The Progressive Camp (Italian: Campo Progressista, CP) was a left-wing political party in Italy.
Progressive Camp Campo Progressista | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Giuliano Pisapia |
| Founded | 14 February 2017 (launched) 11 March 2017 (founded) |
| Dissolved | 6 December 2017 |
| Succeeded by | Progressive Area |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism[1] Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Orange |
Its leader was Giuliano Pisapia, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–2006) for the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and later mayor of Milan (2011–2016) as an independent close to Left Ecology Freedom (SEL).
History
editThe CP, which was launched in Milan by Pisapia and sponsored by Laura Boldrini, Gad Lerner, Bruno Tabacci (leader of the Democratic Centre, CD) and others in February 2017,[2][3] aimed at unifying the portion of the Italian left interested in forming an alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).[4][5] In this respect, the CP held a different position from that of Italian Left (SI), into which SEL was folded in 2015–2017, as SI refused to form a national alliance with the PD.
A large splinter group from SEL, led by Arturo Scotto, Massimiliano Smeriglio and Francesco Ferrara, looked set to join forces with Pisapia,[6][7] but eventually joined the Democratic and Progressive Movement (MDP), a party founded by left-wing splinters from the PD (Roberto Speranza, Pier Luigi Bersani, Massimo D'Alema, etc.) on 25 February 2017.[8][9][10]
The CP was officially founded on 11 March 2017 in Rome, in a public convention held at Teatro Brancaccio.[11][12][13][14]
In July 2017 the MDP and the CP organised a joint rally in Rome,[15] but the two parties finally parted ways in October.[16][17] However, even after this, at least 15 MDP MPs continued to be associated with the CP.[18]
In December 2017 the MDP and SI launched Free and Equal (LeU),[19] while the CP was instead trying to organise a pro-PD left-wing grouping, possibly along with the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and the Federation of the Greens.[20][21]
Finally, on 6 December 2017, Pisapia announced that he would not run in the 2018 general election and declared CP's experience over. Some of his allies, including Ferrara, would join LeU, while others, including Smeriglio and Michele Ragosta, would form, in alliance with the PD, the left-wing list that Pisapia once envisioned.[22][23][24][25] The latter group would launch Progressive Area,[26] which would join the liberal More Europe electoral alliance.
References
edit- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Sardinia/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Pisapia lancia Campo Progressista, "mai più centrosinistra al governo con la destra"". 14 February 2017.
- ^ "'Campo progressista', Pisapia presenta il suo "luogo per chi ha perso una casa politica"". 14 February 2017.
- ^ Cazzullo, Aldo (2 September 2017). "Pisapia: "Ecco il Campo progressista Con il Pd possiamo arrivare al 40%"".
- ^ "Campo progressista pronto a partire. Il sindaco di Genova Doria non si dimette, ma il tridente di Pisapia perde un pezzo". 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Arturo Scotto lascia Sinistra italiana e pensa ai gruppi parlamentari di Giuliano Pisapia". 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Sinistra Italiana batte ogni record: scissione prima della nascita - neXt Quotidiano". 11 February 2017.
- ^ Stefanoni, Franco (25 February 2017). "Ecco il nome degli ex Pd: Articolo 1 Movimento dei democratici e progressisti".
- ^ ""Democratici e progressisti" il nuovo nome degli ex Pd. Speranza: lavoro è nostra priorità". 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Nasce il Movimento democratici e progressisti". 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Pisapia lancia "Campo Progressista"". 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Pisapia lancia Campo Progressista: "Renzi? Non ho nemici, ma scelga gli alleati"". 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Giuliano Pisapia lancia "Campo Progressista". Identità, sobrietà, valori e rilancio sui diritti: "Pd scelga, la destra è incompatibile"". 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Campo progressista, Pisapia parla con gli scissionisti e punta a Orlando: "Pd decida se guarda a sinistra o a destra" - Il Fatto Quotidiano". 11 March 2017.
- ^ ""UNA NUOVA CASA COMUNE" - la piazza di Pisapia sogna un nuovo centrosinistra. Bersani: "Discontinuità da Renzi"". July 2017.
- ^ "Pisapia: "Speranza non aspetta? Buon viaggio al suo partitino"". 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Pisapia rompe con MDP: "Speranza avanti da solo? Buon viaggio"".
- ^ "MDP: Non escono deputati 'pisapiani' - Politica". 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Liberi e uguali, Grasso: 'Ecco la nuova sinistra' - Politica". 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Psi e Verdi: costruire proposta politica e programmatica | Avanti!". www.avantionline.it. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Pisapia non decide e mette in crisi la coalizione attorno al Pd". 5 December 2017.
- ^ "La resa di Pisapia: "Col Pd è finita, non ci sono condizioni per l'unità" Anche Alfano annuncia: Non mi candido". 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Campo Progressista si spacca, Pisapia rinuncia: "Non siamo riusciti a cambiare il centrosinistra"". 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Passo indietro di Pisapia: Impossibile confronto con Pd. Ex Sel con Grasso".
- ^ "Centrosinistra, Pisapia si ritira: "Campo progressista già finito"". 6 December 2017.
- ^ "A Napoli l'assemblea nazionale di Area Progressista: Tra gli ospiti Fassino e de Luca".