European Republicans Movement

European Republicans Movement

Movimento Repubblicani Europei
European Republicans Movement Movimento Repubblicani Europei
Leader	Luciana Sbarbati
Founded	6 March 2001; 8 August 2020 (relaunched)
Split from	Italian Republican Party
Merged into	Italian Republican Party (2011–2020)
Headquarters	via IV Novembre 107–108, Rome
Newspaper	none
Membership (2006)	2,600
Ideology	Social liberalism; Radicalism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	The Olive Tree (2001–2007); The Union (2005–2008); Democratic Party (2007–2010); PD–IDP (2022); Action (2024–)
European affiliation	ELDR
Website
	http://www.repubblicanieuropei.org/
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

The European Republicans Movement (Italian: Movimento Repubblicani Europei, MRE) is a minor social-liberal^[2] political party in Italy.

From 2007 to 2010 the party was a founding member and associate of the Democratic Party, the leading centre-left party in Italy. In 2011 the MRE was merged into the Italian Republican Party, the party from which it had seceded in 2001. The MRE was also a member of the pan-European European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR),^[3] and its long-standing leader was Luciana Sbarbati.

History

In 2001 the Italian Republican Party (PRI), after five years within the centre-left coalition, decided to join the centre-right House of Freedoms instead. The MRE was formed by those Republicans who refused such a decision and wanted to remain in the centre-left. The MRE took part in the consolidation of The Olive Tree as a joint centre-left electoral list both for the 2004 European Parliament election and the 2006 general election, along with the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. The list won 220 out of 630 deputies (including two Republicans, Luciana Sbarbati and Adriano Musi) as part of The Union.

In 2007 the MRE was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD), but continued to exist as an associate party and retained almost entirely its autonomy. In the 2008 general election, Sbarbati and Musi were elected to the Senate and often distinguished themselves from Democrats in key votes. Notably, they opposed European Parliament electoral law reform in 2009.^[4]

The common battle against electoral reform favored a reconciliation with the PRI. During the 2009 congress of the MRE the two parties signed a joint declaration, under which - despite their different coalition allegiances - they pledged to join forces on key issues, especially those concerning civil liberties and freedom of research.^[5]^[6]

In April 2010, Sbarbati led the MRE out of the PD and joined the Union of the Centre (UdC) in the Senate.^[7]^[8] In January 2011 the party sought a reconciliation with the PRI, which was reached two months later.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Following the decision of the PRI to join the centre-right coalition in the 2020 regional elections, the MRE split away from it again and regained its autonomy.^[12] The two parties ran in separate coalitions during the 2022 elections: the MRE joined the Democratic Party - Democratic and Progressive Italy list, while the PRI joined the Action - Italia Viva list.^[13]^[14]

Leadership

Secretary: Luciana Sbarbati (2001–2011, 2020–present)
President: Adriano Musi (2001–2010); Niccolò Rinaldi (2020–present)

Election results

European Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Luciana Sbarbati	Into Action		0 / 76	New	–

References

^ "Mre - Emilia Romagna - in rilievo". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2006). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ http://members.eldr.eu/index.php?id%3D4%26no_cache%3D1%26tx_eldr_pi1%5BcountryId%5D%3D9 ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Europee: Sbarbati, "Sbarramento 4% impedisce vera rappresentanza democratica". | Ufficio stampa | PD". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
^ "My Nucleus CMS". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^ "REPUBBLICANI DOCUMENTO POLITICO COMUNE PRI-MRE - Agenzia di stampa Asca". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ "Movimento Repubblicani Europei". Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ "Napolitano ha sciolto le camere". Il Post (in Italian). 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "La conferenza stampa Nucara-Sbarbati/E' stato superato il tripartito delle divisioni post congresso di Bari". Pri.it. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "PRI FINITO 46* CONGRESSO SCISSIONE RIENTRA INSIEME NUCARA-SBARBATI - Agenzia di stampa Asca". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
^ Piccinelli, Marco (11 March 2015). "Il Partito Repubblicano Italiano dopo il suo quarantasettesimo congresso". Formiche.net (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "JESI / Luciana Sbarbati lancia i Repubblicani Europei con Mangialardi". QdM Notizie (in Italian). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Maestri, Pubblicato da Gabriele. "Pd - Italia democratica e progressista: piccolo ritocco, lista più ampia" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ says, Alveo (8 August 2022). "Il documento della Direzione Nazionale del Pri dell'8 agosto". La Voce Repubblicana (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.

External links

[1] "Mre - Emilia Romagna - in rilievo". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.

[2] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2006). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[3] ttp://members.eldr.eu/index.php?id%3D4%26no_cache%3D1%26tx_eldr_pi1%5BcountryId%5D%3D9 ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Europee: Sbarbati, "Sbarramento 4% impedisce vera rappresentanza democratica". | Ufficio stampa | PD". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

[5] "My Nucleus CMS". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[6] "REPUBBLICANI DOCUMENTO POLITICO COMUNE PRI-MRE - Agenzia di stampa Asca". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[7] "Movimento Repubblicani Europei". Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

[8] "Napolitano ha sciolto le camere". Il Post (in Italian). 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[9] "La conferenza stampa Nucara-Sbarbati/E' stato superato il tripartito delle divisioni post congresso di Bari". Pri.it. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[10] "PRI FINITO 46* CONGRESSO SCISSIONE RIENTRA INSIEME NUCARA-SBARBATI - Agenzia di stampa Asca". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

[11] Piccinelli, Marco (11 March 2015). "Il Partito Repubblicano Italiano dopo il suo quarantasettesimo congresso". Formiche.net (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[12] "JESI / Luciana Sbarbati lancia i Repubblicani Europei con Mangialardi". QdM Notizie (in Italian). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[13] Maestri, Pubblicato da Gabriele. "Pd - Italia democratica e progressista: piccolo ritocco, lista più ampia" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[14] says, Alveo (8 August 2022). "Il documento della Direzione Nazionale del Pri dell'8 agosto". La Voce Repubblicana (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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