Europeanists

On 18 January the government won the vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies with 321 votes in favour, 259 against and 27 abstentions.{{Cite news|date=2021-01-18|title=Italy PM Conte comfortably wins lower house confidence vote|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-vote-idUSKBN29N1WO|access-date=2021-01-18}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-18 |title=Crisi di governo, via libera della Camera alla fiducia a Conte con 321 voti. Il premier: "Strappo con Iv incancellabile". Polverini vota sì e lascia Forza Italia |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/18/news/crisi_di_governo_conte_fiducia_camera-283039472/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} On the following day, the government won a vote of confidence in the Senate with 156 votes in favor, 140 against and 16 abstentions;{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's government survives Senate confidence vote|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/19/government-of-italian-pm-giuseppe-conte-survives-crucial-senate-confidence-vote|access-date=2021-01-19|website=euronews|language=en}}[https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/19/news/crisi_di_governo_conte_fiducia_senato-283187268/?ref=RHTP-BH-I283234441-P1-S1-T1 Crisi di governo, sì del Senato alla fiducia con 156 voti. Ma scoppia il caso Ciampolillo. Sì dei forzisti Rossi e Causin. Meloni e Salvini: "Ci rivolgeremo al Colle"], la Repubblica however, the cabinet failed to reach the absolute majority in the house.{{Cite web |last=Coluzzi |first=Tommaso |date=2021-01-19 |title=Il Senato vota la fiducia a Conte: il Governo ha la maggioranza relativa con 156 sì |url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/il-senato-vota-la-fiducia-a-conte-il-governo-ha-la-maggioranza-relativa-con-154-si/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Fanpage |language=it}} Among those who voted in support of Conte in the Senate, there were members of the future Europeanists group, like the then-senators of Forza Italia (FI), Andrea Causin and Mariarosaria Rossi, as well as former members of the Five Star Movement (M5S), like Gregorio de Falco (who joined the Democratic Centre,{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=Governo: Senatore de Falco chiede di aderire a Cd di Tabacci |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2021/01/26/governo-senatore-de-falco-chiede-di-aderire-a-cd-di-tabacci_16e9e599-9d5d-4444-8026-ac8c7db17c94.html |website=Agenzia Ansa |language=it}} a party led by Bruno Tabacci) and Maurizio Buccarella, and senators from the Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE), like Ricardo Antonio Merlo and Raffaele Fantetti.{{Cite web |title=Composizione del Gruppo Europeisti-MAIE-Centro Democratico - XVIII Legislatura |url=https://www.senato.it/leg/18/BGT/Schede/GruppiStorici/00000087.htm |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Senato |language=it}}

File:Andrea Causin Ricardo Antonio Merlo 2021.jpg and Ricardo Antonio Merlo at the consultations for the formation of a new government]]

