Identity and Action

The party, whose complete name is Identity and Action – People and Freedom (Identità e Azione – Popolo e Libertà), was formed on 25 November 2015 by a group of splinters from the New Centre-Right (NCD), a centre-right party which was then part of government led by Matteo Renzi, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD). Two deputies (Vincenzo Piso and Eugenia Roccella) and four senators (Andrea Augello, Luigi Compagna, Carlo Giovanardi and Gaetano Quagliariello) left the NCD because they no longer supported its alliance with the PD. They were joined by two deputies, Guglielmo Vaccaro (ex-PD, later Unique Italy–IU) and Renata Bueno (South American Union Italian Emigrants–USEI), and several regional politicians, including Davide Bellomo (independent, Apulia), Stefano Casali (Tosi List for Veneto, Veneto), Giovanni Chiodi (independent, former President of Abruzzo) and Vittoriano Solazzi (Marche 2020, Marche).{{cite web|url=http://www.loccidentale.it/node/138607|title=Centrodestra, Quagliariello lancia "Idea". Alternativi a Renzi, guardando ai territori | l'Occidentale|publisher=loccidentale.it|accessdate=2015-11-25|archive-date=2015-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126050517/http://www.loccidentale.it/node/138607|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/26/l-idea-di-quagliariello-e-puntare-su-passera-1.1483251|title=L'"Idea" di Quagliariello è puntare su Passera – Politica – iltempo|author=Car. Sol.|publisher=iltempo.it|accessdate=2015-11-29|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031635/http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/26/l-idea-di-quagliariello-e-puntare-su-passera-1.1483251|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/nasce-idea-nuovo-partito-quagliariello-1198486.html|title=Nasce Idea, il nuovo partito di Quagliariello – IlGiornale.it|date=25 November 2015|publisher=ilgiornale.it|accessdate=2015-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2015/11/26/chi-segue-lidea-di-quagliariello/|title=Tutte le sintonie tra Fitto, Marchini, Passera, Quagliariello e Tosi - Formiche.net|date=26 November 2015|publisher=formiche.net|accessdate=2015-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/puglia/ncd-quagliariello-lancia-il-quarto-petalo-cassano-voleva-il-ministero-394591.html?refresh_ce|title=Ncd, Quagliariello lancia il quarto petalo. Cassano: "Voleva il Ministero" – Affaritaliani.it|date=25 November 2015 |publisher=affaritaliani.it|accessdate=2015-11-25}}

Since its foundation, IdeA aimed at being part of the larger centre-right coalition. The party established a particularly close relationship with Unique Italy (IU), of which Quagliariello became speaker in the Senate.{{cite web|author=Altri articoli dalla categoria |url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/11/30/news/italia_unica_entra_in_parlamento_con_quagliariello_e_vaccaro-128499191/ |title=Italia Unica entra in Parlamento con Quagliariello e Vaccaro |publisher=Repubblica.it |date=2015-11-30 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|author=2 dicembre 2015 |url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2015-12-02/italia-unica-passera-entriamo-parlamento-speaker-e-intesa-quagliariello-145844.shtml?uuid=ACKtRglB |title=Italia Unica, Passera: entriamo in Parlamento. Speaker e "intesa" con Quagliariello |publisher=Il Sole 24 ORE |date=2015-12-02 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|author=Redazione, L'Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/12/02/italia-unica-passera_n_8696546.html |title=Italia Unica, Corrado Passera arruola l'ex pd Guglielmo Vaccaro alla Camera. Al Senato "intesa" con Gaetano Quagliariello |publisher=Huffingtonpost.it |date= 2 December 2015|accessdate=2016-05-08}} In the meantime, the four deputies of IdeA, along with Aniello Formisano of Italy of Values (IdV, a party which had long been part of centre-left coalitions), formed a sub-group, named after the USEI (and, later, "USEI–IdeA"), within the Mixed Group of the Chamber,{{cite web|url=http://www.camera.it/leg17/217?idlegislatura=17&idGruppo=1589&idGruppoMisto=&tipoVis= |title=XVII Legislatura – Deputati e Organi Parlamentari – Composizione gruppi Parlamentari |publisher=Camera.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.italiachiamaitalia.it/articoli/detalles/30106/ItalianiOallEestero%20O%20Oufficiale%20OnasceOcomponenteOUSEIO%20cheOpendeOaOsinistra%20.html |title=Italiani all'estero, è ufficiale: nasce componente USEI (che pende a sinistra) |publisher=Italiachiamaitalia.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}} while the party's four senators joined the heterogeneous Great Autonomies and Freedom (GAL) group.{{cite web|url=http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede/Gruppi/00000072.htm |title=Composizione del Gruppo Grandi Autonomie e Libertà (Grande Sud, Popolari per l'Italia, Moderati, Idea, Euro-Exit, M.P.L.-Movimento politico Libertas) |publisher=senato.it |date=2016-02-16 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.loccidentale.it/node/138712 |title=Senatori IDEA lasciano AP e formano componente in GAL | l'Occidentale |language=it |publisher=Loccidentale.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}}

