Always Forward ( it, Sempre Avanti) was a

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and centrist faction within the

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(PD), a

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. Its leaders were

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and

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, close advisors of

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, party's former national secretary and former

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from February 2014 to December 2016. The movement rose around Giachetti's candidacy as secretary in March 2019 leadership election, where he arrived third, gaining 12% of votes. Always Forward was considered Renzi's most loyal faction, which opposed any deal with secretary

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, a

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. On 17 September, during an interview to Italian newspaper ''

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'', Renzi announced his intention to leave the PD, and create new parliamentary groups, led by himself. On the same day, interviewed by

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during the late-night TV talk-show ''

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'', he officially launched

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(IV). Almost every member of Always Forward, including Roberto Giachetti, followed Renzi in the new movement, while Anna Ascani remained within the PD, of which she was serving as vice president.Nuovo partito di Renzi, ecco chi lo segue
/ref> This brought to the ''de facto'' end of the faction.

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