Italy of Values
President	Antonio Di Pietro
Spokesman	Leoluca Orlando
Treasurer	Silvana Mura
Founded	21 March 1998
Headquarters	Via Principe Eugenio, 31 00185 Rome
Newspaper	Orizzonti Nuovi
Membership	unknown
Ideology	Populism[1][2][3], Centrism
Coalition	with the Democratic Party
International	none
European party	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
European Parliament Group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Website	http://www.italiadeivalori.it

Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist^[1][2][3][4] and anti-corruption Italian political party, headed by former Mani Pulite magistrate Antonio Di Pietro. The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR). Official logo of Italy of Values, small liberal party founded and led by former nationwide magistrate Antonio Di Pietro, and member of the left-wing coalition The Union. ... Antonio di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro (born Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy, October 2, 1950) is an Italian Senator and was a magistrate in the team of the so-called Mani Pulite. Born to a poor rural family of Molise, very young he went Germany to work as a waiter in... Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947), is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... The Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD) is a proposed political party in Italy. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 49 national liberal and centrist parties from across Europe. ... ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ... Look up Populism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Political parties in Italy are organized into two dominant political coalitions. ... Mani pulite (Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian police investigation into political corruption held in the 1990s, following the scandal of Banco Ambrosiano in 1982, which implicated mafia, Vatican Bank and P2. ... Antonio di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro (born Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy, October 2, 1950) is an Italian Senator and was a magistrate in the team of the so-called Mani Pulite. Born to a poor rural family of Molise, very young he went Germany to work as a waiter in... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 49 national liberal and centrist parties from across Europe. ...

History

Antonio Di Pietro was Minister of Public Works in the Prodi I Cabinet from 1996 to 1997. In 1998 he was elected Senator in a by-election in a Democrats of the Left stronghold in Tuscany and set up his own Italy of Values party, alongside with Willer Bordon of the Democratic Union. In 1998 Di Pietro led it into The Democrats, a new party fouded by Romano Prodi with the goal of the transformation of The Olive Tree in a single "Democratic" party. Antonio di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro (born Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy, October 2, 1950) is an Italian Senator and was a magistrate in the team of the so-called Mani Pulite. Born to a poor rural family of Molise, very young he went Germany to work as a waiter in... The Prodi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from May 18, 1996 to October 21, 1998. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra, DS) is the main Italian left-wing political party, part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition. ... For other uses, see Tuscany (disambiguation). ... For the current party with the identical name, see Democratic Union (Italy). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Democrats (Italian language: I Democratici) is a former Italian party, launched by Romano Prodi in 1998. ... Prodi redirects here. ... For information about the plant for which the political party is named, see Olive. ...

In the 1999 European Parliament election The Democrats scored 7.7% and Di Pietro was elected MEP. After having been organizational secretary and speaker in the Senate for the party, Di Pietro left it in April 2000 because of his opposition to the nomination of Giuliano Amato, a long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party (which was the principal subject of investigation of Di Pietro when magistrate) at the time close to the Democrats of the Left. Shortly afterwards Di Pietro set up again Italy of Values. The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Giuliano Amato (born May 13, 1938) is an Italian politician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

IdV founght the 2001 general election alone on a populist platform, comprising tough management of illegal immigration and protest against waste of public money. Anyway, the campaign focused principally against Silvio Berlusconi, who was Prime Minister candidate for the centre-right House of Freedoms. The party scored 3.9% in the election for the Chamber of Deputies and obtained no seats, while electing one Senator, Valerio Carrara, who soon left the party and switched to Forza Italia, Berlusconi's party. A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. ... Illegal alien and Illegal aliens redirect here. ...   (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, media proprietor, and Prime Minister of Italy (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held three times; 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and since 2008. ... Casa delle Libertà (CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms), was a major Italian center-right political alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. ... Type Lower house President of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, PdL since April 30, 2008 Members 630 Political groups Pdl 275 PD 217 Lega Nord 60 UDC 35 Idv 29 Misto 14 Last elections April 13–14, 2008 Meeting place Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome Web site http://www. ... Forza Italia (Forward Italy, FI) [1] is an Italian political party. ...

In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections he teamed up with one-time communist leader Achille Occhetto to run as Società Civile Di Pietro–Occhetto. The list gained 2.1% of the popular vote, and both men were elected MEPs; Occhetto immediately renounced to his seat in favour of the communist journalist Giulietto Chiesa. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... Achille Occhetto (born 1936) is an Italian political figure. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... This article is about the form of society and political movement. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... Giulietto Chiesa Giulietto Chiesa (born on 4 September 1940 in Acqui Terme (AL)) is a Italian journalist and politician, Member of the European Parliament for Southern or North-West with the Italia dei Valori, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament...

