Conservatives and Reformists (Italy)

Conservatives and Reformists
Conservatori e Riformisti
PresidentRaffaele Fitto
FoundedMay 2015 (launch)
3 June 2015 (foundation)
Dissolved28 January 2017
Split fromForza Italia
Succeeded byDirection Italy
HeadquartersVia Torre dell'Astrologo 44, Manfredonia
IdeologyConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Soft euroscepticism
Political positionCentre-right
European affiliationAlliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
Colours  Blue
Website
conservatorieriformisti.it

The Conservatives and Reformists (Italian: Conservatori e Riformisti, CR or CoR) was a broadly conservative[1][2] and, to some extent,[3][4] Christian-democratic and liberal[3][4] political party in Italy, led by Raffaele Fitto.

The CoR emerged in May 2015 from a split from Forza Italia (FI), and is modelled on the British Conservative Party and David Cameron's brand of liberal conservatism, vision and leadership (in the run-up to the 2015 UK general election Fitto, Capezzone and other 28 MPs of their faction within FI had publicly endorsed Cameron in a letter to The Telegraph)[5] and named after the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the group in the European Parliament in which the Conservatives and Fitto sit. The CoR joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) on 13 November 2015.[6]

Since January 2017 the CoR have been part of a new party named Direction Italy (DI), also led by Fitto.

  1. ^ Bruno Guarini (July 16, 2015). "Abbasso Le Pen, Merkel e Putin, evviva Cameron. Ecco il manifesto di Fitto e Capezzone". Le Formiche. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fitto si ispira a Cameron e "ruba" il leone dei Tories per il nuovo partito". Secolo d'Italia. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Due cose al Foglio sui (veri) conservatori - L'intraprendente | L'intraprendente
  4. ^ a b Conservatori e Riformisti | Raffaele Fitto | Nuovo partito | Simbolo | Programma | Chi ne fa parte
  5. ^ Letters: Voters want politicians to stop hiding the facts about debt - Telegraph
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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