Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento) is a

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. Its leader is

Vittorio Sgarbi Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi (born 8 May 1952 in Ferrara) is an Italian art critic, art historian, writer, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. He is President of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Tren ...

, an Italian

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, art historian, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. Sgarbi was formerly a member of the

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, which was elected in Parliament in 1992, and after its dissolution in 1994 joined in

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

, continuing to be MP until 2006. The party's aim is to increase the investments in

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, which is considered the main resource for Italy. On 19 January 2018 Vittorio Sgarbi joined

. However, the party (in a joint list with

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) ran its candidates in the 2018 Italian general election in the constituency of

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, gaining a few hundred votes (less than 0.1% for both the

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and the

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). On 23 March 2022 the party merged with the anti-

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association of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Carriera and changed its name to I Open Renaissance (''Io Apro Rinascimento'').

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