The Animalist Movement (, MA) is a sister party of and, practically, a faction within

Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

(FI), a

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. MA's aim is to protect

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. Its leader is

Michela Brambilla Michela Vittoria Brambilla (born 26 October 1967) is an Italian politician, animal rights activist and businesswoman. On 12 May 2008 she was nominated undersecretary (Tourism) in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet; on 8 May 2009 she was appointed Ministe ...

, a former Minister of Tourism in

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's fourth government, with Berlusconi himself an ex-member. During the party's founding event, Berlusconi stated that the MA could gain 20% of the vote in the

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and Brambilla stressed that the party was attracting people from several cultural and political backgrounds. Supporters/members include Fiona Swarovski,

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, Marina Ripa di Meana,

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, and Carla Rocchi, president of the Animal Protection National Body (ENPA) association and former member of the

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for the

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, a party she left in 2001 because she perceived it as too leftist. On August 10, 2017, Rinaldo Sidoli, the Italian Green Party's Spokesperson on Animal Issues joined Brambilla's new party, becoming 'Responsabile centro studi Movimento Animalista'. He stated: "It's the only party advocating for animal protection and is a great example of how politics can take a lead on animal welfare. Greens have made the wrong decision looking too much to left politics and forgetting the meaning of intersectional politics". He resigned on June 26, 2018 saying: "It is not an intersectional party anymore".Dopo il 4 marzo il Movimento (animalista) si è frantumato. Una mappa"
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