Together (), whose complete name was Italy Europe Together (''Italia Europa Insieme'', IEI), was a broadly progressive coalition of

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

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that was part of the

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 ...

for the 2018 general election.

History

During 2017 there were lengthy talks on the creation of an electoral list to the left of the Democratic Party (PD), within the PD-led

. In this process

Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia (; born 20 May 1949) is an Italian lawyer, politician, former mayor of Milan, former member of the Italian Parliament and former member of the European Parliament. As a politician, he has been a member of two left-wing parties, fi ...

, a former

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, launched the Progressive Camp (CP) and long pondered the possibility of leading the proposed list, including minor established parties, assorted leftists and, most notably, former members of

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom (, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President of Apulia. On 17 December 201 ...

(SEL) – which had been folded into the more radical

Italian Left Italian Left (, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), dissid ...

(SI). In December, after Pisapia's retirement and the dissolution of the CP,

Riccardo Nencini Riccardo Nencini (born 19 October 1959) is an Italian politician. Nencini was born at Barberino di Mugello, in the province of Florence. He is the nephew of professional cyclist Gastone Nencini, winner of the 1960 Tour de France. A long-ti ...

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and

Giulio Santagata Giulio Santagata (1 October 1949 – 5 January 2024) was an Italian politician who was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the leader of Together. Biography Giulio Santagata was born in Zocca, near Modena, in 1949. He graduated with ...

, respectively leaders of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Social democracy, social democratic and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parti ...

(PSI), the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. The FdV was part of the Eur ...

(FdV) and

Civic Area Civic Area (, AC) was a progressive political party in Italy. Led by Giulio Santagata, a former minister in Romano Prodi's second government, AC was mainly composed of former Olivists, a faction of Prodi's loyalists within Democracy is Freedom ...

(AC), launched Together in order to participate in the 2018 general election as a part of the centre-left coalition, along with

More Europe More Europe ( or ''+Europa''; +E or +Eu) is a liberal and pro-European political party in Italy, part of the centre-left coalition and member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. History Foundation More Europe was laun ...

(+E) and the

Popular Civic List The Popular Civic List (, CP) was a centrist coalition of political parties in Italy. Its leader is Beatrice Lorenzin, minister of Health from 2013 to 2018 and member of Popular Alternative. History CP participated in the 2018 general electio ...

(CP). Together's logo was styled on that of The Olive Tree, a broad centre-left coalition active from 1995 to 2007 (when its main components were merged into the PD). Some of Pisapia's followers launched the

Progressive Area Progressive Area (, AP) was a democratic-socialist political party in Italy. AP is mainly composed of former members of Progressive Camp (CP), a tentative party founded and briefly led by Giuliano Pisapia, who finally decided not to run and de ...

(AP) and looked set to join Together, However, after tensions with Together leaders, it was announced that AP had signed an agreement with +E, already composed of the

Italian Radicals The Italian Radicals (, RI) are a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy. The party draws inspiration form 19th-century classical radicalism and the Radical Party. The RI are a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Eur ...

Forza Europa Forza Europa was a conservative political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1995. Most of its MEPs were affiliated with the Forza Italia party of Silvio Berlusconi. History 27 MEPs from the Italian centre-right pa ...

and the Democratic Centre, also with the centre-left. In the election the list obtained a mere 0.6% of the vote and no seats. However, two of its members elected in single-seat constituencies: Nencini (PSI) to the Senate in

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and

Serse Soverini ''Serse'' (; English title: ''Xerxes''; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia (16 ...

(AC) to the Chamber in

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. On 2 December 2018, the

left Together, ending ''de facto'' the alliance.

Composition

Election results

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Together 2017 establishments in Italy Political parties established in 2017 Defunct political party alliances in Italy Federation of the Greens