On 26 January, Conte resigned as Prime Minister.{{Cite news|last=Legorano|first=Giovanni|date=January 25, 2021|title=Italian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Struggle Over How to Revive Economy From Covid-19|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/italian-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-to-resign-11611599680|access-date=January 25, 2021}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=Conte: "Dimissioni per un governo di unità nazionale, conta solo che l'Italia rialzi la testa". Renzi: "Ora governo serio, di legislatura". Da domani le consultazioni |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/26/news/crisi-di-governo-ultime-notizie-di-oggi-diretta-284235591/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}{{Cite news |date=2021-01-26 |title=Italian PM Conte resigns in split over Covid response |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55802611 |access-date=2022-10-11}} On the following day, the Europeanists group was formed in the Italian Senate (together with MAIE and Democratic Centre) in support of Conte.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=Al Senato nasce il gruppo dei responsabili: si chiama "Europeisti" |url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/al-senato-nasce-il-gruppo-dei-responsabili-si-chiama-europeisti_28026422-202102k.shtml |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Tgcom24 |language=IT}} The senator of the Democratic Party Tatjana Rojc joined Europeanists in order to allow the formation of the group, while remaining a member of the PD.{{Cite web |last=Vitale |first=Giovanna |date=2021-01-27 |title=Senato, parla Tatjana Rojc, la responsabile "prestata" dai dem: "Mi sacrifico per il bene del Paese, ma la mia casa è il Pd" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/27/news/pd_tatjana_rojc_responsabili_senato-284464229/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} Instead, Sandra Lonardo, a former senator of FI and wife of Clemente Mastella, who was among the main proponents of the parliamentary group, decided not to join, in contrast with the other members about the group's name (which did not include Lonardo's and Mastella's party name, Us Campanians).{{Cite web |last=Lauria |first=Emanuele |date=2021-01-27 |title=Senato, il rifiuto di Lady Mastella: "I responsabili? Non c'è valore aggiunto. Ma sosterrò Conte dal Misto" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/27/news/lady_mastella_responsabili_non_c_e_valore_aggiunto_-284433606/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} It was not possible to create a similar parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies, because only three deputies joined, so Europeanists had to form a sub-group within the Mixed Group, along with MAIE and PSI.{{Cite web |title=XVIII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Composizione Gruppi parlamentari |url=https://www.camera.it/leg18/1351?idlegislatura=18&shadow_gruppi_parlamentari=3033&shadow_gruppi_misti=3060&tipoVis=2 |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Camera dei Deputati |language=it}}

On 28 January, the group took part in the consultations with President Sergio Mattarella for the formation of a new cabinet, stressing its support to Conte.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Governo: Europeisti, avanti con Conte per stabilità |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2021/01/28/governo-europeisti-avanti-con-conte-per-stabilita_bc0055ea-f0df-4461-8d15-269bf4090ff5.html |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}} On the same day, Causin hinted the transformation of the group into a political party.{{Cite web |last=Ruccia |first=Gisella |date=2021-01-28 |title=Governo, Causin (Europeisti): "Conte è elemento di attrazione, non escludiamo un partito. Italia Viva? Fa la schifiltosa ma è nata come noi" |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/01/28/governo-causin-europeisti-conte-e-elemento-di-attrazione-non-escludiamo-un-partito-italia-viva-fa-la-schifiltosa-ma-e-nata-come-noi/6081750/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it-IT}}

In late March, two senators, Tatjana Rojc and Mariarosaria Rossi, announced that they would soon leave the group.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=Giuseppe Conte, non solo Mariarosaria Rossi: Ecco chi lascia il gruppo dei responsabili per il Pd |url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/politica/26659065/giuseppe-conte-mariarosaria-rossi-chi-lascia-guppo-responsabili-pd.html |website=Libero |language=it}} Consequently, on 29 March the group was dissolved due to lack of the minimum number of senators needed to form a parliamentary group (eight instead of ten).{{Cite web |last=Coluzzi |first=Tommaso |date=2021-03-30 |title=Addio ai Costruttori che dovevano salvare Conte: Sciolto il gruppo Europeisti-Maie al Senato |url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/addio-ai-costruttori-che-dovevano-salvare-conte-sciolto-il-gruppo-europeisti-maie-al-senato |website=Fanpage.it |language=it}}

Despite the dissolution of the group in each branch of the Parliament, the senators Fantetti and Rossi formed a parliamentary sub-group within the Senate's Mixed Group along with IDeA and Cambiamo!; moreover, Fantetti himself continued to preside over the "Europeanists" association, federated with Cambiamo!.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-23 |title=UE: migrazioni e prospettive di sviluppo |url=https://europeisti.org/2021/06/23/ue-migrazioni-e-prospettive-di-sviluppo/ |website=EUROPEISTI}} On 28 October, the "IDeA – Cambiamo!" sub-group changed its name into "IDeA-Cambiamo-Europeanists". Since 2022 Europeanists has been part of the National Register of political parties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlamento.it/application/xmanager/projects/parlamento/file/repository/commissione_trasparenza_partiti/deliberazioni_ir/61_IR_-_Europeisti_-_Deliberazione_08_febbraio_2022.pdf|title=Deliberazione 8 febbraio 2022, n. 61/IR}}

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