Longer Pro-European? Politicisation and contestation of Europe and Italy". In Andrea Mammone; Ercole Giap Parini; Giuseppe Veltri (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics, Society. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-317-48755-5.
↑ Including the single deputies of Christian Revolution, the New Italian Socialist Party, Animalist Movement and the Pensioners' Party.
↑ In a joint group with the Union of the Centre.
↑ Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.
↑ Donatella M. Viola (2015). Italy. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ Patrick McCarthy (2002). Stephen Gundle; Simon Parker (eds.). Forza Italia: the new politics and old values of a changing Italy. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-134-80791-8. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ Diego Gambetta; Steven Warner (2016). Josep M. Colomer (ed.). Italy: Lofty Ambitions and Unintended Consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-230-52274-9. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[9] The name is not usually translated into English: forza is the second-person singular imperative of forzare, in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Italy" or "Go, Italy!". Forza Italia! was used as a sport slogan, and was also the slogan of Christian Democracy in the 1987 general election (see Giovanni Baccarin, Che fine ha fatto la DC?, Gregoriana, Padova 2000). See Forza Italia for details.

[1] Paola Di Caro (17 May 2015). "Forza Italia, i tormenti di un partito". il Corriere della Sera.

[Parties-and-Elections-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[3] Carlo Taormina (28 November 2013). Il Tempo (ed.). "Silvio rialza la bandiera liberale e liberista".

[Woods284144-4] Woods, Dwayne (2014). The Many Faces of Populism in Italy: The Northern League and Berlusconism. Emerald Group. pp. 28, 41–44. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[Ignazi-5] Pietro Ignazi (30 August 2015). "Chi sono i populisti? Lega e Forza Italia. M5s difende le regole". il Fatto Quotidiano.

[Conti2015-6] Nicolò Conti (2015). "No Longer Pro-European? Politicisation and contestation of Europe and Italy". In Andrea Mammone; Ercole Giap Parini; Giuseppe Veltri (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics, Society. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-317-48755-5.

[7] Including the single deputies of Christian Revolution, the New Italian Socialist Party, Animalist Movement and the Pensioners' Party.

[8] In a joint group with the Union of the Centre.

[JansenHecke2011-10] Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.

[Viola2015-11] Donatella M. Viola (2015). Italy. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[GundleParker2002-12] Patrick McCarthy (2002). Stephen Gundle; Simon Parker (eds.). Forza Italia: the new politics and old values of a changing Italy. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-134-80791-8. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[Colomer2016-13] Diego Gambetta; Steven Warner (2016). Josep M. Colomer (ed.). Italy: Lofty Ambitions and Unintended Consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-230-52274-9. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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