Popular Area

Popular Area
Area Popolare
Leader Angelino Alfano
Founded 11–16 December 2014
Ideology Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Liberalism (minority)
Political position Centre-right
European affiliation European People's Party
International affiliation CDI (UdC)
European Parliament group EPP Group
Chamber of Deputies
31 / 630
Senate
31 / 315
European Parliament
2 / 73
Regional Government
0 / 20

Popular Area (Italian: Area Popolare, AP) the name of a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, initially active as two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. "Popular" is a reference to popolarismo, the Italian variety of Christian democracy.

History

The groups, launched in December 2014, originally included 34 deputies and 36 senators, comprising the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Union of the Centre (UdC), some dissidents from Civic Choice (SC) and a splinter from the Five Star Movement (M5S).[1][2][3][4] The UdC and most former SC members were previously affiliated to the For Italy groups.

In the 2015 regional elections, Popular Area ran lists in Veneto, Liguria and Tuscany. In Campania and Umbria the names "Popular Campania" and "For Popular Umbria" were used, respectively. Finally, in Marche and Apulia, the NCD (without the UdC) formed a joint list with Marche 2020 and Francesco Schittulli's movement, respectively, under the Popular Area banner. The best results were obtained in Apulia (6.0%), Campania (4.0%) and Marche (4.0%); in Apulia and Marche the UdC, which was in alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party, scored 6.0% and 3.4%, respectively.

Composition

The alliance is composed by the following parties:

Party Ideology Leader
New Centre-Right (NCD) Conservatism Angelino Alfano
Union of the Centre (UdC) Christian democracy Pier Ferdinando Casini

Electoral results

Regional Councils

Region Latest election # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won
Abruzzo 2014 40,219 (#4) 5.9
1 / 31
Apulia 2015 101,817 (#7) 6.0
4 / 51
Campania 2015 133,753 (#5) 5.9
1 / 51
Emilia-Romagna 2014 31,635 (#7) 2.6
0 / 50
Liguria 2015 9,269 (#9) 1.7
1 / 31
Marche 2015 21,049 (#7) 4.0
1 / 31
Piedmont 2014 49,059 (#7) 2.5
0 / 50
Tuscany 2015 15,808 (#8) 1.2
0 / 41
Umbria 2015 9,285 (#9) 2.6
0 / 20
Veneto 2015 37,937 (#11) 2.0
1 / 51

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ http://www.loccidentale.it/node/136059
  2. ↑ "Parlamento: nascono i gruppi di area popolare, a formarli membri di Ncd, Udc e Scelta Civica". InfoOggi.it. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Senato, l'ex M5s Anitori passa ad Area popolare: "Sosterrò il governo Renzi" - Il Fatto Quotidiano". Ilfattoquotidiano.it. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  4. ↑ http://www.loccidentale.it/node/135993
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