Conservatives and Reformists (Italy)
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Conservatives and Reformists
Conservatori e Riformisti |
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| President | Raffaele Fitto |
| Vice President | Daniele Capezzone |
| Founded | May 2015 (launch) July 2015 (foundation) |
| Split from | Forza Italia |
| Headquarters | Via Torre dell'Astrologo 44, Manfredonia |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Soft euroscepticism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
| Colours | Blue |
| Chamber of Deputies |
11 / 630
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| Senate |
7 / 315
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| European Parliament |
2 / 73
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The Conservatives and Reformists (Italian: Conservatori e Riformisti, CR or CoR) are a broadly conservative and, to some extent,Christian-democratic and liberalpolitical party in Italy, led by Raffaele Fitto and Daniele Capezzone.
The CR 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) and named after the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the group in the European Parliament in which the Conservatives and Fitto sit. The CR joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) on 13 November 2015.
Since January 2017 the CR have been part of a new party named Direction Italy (DI), also led by Fitto.
In November 2013 The People of Freedom, the centre-right party led by Silvio Berlusconi, was transformed into Forza Italia (FI), a reference to a defunct party with the same name. Among the strongest supporters of the return to FI, the so-called "hawks" and self-proclaimed "loyalists", a leading role was played by Raffaele Fitto. At the 2014 European Parliament election Fitto was FI's most voted candidate and was elected to the European Parliament in the South.
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