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Italy of Values
President Antonio Di Pietro
Spokesman Leoluca Orlando
Treasurer Silvana Mura
Founded 21 March 1998
Headquarters Via Principe Eugenio, 31
00185 Rome
Newspaper Orizzonti Nuovi
Membership  unknown
Ideology Populism[1][2][3], Centrism
Coalition with the Democratic Party
International none
European party European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
European Parliament Group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Website http://www.italiadeivalori.it

Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist[1][2][3][4] and anti-corruption Italian political party, headed by former Mani Pulite magistrate Antonio Di Pietro. Antonio Di Pietro (born on 2 October 1950 is an Italian politician Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947) is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000 Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes The Democratic Party ( Partito Democratico, PD is a Centre-left political party in Italy. The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993 is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 55 national parties from across The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ( French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe) is an alliance between two European political parties Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain Several Political parties operate in Italy, and historically they have been even more than today Mani pulite ( Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian judicial investigation into Political corruption held in the 1990s following Antonio Di Pietro (born on 2 October 1950 is an Italian politician The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR). The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993 is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 55 national parties from across

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History

Antonio Di Pietro was Minister of Public Works in the Prodi I Cabinet from 1996 to 1997. Antonio Di Pietro (born on 2 October 1950 is an Italian politician The Prodi I Cabinet was the Cabinet of the government of Italy from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar In 1998 he was elected Senator in a by-election in a Democrats of the Left stronghold in Tuscany and set up his own Italy of Values party, alongside with Willer Bordon of the Democratic Union. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 The Democratic Union ( Unione Democratica, UD was a small social-liberal party in Italy. In 1998 Di Pietro led it into The Democrats, a new party fouded by Romano Prodi with the goal of the transformation of The Olive Tree in a single "Democratic" party. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) For other uses of the term "The Democrats" see Democrat The Democrats ( I Democratici) is a former Italian party launched by (born 9 August 1939 is an Italian politician and statesman He served as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister of Italy twice from 17 May The Olive Tree ( L'Ulivo) was a denomination used for several successive Centre-left Italian political coalitions from 1995 to 2007

In the 1999 European Parliament election The Democrats scored 7. The 1999 European Parliamentary Election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union 7% and Di Pietro was elected MEP. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. After having been organizational secretary and speaker in the Senate for the party, Di Pietro left it in April 2000 because of his opposition to the nomination of Giuliano Amato, a long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party (which was the principal subject of investigation of Di Pietro when magistrate) at the time close to the Democrats of the Left. The Italian Senate ( Italian: Senato della Repubblica, 'Senate of the Republic' is the Upper house of the Parliament of Italy. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Giuliano Amato (born May 13, 1938) is an Italian politician He was Prime Minister of Italy twice first from 1992 to 1993 and then The Italian Socialist Party ( Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI was a democratic socialist / social democratic political party founded in Genoa Shortly afterwards Di Pietro set up again Italy of Values.

IdV founght the 2001 general election alone on a populist platform, comprising tough management of illegal immigration and protest against waste of public money. A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic Illegal immigration refers to Immigration across National Borders in a way that violates the Immigration laws of the destination Country Anyway, the campaign focused principally against Silvio Berlusconi, who was Prime Minister candidate for the centre-right House of Freedoms. (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor Casa delle Libertà ( CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms) was a major Italian Center-right Political alliance led by The party scored 3. 9% in the election for the Chamber of Deputies and obtained no seats, while electing one Senator, Valerio Carrara, who soon left the party and switched to Forza Italia, Berlusconi's party. The Italian Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei Deputati) is the Lower house of the Parliament of Italy. Forza Italia (Forward Italy FI is a Christian-democratic, liberal and liberal-conservative Italian political party led by Silvio

In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections he teamed up with one-time communist leader Achille Occhetto to run as Società Civile Di Pietro–Occhetto. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) Achille Occhetto (born 3 March 1936) Nicknamed Akel, is an Italian Political figure. The list gained 2. 1% of the popular vote, and both men were elected MEPs; Occhetto immediately renounced to his seat in favour of the communist journalist Giulietto Chiesa. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Giulietto Chiesa (born on 4 September 1940 in Acqui Terme, Province of Alessandria) is an Italian Journalist and Politician

