Cambiamo!

Cambiamo! (transl. Let's Change!, also stylized as C![1]) is a centre-right political party in Italy, launched in August 2019.[2][3] Its leader is Giovanni Toti, President of Liguria region and former notable member of Forza Italia.

Cambiamo!
PresidentGiovanni Toti
Founded7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)
Split fromForza Italia
HeadquartersPiazza Madama 9, Rome
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
Soft Euroscepticism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationCentre-right coalition
Colours  Orange   Blue
Chamber of Deputies
5 / 630
Senate
2 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Presidents
1 / 20
Regional
Councils
15 / 897
Website
cambiamo.eu

History

In June 2019, after the European Parliament election, Silvio Berlusconi appointed Giovanni Toti and Mara Carfagna national coordinators of Forza Italia (FI), with the goal of reforming and relaunching the party.[4] However, after a few weeks, Toti left the party in opposition to Berlusconi,[5] who had not endorsed Toti's proposal for open primaries,[6][7][8] and launched "Cambiamo!". The reasons of the split were, according to Toti, FI's lack of internal democracy and lack of clarity on the alliance with the League and the Brothers of Italy (FdI) at country-level, which he definitely supported.[9][10][11]

In September four deputies (Stefano Benigni, Manuela Gagliardi, Claudio Pedrazzini and Alessandro Sorte) officially left FI in order to join Cambiamo![12] Along with a fifth deputy who had earlier left FI (Giorgio Silli), they renamed the "Dream Italy–10 Times Better" sub-group within the Mixed Group as "Cambiamo!–10 Times Better".[13] Additionally, four senators (Massimo Vittorio Berruti, Gaetano Quagliariello, Paolo Romani and Luigi Vitali),[14][15] as well as several regional councillors from Lombardy (including Romani's son) and Lazio[16][17][18] have announced they would do the same.

In the 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election Cambiamo! ran in a joint list with The People of Family, gaining 0.3% of the votes.[19] In the 2020 Ligurian regional election party leader Toti was re-elected president with 56.1% of the vote, while Cambiamo! gained 22.6% of the vote.[20] It was the first time the party got elected into a regional parliament since it was launched in August 2019. In the 2020 Tuscan regional election the party did not manage to win any seats by receiving only 1.0% of the votes.[21]

Election results

Regional Councils
Region Election year Votes % Seats +/–
Liguria 2020 141,552 (1st) 22.60
9 / 31
New
Tuscany 2020 16,830 (11th) 1.04
0 / 37
–
Emilia-Romagna 2020 6,341[lower-alpha 1] 0.29
0 / 50
–
  1. In a joint list with The People of Family .

Leadership

References
  1. Cambiamo!, www.cambiamo.eu – Sito Ufficiale
  2. Canessa, Fabio (August 7, 2019). "Centrodestra, Toti registra ufficialmente il nuovo movimento 'Cambiamo'".
  3. "Toti presenta simbolo di 'Cambiamo' - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. "Forza Italia, Berlusconi: Carfagna e Toti coordinatori nazionali". Repubblica.it. June 19, 2019.
  5. "Toti: alleati con Lega e FdI, qui vogliamo restare - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. August 1, 2019.
  6. "Le condizioni di Berlusconi a Toti: no alle primarie aperte ai non iscritti - Corriere.it".
  7. "Fi, Toti lascia: "Ognuno va per conto suo, buona fortuna". Carfagna: "Così si uccide il partito"". Repubblica.it. August 1, 2019.
  8. "Ma quali primarie, Forza Italia è nata con Berlusconi e morirà con lui". Linkiesta. July 26, 2019.
  9. "Fi, Toti dopo l'addio lancia il tour del suo movimento politico e si rivolge a Salvini. Carfagna resta nel partito". Repubblica.it. August 2, 2019.
  10. "Forza Italia implode, Toti lascia: "Ognuno per conto suo, buona fortuna". Carfagna: "Non farò parte del comitato di liquidazione"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. August 1, 2019.
  11. "Giovanni Toti lascia Forza Italia, i motivi dell'addio al partito | Sky TG24 | Sky TG24". tg24.sky.it.
  12. "Gli azzurri Benigni e Sorte lasciano Forza Italia, entrano nel gruppo misto della Camera - Bergamo News". BergamoNews. September 9, 2019.
  13. "Camera: nasce Cambiamo!,componente Misto - Politica". Agenzia ANSA. September 11, 2019.
  14. "Toti sfida Berlusconi: "così cambiamo il centrodestra" - Panorama".
  15. "Centrodestra, Paolo Romani: "Vado con Toti. Mi dispiace ma Forza Italia ha più eletti che elettori"". Repubblica.it. August 7, 2019.
  16. "Fuga da Forza Italia: i deputati e consiglieri che lasciano il Cav e vanno da Toti". Secolo d'Italia. September 12, 2019.
  17. "Forza Italia si svuota: in Lombardia 7 consiglieri pronti a passare con Toti - La Stampa". lastampa.it. September 12, 2019.
  18. "Fuori da Forza Italia: i 3 consiglieri del Lazio passano al Misto". September 9, 2019.
  19. "Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna". September 23, 2020.
  20. "Ministry of the Interior – Results". September 23, 2020.
  21. "Tuscany Region – Electoral Services". September 23, 2020.

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