In early 2006 Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, some splinters from UDEUR Populars, including Pino Pisicchio and Egidio Pedrini, and former Democrats of the Left, such as Fabio Evangelisti, joined the party. In the 2006 general elections, IdV, this time member of the winning centre-left The Union, scored 2.1% and Di Pietro was sworn in as Minister for Infrastructures in Prodi II Cabinet. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947), is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000. ... Location of the city of Palermo (red dot) within Italy. ... The UDEUR Populars (Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR) is a small centrist political party in Italy, led by Clemente Mastella. ... The Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra, DS) is the main Italian left-wing political party, part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition. ... A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ... The Union (Italian: LUnione) is an Italian centre-left political party coalition. ... The Prodi II Cabinet has been the cabinet of the government of Italy since May 17, 2006. ...

The party made major gains in the 2008 general election, but its coalition partners did not and they were out of government. IdV won 4.4% of the vote and got elected 29 deputies and 14 senators.

Ideology

While the party is currently member of the centre-left coalition, its members had been very diverse ideologically, ranging from the far-left (i.e. Franca Rame, former member of Soccorso Rosso, and Pancho Pardi, former activist of Potere Operaio) to the right-wing (at some extent Di Pietro himself), thanks to the populist message of the party. The party includes former Communists and former Leghisti, as well as former Missini and former Christian Democrats. Franca Rame (born 18 July 1929) married with Dario_Fo. ... Potere Operaio (Workers Power) was an extremist left-wing Italian political group, particularly active between 1968 and 1973. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... The Lega Nord (Northern League, LN), whose complete name is Lega Nord for the Independence of Padania, is an Italian political party founded in 1991 as a federation of several regional parties in northern Italy, most of which had arisen, and all of which had expanded their share of the... The Italian Social Movement (Movimento sociale italiano ) (MSI) was a neo-Fascist party formed 1946 in the post-World War II period by supporters of the executed dictator Benito Mussolini under the lead of Giorgio Almirante. ... Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) is a minor christian democratic and strongly social-conservative Italian political party in Italy. ...

The party is a supporter of legality, law and order, the armed forces, first-past-the-post, constitutional reforms toward a two-party system, corporate reform, lowering the costs of politics, improving the efficiency of public services, fighting corruption, simplifying trials bureaucracy to achieve faster verdicts and regulating conflict of interest. The Principle of Legality is a legal ideal that requires all law to be clear, ascertainable and non-retrospective. ... In politics, law and order refers to a political platform which supports a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent crime and property crimes, through harsher criminal penalties. ... Alternate cover US 1979 and 2002 reissue cover, also known as paint spatter cover For the military meaning, see Armed forces. ... An example of a plurality ballot. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A two-party system is a form of party system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections. ... A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone in a position of trust, such as a lawyer, a politician, or an executive or director of a corporation, has competing professional or personal interests. ...

The fact that IdV is member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) does not mean that it is a liberal party. It can better be seen as a centrist-populist party. In fact, notwithstanding its European affiliation, the party is rarely regarded as liberal in Italy, due to its justicialist and populist^[1][2][3] tendencies. The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 49 national liberal and centrist parties from across Europe. ...

The party is the most centrist party in the centre-left and sometimes, despite its harsh criticism of Berlusconi, it switches sides in Parliament on some key issues. Di Pietro, after that he was refused to enter the Democratic Party and before several clashes with Clemente Mastella, even proposed an electoral list between its party, the UDEUR Populars and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. Di Pietro had also ruled out future alliances with the far left (Federation of the Greens, Party of Italian Communists and Communist Refoundation Party), as the current one in which IdV is engaged, and confirmed his interest for a close collaboration with the Democratic Party, provided to it is to refuse an alliance with the far left too. In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... The Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD) is a proposed political party in Italy. ... Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947 in Ceppaloni, Benevento) is an Italian politician. ... The UDEUR Populars (Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR) is a small centrist political party in Italy, led by Clemente Mastella. ... The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro) is a political party in Italy formed by a merger of the former Centro Cristiano Democratico and Christiani Democratici Uniti parties. ... The Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is the Italian Green Party. ... The Party of Italian Communists (Italian: Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, also translated into English as Italian Communists Party) is a political party in Italy. ... The Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is an Italian reformed communist party. ...

Leadership

• President: Antonio Di Pietro (2000–...)
• Spokesman: Elio Veltri (2000–2002), Giorgio Calò (2002–2005), Nello Formisano (2005–2006), Leoluca Orlando (2006–...)

Antonio di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro (born Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy, October 2, 1950) is an Italian Senator and was a magistrate in the team of the so-called Mani Pulite. Born to a poor rural family of Molise, very young he went Germany to work as a waiter in... Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947), is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000. ...

References

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External links

• Official website

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