In early 2006 Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, some splinters from UDEUR Populars, including Pino Pisicchio and Egidio Pedrini, and former Democrats of the Left, such as Fabio Evangelisti, joined the party. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947) is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000 Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in The UDEUR Populars ( Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR is a small centrist and christian-democratic Italian political party. The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition In the 2006 general elections, IdV, this time member of the winning centre-left The Union, scored 2. In the Italian general election 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 The Union ( Italian: L'Unione) was an Italian Centre-left Political party coalition led by Romano Prodi, the 1% and Di Pietro was sworn in as Minister for Infrastructures in Prodi II Cabinet. The Prodi II Cabinet was the Cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008.

The party made major gains in the 2008 general election, but its coalition partners did not and they were out of government. A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. IdV won 4. 4% of the vote and got elected 29 deputies and 14 senators.

Ideology

While the party is currently member of the centre-left coalition, its members had been very diverse ideologically, ranging from the far-left (i. e. Franca Rame, former member of Soccorso Rosso, and Pancho Pardi, former activist of Potere Operaio) to the right-wing (at some extent Di Pietro himself), thanks to the populist message of the party. Franca Rame (born 18 July 1928) is an Italian theatre actress and Playwright. Potere Operaio (Workers' Power was a radical left-wing Italian political group active between 1968 and 1973 The party includes former Communists and former Leghisti, as well as former Missini and former Christian Democrats. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) Lega Nord (Northern League LN whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania (Northern League for Independence of Padania) is an Italian The Italian Social Movement, later Italian Social Movement–National Right ( Movimento Sociale Italiano–Destra Nazionale, MSI-DN was a neo-fascist Christian Democracy ( Democrazia Cristiana, DC is a minor christian democratic and strongly social-conservative Italian political party in

The party is a supporter of legality, law and order, the armed forces, first-past-the-post, constitutional reforms toward a two-party system, corporate reform, lowering the costs of politics, improving the efficiency of public services, fighting corruption, simplifying trials bureaucracy to achieve faster verdicts and regulating conflict of interest. The principle of legality is the legal ideal that requires all law to be clear ascertainable and non-retrospective In Politics, law and order refers to a political platform which supports a strict Criminal justice system especially in relation to Violent crime For the military meaning see Armed forces. For the Soviet sports society see Armed Forces (sports society Armed Forces The plurality voting system is a Single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member A two-party system is a form of Party system where two major Political parties dominate voting in nearly all Elections at every A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone in a position of trust such as a Lawyer, Insurance adjuster, a Politician, executive or director

The fact that IdV is member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) does not mean that it is a liberal party. The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993 is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 55 national parties from across It can better be seen as a centrist-populist party. In fact, notwithstanding its European affiliation, the party is rarely regarded as liberal in Italy, due to its justicialist and populist[1][2][3] tendencies.

The party is the most centrist party in the centre-left and sometimes, despite its harsh criticism of Berlusconi, it switches sides in Parliament on some key issues. In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes Di Pietro, after that he was refused to enter the Democratic Party and before several clashes with Clemente Mastella, even proposed an electoral list between its party, the UDEUR Populars and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. The Democratic Party ( Partito Democratico, PD is a Centre-left political party in Italy. Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947) is an Italian politician The UDEUR Populars ( Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR is a small centrist and christian-democratic Italian political party. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats ( Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC is a christian-democratic Italian political party. Di Pietro had also ruled out future alliances with the far left (Federation of the Greens, Party of Italian Communists and Communist Refoundation Party), as the current one in which IdV is engaged, and confirmed his interest for a close collaboration with the Democratic Party, provided to it is to refuse an alliance with the far left too. The Federation of the Greens ( Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is a green and eco-socialist Italian political party. The Party of Italian Communists ( Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI is a Political party in Italy. The Communist Refoundation Party ( Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC is a communist Italian political party.

Leadership

References

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