Italia Viva

Italia Viva
AbbreviationIV
PresidentMatteo Renzi
CoordinatorRaffaella Paita
Founded18 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-18)
Split fromDemocratic Party
HeadquartersVia della Colonna Antonina 52, Rome
IdeologyLiberalism[1][2] (Italian)
Political positionCentre[3]
National affiliationUnited States of Europe (2024)
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Parliamentary affiliationAction – Italia Viva (2022–2023)
Colours  Fuchsia
Chamber of Deputies
7 / 400
Senate
7 / 200
European Parliament[a]
0 / 76
Regional Councils
15 / 896
Conference of Regions
0 / 21
Website
italiaviva.it
  1. ^ One party member, Sandro Gozi, serves as MEP for France, representing the Democratic Movement and the Ensemble coalition.

Italia Viva (lit. 'Italy Alive', IV) is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019.[4] The party is led by Matteo Renzi, a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD).[5] As of 2021, Italia Viva is a member of the European Democratic Party.[6]

  1. ^ Sciorilli Borrelli, Silvia; Barigazzi, Jacopo (5 September 2019). "Matteo Renzi's triumphant return". Politico. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ Broder, David (18 September 2019). "Matteo Renzi's new centrist party Italia Viva faces a struggle for relevance". New Statesman. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ Johnson, Miles (17 September 2019). "Italy's former PM Matteo Renzi forms breakaway centrist party". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ Amante, Angelo; Ciociola, Andrea (17 September 2019). "Former Italy PM Renzi leads breakaway from PD, still backs government". Reuters. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Renzi: "Il nome del nuovo partito sarà Italia viva. In Parlamento siamo più di 40"". Repubblica.it. 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "European Democratic Party". Website of the European Democratic Party. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.