In May 2017 the party changed its allegiance both in the Chamber, where it formed a sub-group with the Union of the Centre (UdC) within the Mixed Group,{{Cite web|url=http://www.camera.it/leg17/1083|title = XVII Legislatura - XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi- Composizione gruppi Parlamentari}} and the Senate, where it left the GAL group and launched the alternative Federation of Freedom (FdL) group along with the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) and others, under Quagliariello's leadership.{{Cite web|url=http://www.senato.it/Leg17/4244|title = Senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni nei Gruppi parlamentari}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/05/18/federazione-della-liberta-al-senato-nasce-il-gruppo-anti-rosate_a_22097082 |title=Federazione della libertà: al Senato nasce il gruppo anti-Rosatellum |website=www.huffingtonpost.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518141948/http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/05/18/federazione-della-liberta-al-senato-nasce-il-gruppo-anti-rosate_a_22097082/ |archive-date=2017-05-18}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2017/05/18/senato-nasce-gruppo-federazione-liberta_b24c382b-727d-451a-81b4-04fbe24f70bc.html|title=Senato: Nasce gruppo Federazione libertà - Ultima Ora|date=18 May 2017}}

In December 2017 IdeA was supposed to be a founding member of Us with Italy (NcI), a pro-Silvio Berlusconi centrist electoral list within the centre-right coalition for the 2018 general election, but finally stood out.{{cite web| url = http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/12/19/news/listone_centristi_pro_berlusconi-184566329| title = Nasce "Noi con l'Italia", la lista dei centristi pro-Berlusconi - la Repubblica| date = 19 December 2017}}{{cite web| url = https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/12/19/noi-con-litalia-ecco-la-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra-ex-fi-leghisti-espulsi-e-alfaniani-pentiti-rinasce-lamore-per-berlusconi/4049201| title = "Noi con l'Italia", ecco la quarta gamba del centrodestra: ex FI, leghisti espulsi e alfaniani pentiti - Il Fatto Quotidiano| date = 19 December 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/nasce-noi-litalia-quarta-gamba-centrodestra-1475804.html|title = Nasce Noi con l'Italia, la 'quarta gamba' del centrodestra|date = 19 December 2017}} NcI was launched by splinters from Popular Alternative (AP – two groups, a Christian-democratic one led by Maurizio Lupi and a liberal one led by Enrico Costa), Direction Italy (DC), Civic Choice (SC), Act! (F!), Cantiere Popolare (CP) and the Movement for the Autonomies (MpA). However, in early January 2018, after that NcI had been joined also by the UdC,{{Cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/udc-noi-con-italia-accordo-sulla-lista-torna-lo-scudo-crociato-517050.html|title = Udc-Noi con l'Italia, è accordo. Sulla lista torna lo scudo crociato| date=29 December 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_dicembre_30/gentiloni-berlusconi-lornzin-casini-pd-margherita-civica-popolare-simbolo-votazioni-nasce-stampella-centrista-forza-italia-c6bba08c-ecfc-11e7-ba29-fb1d66cc2503.shtml|title = Nasce la stampella centrista di Forza Italia|date = 30 December 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/berlusconi-si-appella-ai-delusi-politica-sar-sfida-coi-5-1478798.html|title=Berlusconi si appella ai delusi dalla politica: "Sarà sfida coi 5 Stelle"|date=30 December 2017}} IdeA joined too,{{Cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/puglia/la-tela-fitto-cesa-si-allarga-su-idea-di-gaetano-quagliariello-517848.html|title = La tela Fitto-Cesa si allarga su 'Idea' di Gaetano Quagliariello| date=5 January 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2018/01/05/saremo-garantire-lautosufficienza-al-centrodestra-parla-gaetano-quagliariello|title=Saremo noi a garantire l'autosufficienza al centrodestra. Parla Gaetano Quagliariello|date=5 January 2018}} with the goal of reaching 3%, required to win seats from proportional lists under a new electoral law.

In the election the NcI obtained a mere 1.3% of the vote and only Quagliariello was re-elected for IdeA. Soon after the election, the party quit NcI and, along with the UdC, formed a pact with FI and joined its parliamentary group.{{Cite web|url=http://www.movimentoidea.it/news/lettera-del-presidente-idea-gaetano-quagliariello|title = Lettera del Presidente di IDEA Gaetano Quagliariello agli iscritti|date = 10 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.movimentoidea.it/news/sottoscritto-senato-accordo-federativo-idea-gruppo-forza-italia|title=Sottoscritto in Senato accordo federativo tra IDEA e Gruppo Forza Italia|date=23 March 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.diariodelweb.it/ultimora/notizie/?nid=20180323-6364 |title=In Senato accordo Fi-Udc-Idea, nasce gruppo unico in nome Ppe |access-date=2018-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180712/https://www.diariodelweb.it/ultimora/notizie/?nid=20180323-6364 |archive-date=2018-06-20 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/03/23/senato-romani-con-accordo-fi-udc-idea-siamo-secondo-gruppo |title=Senato: Romani, con accordo Fi-Udc-Idea siamo secondo gruppo - Il Dubbio |access-date=2018-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102640/http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/03/23/senato-romani-con-accordo-fi-udc-idea-siamo-secondo-gruppo/ |archive-date=2018-03-28 |url-status=dead }}

In the 2019 Basilicata regional election the party obtained 4.2% of the vote.

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