The Consumers' List () was a

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History

The party was founded in 2004 by Carlo Rienzi, President of the Codacons association (''Coordination of associations for environmental protection and user and consumer rights''). In the 2004 EP election the party got only 0.5% of the vote, without gaining any seats. In the 2006 general election the party was affiliated to The Union (''L'Unione''), the centre-left coalition led by

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. It got 0.2% of the vote, but thanks to its result in

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

(5.3% of the vote)La Repubblica - 2006 general elections - Calabria, Senate
/ref> it gained one seat in the Senate (

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of the

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References

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