Italian Renewal (, RI) was a

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and

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. The party was a member of The Olive Tree and

centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1995, when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition has ruled the c ...

, while also affiliated to the

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from 1998 to 2004.

History

Originally the Dini List – Italian Renewal (''Lista Dini – Rinnovamento Italiano)'', the party was founded in 1996 by

Lamberto Dini Lamberto Dini (; born 1 March 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994, Italian Minister of the Treasury, Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996, the 51st Prime Minister of Ital ...

, the outgoing

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, along with former

Christian Democrats Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well a ...

, Liberals,

Socialists Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the economic, political, and socia ...

Republicans Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

and

Social Democrats Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, s ...

. The party joined The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by

Romano Prodi Romano Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the fo ...

. In the

1996 Italian general election The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Romano Prodi, leader of the centre-left The Olive Tree, won the election, narrowly defeating Silvio Berl ...

, RI gave hospitality in its electoral lists to the

Italian Socialists The Italian Socialists (, SI) were a minor social-democratic political party in Italy active from 1994 to 1998. The party was the legal successor of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), following its dissolution by the 47th Party Congress due to ...

(SI), the

Segni Pact The Segni Pact (), officially called Pact of National Rebirth (''Patto di Rinascita Nazionale''), was a Christian-democratic, centrist and liberal political party in Italy. The party was founded and named after Mario Segni, a former member of t ...

(PS) and the

Democratic Italian Movement The Democratic Italian Movement (, MID) was a political party in Italy. The MID was founded in February 1995 by Sergio Berlinguer, a former diplomat who had been minister for Italians abroad in Berlusconi I Cabinet. A few months later the par ...

(MID). The Dini List won 4.3% of the vote, winning 26 seats at the Chamber: *10 ''Diniani'' (Dini,

Augusto Fantozzi Augusto Fantozzi (24 June 1940 – 13 July 2019) was an Italian lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician who served as Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy), economy and finance minister and then, foreign trade minister. Early ...

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, Ernesto Stajano, Gianni Marongiu,

Pierluigi Petrini Pierluigi is an Italian masculine given name meaning "Peter Louis". It is often an abbreviation of "Piero Luigi". Notable people with this given name include: * Pierluigi Balducci, Italian musician * Pierluigi Benedettini, Sammarinese footballer * ...

, Andrea Guarino,

Paolo Ricciotti Paolo is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the name Paul. It may refer to: People Art * Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor * Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter * Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Ital ...

, Lucio Testa); *8 PS ( Diego Masi, Giuseppe Bicocchi, Elisa Pozza Tasca,

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, Antonino Mangiacavallo, Gianantonio Mazzocchin, Bonaventura Lamacchia, Paolo Manca); *7 SI (

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, Giuseppe Albertini, Enzo Ceremigna, Giovanni Crema, Leone Delfino,

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); *1 MID ( Aldo Brancati). The list also won 11 seats at the

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: *5 SI (

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, Livio Besso Cordero, Giovanni Iuliano,

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, Cesare Marini); *4 ''Diniani'' ( Mario D'Urso, Bianca Maria Fiorillo, Angelo Giorgianni, Adriano Ossicini); *1 PS (

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); *1 MID ( Giovanni Bruni). After the election Dini became

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and Treu minister of Labour in the

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. In 1998 the party was admitted into the

and at the

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obtained 1.1% of the vote and one MEP, Pino Pisicchio. In October 2001 the party joined the

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties with ...

(DL), an

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

of centrist parties which merged to become a unified party in March 2002. RI members in DL formed a faction within the party, named simply Renewal, consisting of around 10% of the party members. In 2007 several members of this association including Dini broke away from to form the Liberal Democrats upon DL's merger with the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left (, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Positioned on the centre-left, the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger ...

to form the Democratic Party.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

European Parliament

Symbols

Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,1996-1999).svg, Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,1999-2001).svg, Logo Rinnovamento Italiano (Italia,2001-2002).svg,

References

{{Historical Italian political parties Political parties established in 1996 Political parties disestablished in 2002 Defunct political parties in Italy Centrist parties in Italy 1996 establishments in Italy 2002 disestablishments in Italy Liberal parties in Italy Pro-European political parties in Italy Parties related to the European People's Party