European Republicans Movement
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{{Infobox political party
| name = European Republicans Movement
| native_name = Movimento Repubblicani Europei
| logo = Logo Repubblicani Europei.png
| logo_size = 150px
| leader =
| leader1_title = Leader
| leader1_name = Luciana Sbarbati
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| foundation = 6 March 2001
8 August 2020 (relaunched)
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| split = Italian Republican Party
| merged = Italian Republican Party (2011–2020)
| headquarters = via IV Novembre 107–108, Rome
| newspaper = none
| membership_year = 2006
| ideology = Social liberalism
Radicalism
| national = The Olive Tree (2001–2007)
The Union (2005–2008)
Democratic Party (2007–2010)
PD–IDP (2022)
Action (2024–)
| position = Centre-left
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| european = ELDR
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| website = http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/
| colorcode = {{party color|European Republicans Movement}}
| country = Italy
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The European Republicans Movement ({{langx|it|Movimento Repubblicani Europei}}, MRE) is a minor social-liberal{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/italy.html|title=Italy|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010000046/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/italy.html|archive-date=10 October 2007|access-date=20 April 2019|url-status=unfit}} political party in Italy.
From 2007 to 2010 the party was a founding member and associate of the Democratic Party, the leading centre-left party in Italy. In 2011 the MRE was merged into the Italian Republican Party, the party from which it had seceded in 2001. The MRE was also a member of the pan-European European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR),http://members.eldr.eu/index.php?id%3D4%26no_cache%3D1%26tx_eldr_pi1%5BcountryId%5D%3D9 {{Dead link|date=September 2022}} and its long-standing leader was Luciana Sbarbati.
History
In 2001 the Italian Republican Party (PRI), after five years within the centre-left coalition, decided to join the centre-right House of Freedoms instead. The MRE was formed by those Republicans who refused such a decision and wanted to remain in the centre-left. The MRE took part in the consolidation of The Olive Tree as a joint centre-left electoral list both for the 2004 European Parliament election and the 2006 general election, along with the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. The list won 220 out of 630 deputies (including two Republicans, Luciana Sbarbati and Adriano Musi) as part of The Union.
In 2007 the MRE was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD), but continued to exist as an associate party and retained almost entirely its autonomy. In the 2008 general election, Sbarbati and Musi were elected to the Senate and often distinguished themselves from Democrats in key votes. Notably, they opposed European Parliament electoral law reform in 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.partitodemocratico.it/dettaglio/71985/Europee:_Sbarbati,_ |title=Europee: Sbarbati, "Sbarramento 4% impedisce vera rappresentanza democratica". | Ufficio stampa | PD |access-date=27 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220502/http://www.partitodemocratico.it/dettaglio/71985/Europee:_Sbarbati,_ |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
File:Terzo congresso del Movimento dei Repubblicani europei - 28 febbraio 2009.jpg
The common battle against electoral reform favored a reconciliation with the PRI. During the 2009 congress of the MRE the two parties signed a joint declaration, under which - despite their different coalition allegiances - they pledged to join forces on key issues, especially those concerning civil liberties and freedom of research.{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/stampa_comunicatimre.tab.aspx?idDoc=592 |title=My Nucleus CMS |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111144723/http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/stampa_comunicatimre.tab.aspx?idDoc=592 |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.asca.it/news-REPUBBLICANI__DOCUMENTO_POLITICO_COMUNE_PRI-MRE-812128-ORA-.html |title=REPUBBLICANI DOCUMENTO POLITICO COMUNE PRI-MRE - Agenzia di stampa Asca |access-date=4 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234757/http://www.asca.it/news-REPUBBLICANI__DOCUMENTO_POLITICO_COMUNE_PRI-MRE-812128-ORA-.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}
In April 2010, Sbarbati led the MRE out of the PD and joined the Union of the Centre (UdC) in the Senate.{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/stampa_ComunicatiMRE.tab.aspx?idDoc=657 |title=Movimento Repubblicani Europei |access-date=28 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501041643/http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/stampa_ComunicatiMRE.tab.aspx?idDoc=657 |archive-date=1 May 2010 }}{{Cite web|date=22 December 2012|title=Napolitano ha sciolto le camere|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2012/12/22/live-governo-monti-dimissioni-consultazioni-napolitano/|access-date=22 August 2020|website=Il Post|language=it-IT}} In January 2011 the party sought a reconciliation with the PRI, which was reached two months later.{{cite web |url=http://www.pri.it/new/26%20Gennaio%202011/NucaraSbarbatiConferenza.htm |title=La conferenza stampa Nucara-Sbarbati/E' stato superato il tripartito delle divisioni post congresso di Bari |publisher=Pri.it |access-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111145307/http://www.pri.it/new/26%20Gennaio%202011/NucaraSbarbatiConferenza.htm |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.asca.it/news-PRI__FINITO_46*_CONGRESSO__SCISSIONE_RIENTRA__INSIEME_NUCARA-SBARBATI-994376-ORA-.html |title=PRI FINITO 46* CONGRESSO SCISSIONE RIENTRA INSIEME NUCARA-SBARBATI - Agenzia di stampa Asca |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722024114/http://www.asca.it/news-PRI__FINITO_46*_CONGRESSO__SCISSIONE_RIENTRA__INSIEME_NUCARA-SBARBATI-994376-ORA-.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}{{Cite web|last=Piccinelli|first=Marco|date=11 March 2015|title=Il Partito Repubblicano Italiano dopo il suo quarantasettesimo congresso|url=https://formiche.net/2015/03/il-partito-repubblicano-italiano-il-quarantasettesimo-congresso/|access-date=22 August 2020|website=Formiche.net|language=it-IT}}
Following the decision of the PRI to join the centre-right coalition in the 2020 regional elections, the MRE split away from it again and regained its autonomy.{{Cite web |date=8 August 2020 |title=JESI / Luciana Sbarbati lancia i Repubblicani Europei con Mangialardi |url=https://www.qdmnotizie.it/jesi-luciana-sbarbati-lancia-i-repubblicani-europei-con-mangialardi/ |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=QdM Notizie |language=it-IT}} The two parties ran in separate coalitions during the 2022 elections: the MRE joined the Democratic Party - Democratic and Progressive Italy list, while the PRI joined the Action - Italia Viva list.{{Cite web |last=Maestri |first=Pubblicato da Gabriele |title=Pd - Italia democratica e progressista: piccolo ritocco, lista più ampia |url=http://www.isimbolidelladiscordia.it/2022/08/pd-italia-democratica-e-progressista.html |access-date=15 September 2022 |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=says |first=Alveo |date=8 August 2022 |title=Il documento della Direzione Nazionale del Pri dell'8 agosto |url=https://vocerepubblicana.it/il-documento-della-direzione-nazionale-del-pri-dell8-agosto/ |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=La Voce Repubblicana |language=it-IT}}
Leadership
- Secretary: Luciana Sbarbati (2001–2011, 2020–present)
- President: Adriano Musi (2001–2010); Niccolò Rinaldi (2020–present)
Election results
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928171715/http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201222752/http://www.repubblicanesimo.it/mre/default.asp Semi-official website]
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