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The party was launched during two conventions in February{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/404142/presentazione-del-progetto-politico-di-corrado-passera-italia-unica |title=Presentazione del progetto politico di Corrado Passera "Italia Unica" (23.02.2014) |language=it |publisher=Radioradicale.it |date=2014-02-23 |accessdate=2016-05-08}} and June 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/413887/una-nuova-giornata-unica-per-costruire-insieme-un-paese-migliore |title=Una nuova giornata unica. Per costruire insieme un paese migliore (14.06.2014) |language=it |publisher=Radioradicale.it |date=2014-06-14 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|author=QuestIT s.r.l. |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2014/giugno/15/Italia_unica_Passera_riparte_mia_co_0_20140615_86d2e064-f450-11e3-81e5-9a0b5c89d87c.shtml |title=Archivio Corriere della Sera |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}} respectively. Passera aimed at forming a "liberal, popular and reform" alternative to Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) and re-unifying the centre-right, which was divided at the time between several contentious parties and leaders.{{cite web|url=http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/personaggi/11627874/Passera---Renzi-ha-comprato.html |title=Passera: "Renzi ha comprato i voti. Rifaccio il centrodestra" - Personaggi - Libero Quotidiano |publisher=Liberoquotidiano.it |date=2016-04-19 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}

At its founding congress in January 2015,{{cite web|author=QuestIT s.r.l. |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2015/febbraio/01/Passera_attacca_riforme_Favola_del_co_0_20150201_83b7dd5a-a9de-11e4-81d2-75ab62795819.shtml |title=Archivio Corriere della Sera |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}} the party unveiled its leadership. Led by Passera, president, and Lelio Alfonso (former spokesperson of Future Italy, IF and Civic Choice, SC), national coordinator, the party's national board notably included Diego Bottacin (former regional councillor in Veneto for Democracy is Freedom–DL, the PD and Toward North–VN), Fabio Evangelisti (a former MP for the Democrats of the Left–DS and Italy of Values–IdV), Silvana Mura (former treasurer and MP of IdV), Renzo Tondo (a former Socialist who served as President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and MP for Forza Italia–FI and The People of Freedom–PdL) and Santo Versace (another former Socialist who was MP for the PdL).{{cite web|url=http://www.italiaunica.it/iscritti/direzione-nazionale |title=Direzione Nazionale - Italia Unica |date=2015-02-04 |accessdate=2016-05-08 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204135600/http://www.italiaunica.it/iscritti/direzione-nazionale |archivedate=February 4, 2015 }}{{cite web|author=QuestIT s.r.l. |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2015/febbraio/08/Nella_squadra_Passerala_fedelissima_Pietroe_co_0_20150208_9b5b783c-af5a-11e4-9a69-e231d0bc0e99.shtml |title=Archivio Corriere della Sera |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}}

Pino Bicchielli (former member of the national board of Alliance for Italy–ApI and former coordinator of Democratic Centre–CD) and Marco Calgaro (a former MP of DL and the Union of the Centre–UdC) joined IU by September.{{cite web|author=antonellap |url=http://www.ilcasertano.it/politica/bicchielli-torna-in-campania-guida-italia-unica-di-passera/ |title=Bicchielli torna in Campania: guiderà Italia Unica di Passera | ilCasertano |publisher=Ilcasertano.it |date= |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.italiaunica.it/italia-unica-presentati-a-pomezia-i-primi-referenti-regionali/ |title=Italia Unica, presentati a Pomezia i primi referenti regionali - Italia Unica |publisher=Italiaunica.it |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-05-08}} Among the others who joined later, it is worth mentioning Maria Ida Germontani (a former member of Lega Nord–LN and senator of National Alliance–AN).{{cite web|url=http://www.italiaunica.it/iscritti/direzione-nazionale/ |title=Direzione Nazionale - Italia Unica |publisher=Italiaunica.it |date=1963-01-13 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}

Since November 2015 IU was represented by Guglielmo Vaccaro, elected with the PD and formerly a close affiliate of Enrico Letta, in the Chamber of Deputies and by Gaetano Quagliariello, elected with the PdL, passed through the New Centre-Right (NCD) and now leader of Identity and Action (IdeA), which allowed membership to other parties through the so-called "double membership", in the Senate. Vaccaro also hinted that IU and IdeA would soon merge into a single party.{{cite web|url=http://www.italiaunica.it/italia-unica-in-parlamento/ |title=Italia Unica in Parlamento - Italia Unica |publisher=Italiaunica.it |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-05-08}}{{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}}

Passera was supposed to run for mayor in the 2016 municipal election in Milan, but eventually decided to endorse Stefano Parisi, the joint centre-right candidate supported by the LN, FI, the NCD and the UdC.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/04/09/italia/politica/passera-si-ritira-e-sostiene-parisi-come-sindaco-di-milano-GdLdruIFLnxF8IWEdxwbxH/pagina.html|title=Elezioni a Milano, Passera si ritira e sostiene Parisi|date=27 April 2016|publisher=}} Consequently, the IU candidates were included in the larger "Parisi List for a Unique Milano".{{Cite web |url=http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/parisi-lista-civica-1.2056863 |title=Elezioni Comunali, presentata "Lista civica Parisi. Per una Milano Unica" - Milano - Il Giorno |access-date=2016-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205050/http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/parisi-lista-civica-1.2056863 |archive-date=2016-04-20 |url-status=dead }}

In September 2016 the party, which had failed to take roots in the country, was dissolved.{{cite web |url=http://www.italiaunica.it/italia-unica-si-ferma-non-le-sue-idee/ |title=Italia Unica si ferma. Non le sue idee - Italia Unica |website=www.italiaunica.it |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011203904/http://www.italiaunica.it/italia-unica-si-ferma-non-le-sue-idee/ |archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/09/07/italia-unica-corrado-passera-chiude-il-suo-partito-non-siamo-riusciti-a-convincere/3016902/|title=Italia Unica, Corrado Passera "chiude" il suo partito: "Non siamo riusciti a convincere" - Il Fatto Quotidiano|date=7 September 2016|publisher=}}

• President: Corrado Passera (2014–2016)
• Coordinator: Lelio Alfonso (2014–2016)

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