Civic Choice

Civic Choice
Scelta Civica
FounderMario Monti
Founded4 January 2013
Dissolved24 July 2019
Merged intoUs with Italy
HeadquartersVia Poli 29
00184 Rome
Women's wingCiviche
IdeologyLiberalism[1][2]
Political positionCentre[2][3][4][5]
Colours  Blue
Website
www.sceltacivica.it

Civic Choice (Italian: Scelta Civica; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda.[6] In the election SC was part of a centrist coalition named With Monti for Italy,[7] along with Union of the Centre of Pier Ferdinando Casini and Future and Freedom of Gianfranco Fini.[8]

In April 2013, SC became part of the grand coalition government led by Enrico Letta of the Democratic Party. In February 2014 after Letta's resignation, Civic Choice supported the cabinet of Matteo Renzi. After that, the party did not support the cabinet of Paolo Gentiloni; by the end of 2017, SC joined forces with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia. Following the 2018 Italian general election, the party was disbanded on 24 July 2019.[9][10]

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  2. ^ a b Francesa Gelli (2017). "Evolution without Learning? The Contensious Issue of EU Regional Policy in Italy (2011–2016)". In Alexander Grasse; Markus Grimm; Jan Labitzke (eds.). Italien zwischen Krise und Aufbruch: Reformen und Reformversuche der Regierung Renzi. Springer-Verlag. p. 288. ISBN 978-3-658-16092-0.
  3. ^ Tom Lansford (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 710. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
  4. ^ Jonathan Hopkin (2015). "Bipolarity (and After)". In Erik Jones; Gianfranco Pasquino (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics. Oxford University Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-19-966974-5.
  5. ^ Françoise Kadri (29 December 2012). "Italy's Monti to lead centrist coalition in February polls". AFP. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Italy's Mario Monti presents own election list and motto". GazzettaDelSud. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ^ Stefano Albertini; Anna Sgobbi (1 August 2013). Großer Lernwortschatz Italienisch aktuell. Hueber Verlag. p. 118. ISBN 978-3-19-838600-2.
  8. ^ Italy's Monti unveils alliance, rules out minister role Reuters 4 January 2013
  9. ^ "La senatrice Conzatti accetta l'invito di Renzi e lascia Forza Italia per Italia Viva". Agi (in Italian). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  10. ^ http://www.parlamento.it/application/xmanager/projects/parlamento/file/repository/commissione_trasparenza_partiti/Deliberazione_n.2-CR_del_24_luglio_2019.pdf [bare URL PDF]