Progressive Area
{{Infobox political party
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|name = Progressive Area
|native_name = Area Progressista
|leader = Michele Ragosta
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|foundation = December 2017
|dissolution = 2018
|predecessor = Progressive Camp
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|ideology = Progressivism
|position = Left-wing
|national = Electoral list:
More Europe
Coalition:
Centre-left coalition
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|seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies
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|seats2_title = Senate
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|seats3_title = European Parliament
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|country = Italy
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Progressive Area ({{langx|it|Area Progressista}}, AP) was a democratic-socialist political party in Italy.
AP is mainly composed of former members of Progressive Camp (CP), a tentative party founded and briefly led by Giuliano Pisapia,{{cite web|author=irpinia24 |url=http://www.irpinia24.it/wp/blog/2017/12/14/nasce-area-progressista-ragosta-progetto-forte-per-proseguire-nella-costruzione-di-un-centrosinistra-largo |title=Nasce Area Progressista. Ragosta: "Progetto forte per proseguire nella costruzione di un centrosinistra largo" | Irpinia24 |language=it |publisher=Irpinia24.it |date=2013-02-21 |accessdate=2018-08-14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ottopagine.it/sa/politica/144780/nasce-la-lista-insieme-italia-europa.shtml|title=Nasce la lista "Insieme – Italia Europa"|date=14 December 2017|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}} who finally decided not to run and declared CP's experience over.{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_dicembre_06/giuliano-pisapia-lascia-non-si-candida-resa-campo-progressista-ex-sindaco-milano-71d04ede-da95-11e7-97c8-2b2709c9cc49.shtml|title=La resa di Pisapia: "Col Pd è finita, non ci sono condizioni per l'unità" Anche Alfano annuncia: non mi candido|date=12 June 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/12/06/news/pisapia_si_ritira_campo_progressista_sel_sinistra_grasso-183261094|title=Campo Progressista si spacca, Pisapia rinuncia: "Non siamo riusciti a cambiare il centrosinistra"|date=6 December 2017|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2017-12-06/passo-indietro-pisapia-impossibile-confronto-pd-ex-sel-grasso-165634.shtml|title=Passo indietro di Pisapia: impossibile confronto con Pd. Ex Sel con Grasso|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/centrosinistra-pisapia-si-ritira-campo-progressista-gi-1471350.html|title=Centrosinistra, Pisapia si ritira: "Campo progressista già finito"|date=6 December 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}} AP's leading members include Michele Ragosta, Adriano Zaccagnini and Luigi Lacquaniti,{{cite web|url=http://www.napolitoday.it/politica/area-progressista-assemblea-napoli-29-dicembre-2017.html|title=A Napoli l'assemblea nazionale di Area Progressista: tra gli ospiti Fassino e De Luca|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}} all three former members of Left Ecology Freedom (of which Pisapia was an independent) and transitated through the Democratic Party and the Democratic and Progressive Movement.
In the run-up of the 2018 general election, AP was originally headed into the Together electoral list within the centre-left coalition, along with the Italian Socialist Party, the Federation of the Greens and Civic Area.{{cite web|url=http://lospiffero.com/ls_article.php?id=37269|title=Centrosinistra: Fassino, siamo argine a Berlusconi e populisti|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.quotidiano.net/politica/video/centrosinistra-a-napoli-l-assemblea-nazionale-di-area-progressista-lapresse-1.3635086|title=Centrosinistra, a Napoli l'assemblea nazionale di Area Progressista(LaPresse) - QuotidianoNet|date=29 December 2017|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}} However, after tensions with Together leaders,{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2018/01/04/area-progressista-corriamo-da-soli_d4eaa77d-00e8-4406-be82-05e992163de5.html|title=Area progressista, corriamo da soli - Ultima Ora|date=4 January 2018|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2018}} in January 2018 it was announced that AP had signed an agreement with the More Europe electoral list, already composed of the Italian Radicals, Forza Europa and the Democratic Centre, also with the centre-left.{{cite web |url=http://www.piumezzogiorno.it/8944/politica/centrosinistra-area-progressista-europa.html |title=Più Mezzogiorno |publisher=Piumezzogiorno.it |date= |accessdate=2018-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621023519/http://www.piumezzogiorno.it/8944/politica/centrosinistra-area-progressista-europa.html |archive-date=2018-06-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazzettinodisalerno.it/joomla/politica/item/16788-elezioni-area-progressista-a-sostegno-di-europa |title=Elezioni, Area Progressista a sostegno di +Europa |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620182653/http://www.gazzettinodisalerno.it/joomla/politica/item/16788-elezioni-area-progressista-a-sostegno-di-europa |archive-date=2018-06-20 |url-status=dead }} No members of Progressive Area were elected; following the election, AP did not merge into More Europe.