Giuseppe Civati
{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Giuseppe Civati
| image = Giuseppe Civati - Festival Economia 2014.JPG
| order = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start = 15 March 2013
| term_end = 23 March 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|8|4}}
| birth_place = Monza, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
PD (2007–2015)
Possible (since 2015)
| nationality = Italian
| alma_mater = University of Milan
| occupation = Politician, publisher, essayst
}}
Giuseppe "Pippo" Civati (born 4 August 1975) is an Italian politician and publisher, former leader of Possible and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018.
Biography
= Comunal and Regional experiences =
Very close to Romano Prodi, Civati was elected to the City Council of Monza in 1997 and the following year he became city secretary of the Democrats of the Left.{{cite web|url=https://www.ciwati.it/giuseppe-civati/|title=Giuseppe Civati's Biography|work=Ciwati.it|access-date=28 October 2018}} From 2002 to 2004 Civati has been a member of the provincial secretariat of the DS in Milan, while from 2005 to 2006 he has been a member of the regional secretariat of the party in Lombardy. In April 2005, Civati was elected in the Regional Council of Lombardy.
= In the Democratic Party =
After Walter Veltroni's resignation, on the occasion of the 2009 Democratic Party primaries, Civati supported Ignazio Marino.{{cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/pd_civati_marino_candidato040709.html|title=Pd/ Civati ad Affari: "Marino in campo. Niente apparati, il web la nostra forza"|work=AffariItaliani.it|date=6 July 2009|access-date=28 October 2018}}
Together with Matteo Renzi, Civati started in 2010 the Leopolda convention, being a member of the current of Rottamatori (Scrappers). With the passing years, Civati became critical of Renzi's positions and the two split.{{cite web|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Dai-Ds-alla-Leopolda-Pippo-Civati-14a58875-083e-4304-bb81-8731a55a952f.html|title=Dai Ds alla Leopolda, la corsa del "dissidente" Pippo Civati|work=RaiNews.it|date=6 May 2015|access-date=28 October 2018}}
With the 2013 election, Civati is elected to the Chamber of Deputies and promoted a dialogue between his party and the Five Star Movement. Civati criticized the decision to form a government with The People of Freedom, so he didn't support the Letta Cabinet{{cite web|url=https://www.ciwati.it/2013/04/29/la-mia-personalissima-posizione/|title=La mia personalissima posizione|work=Ciwati.it|date=29 April 2013|access-date=28 October 2018}} and later voted against the Renzi Cabinet.{{cite web|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/palazzo/2014/02/21/news/giuseppe-civati-attacca-il-governo-renzi-la-maggioranza-del-partito-democratico-consegna-il-paese-a-silvio-berlusconi-1.154421|title=Giuseppe Civati attacca il governo Renzi: "La maggioranza del Partito democratico consegna il paese a Silvio Berlusconi"|work=L'Espresso|date=21 February 2014|access-date=28 October 2018}}
Civati ran for the role of Secretary of the PD in occasion of the 2013 primaries, but was defeated by Matteo Renzi. When Renzi became Prime Minister, Civati began to clash with the leadership of the party, until he decided to leave the Democratic Party in May 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2015/05/06/pippo-civati-lascia-pd/|title=Civati lascia il PD|work=Il Post|date=6 May 2015|access-date=28 October 2018}} and founded a new centre-left party named Possible.{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/15_maggio_26/possibile-nuovo-partito-civati-modello-podemos-89cfca48-037c-11e5-8669-0b66ef644b3b_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&cat=1&cid=fkNj73tJ&pids=FR&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corriere.it%2Fpolitica%2F15_maggio_26%2Fpossibile-nuovo-partito-civati-modello-podemos-89cfca48-037c-11e5-8669-0b66ef644b3b.shtml|title="Possibile", la cosa rossa di Civati. Nel database ha già 50mila iscritti: "Mi seguiranno in tanti, anche big del Pd"|work=Corriere della Sera|date=26 May 2015|access-date=28 October 2018}}
= Free and Equal =
Possible was one of the founder parties of the left-wing Free and Equal coalition. Civati ran for the Chamber of Deputies in occasion of the 2018 election, but failed the election and later resigned from the office of Secretary of Possible.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/politica/elezioni2018/2018/03/05/news/flop_di_leu_civati_e_d_alema_fuori_dal_parlamento-190501805/|title=Flop di Leu, Civati e D'Alema fuori. Grasso: "Andiamo avanti, pronti a confronto con Di Maio"|work=La Repubblica|date=5 March 2018|access-date=28 October 2018}}
= 2019 European Parliament election =
On the occasion of the 2019 European Parliament election Civati he was a candidate on the Green Europe list. After that an article by Il Foglio reported that two candidates on the list (Giuliana Farinaro and Elvira Maria Vernengo) had received support from the Green Front (led by Vincenzo Galizia, former leader of the youth section of the Tricolour Flame), Civati withdrew (informally) his candidacy and suspended his election campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2019/05/14/news/scissioni-e-liti-il-foglio-manda-in-tilt-il-fronte-dei-verdi-254503/|title=Scissioni e liti. Il Foglio manda in tilt il fronte dei Verdi|website=www.ilfoglio.it}}
Civati was the most voted candidate on the list with 12,247 preferences,{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/elezioni-2019/cards/elezioni-europee-chi-ha-preso-piu-preferenze-salvini-22-milioni-berlusconi-594-mila-meloni-434-mila-tutti-piu-votati/lega-salvini-al-nord_principale.shtml|title=Elezioni europee, chi ha preso più preferenze: Salvini 2,2 milioni, Berlusconi 594 mila, Meloni 434 mila. Tutti i più votati|first=Franco|last=Stefanoni|date=May 27, 2019|website=Corriere della Sera}} but he was not elected because EV got only 2.29% of the votes, below the 4% threshold established by the Italian electoral law.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.ciwati.it/ Official blog]
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://www.camera.it/leg17/29?shadow_deputato=306187&idpersona=306187&idlegislatura=17 XVII] legislature.
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