Change Italy (''Cambia l'Italia'') was a

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faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a

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. Its leader,

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, ran in the 2009 party's leadership election on a platform named "Live the PD, change Italy", gaining 12.5% of the vote and losing to

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. The faction was structured in 2010, but soon after it ceased to exist. In 2013 Marino was elected

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and left national politics.

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