The European Republicans Movement (, MRE) is a minor

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. From 2007 to 2010 the party was a founding member and associate of the Democratic Party, the leading

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party in Italy. In 2011 the MRE was merged into the

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, the party from which it had seceded in 2001. The MRE was also a member of the pan-European European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), and its long-standing leader was Luciana Sbarbati.

History

In 2001 the

(PRI), after five years within the

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, decided to join the centre-right House of Freedoms instead. The MRE was formed by those Republicans who refused such a decision and wanted to remain in the centre-left. The MRE took part in the consolidation of The Olive Tree as a joint centre-left electoral list both for the

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and the 2006 general election, along with the

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and

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. The list won 220 out of 630 deputies (including two Republicans, Luciana Sbarbati and Adriano Musi) as part of The Union. In 2007 the MRE was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD), but continued to exist as an associate party and retained almost entirely its autonomy. In the 2008 general election, Sbarbati and Musi were elected to the

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and often distinguished themselves from Democrats in key votes. Notably, they opposed European Parliament electoral law reform in 2009. Terzo congresso del Movimento dei Repubblicani europei - 28 febbraio 2009

Terzo congresso del Movimento dei Repubblicani europei - 28 febbraio 2009

The common battle against electoral reform favored a reconciliation with the PRI. During the 2009 congress of the MRE the two parties signed a joint declaration, under which - despite their different coalition allegiances - they pledged to join forces on key issues, especially those concerning

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and freedom of research. In April 2010, Sbarbati led the MRE out of the PD and joined the Union of the Centre (UdC) in the Senate. In January 2011 the party sought a reconciliation with the PRI, which was reached two months later. Following the decision of the PRI to join the centre-right coalition in the 2020 regional elections, the MRE split away from it again and regained its autonomy. The two parties ran in separate coalitions during the 2022 elections: the MRE joined the Democratic Party - Democratic and Progressive Italy list, while the PRI joined the

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list.

Leadership

*Secretary: Luciana Sbarbati (2001–2011, 2020–present) *President: Adriano Musi (2001–2010); Niccolò Rinaldi (2020–present)

Election results

European Parliament

References

External links

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