Action Azione | |
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Secretary | Carlo Calenda |
President | Mara Carfagna |
Spokesperson | Mariastella Gelmini |
Founded | 21 November 2019 |
Split from | Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 21, Rome |
Membership (2022) | 30,000[1] |
Ideology | Liberalism (Italian) |
Political position | Centre[2][3] |
National affiliation |
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European affiliation | European Democratic Party (2023) ALDE Party (since 2023) |
European Parliament group | Socialists and Democrats (2019–2021) Renew Europe (since 2021) |
Colours | Blue Green |
Chamber of Deputies | 12 / 400 |
Senate | 4 / 200 |
European Parliament | 0 / 76 |
Regional Councils | 9 / 896 |
Website | |
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Action (Italian: Azione, abbr. A or Az) is a liberal[4][5][6][7] political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda, a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development.[8]
Originally launched as We Are Europeans (Siamo Europei, SE), it adopted its current name in November 2019 upon becoming a fully-fledged party. Calenda has described his party as "anti-populist" and "anti-souverainist".[9][10][11] He also explained that the party's name is a historical reference to the short-lived post-World War II Action Party and an allusion to Carlo Rosselli's "liberal socialism".[12] According to Calenda, the party is home to "pure liberals, but also liberal progressives [social liberals, like Calenda] and democratic Catholics [Christian democrats]".[13] Action was briefly a member of the European Democratic Party[14] and joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party in October 2023.[15]