Popular Alternative
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Popular Alternative
Alternativa Popolare |
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| President | Angelino Alfano |
| Founded | 18 March 2017 |
| Preceded by | New Centre-Right |
| Headquarters | Via Arcione 71 00186 Rome |
| Newspaper | l'Occidentale (online) |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Popular Area |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Chamber of Deputies |
25 / 630
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| Senate |
24 / 315
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| European Parliament |
1 / 73
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| Regional Government |
0 / 20
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Popular Alternative (Italian: Alternativa Popolare, AP) is a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic political party in Italy, founded on 18 March 2017, after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD). The party's leader is Angelino Alfano, current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government led by Paolo Gentiloni and former Minister of Justice and the Interior.
"Popular" is a reference to popolarismo, the Italian variety of Christian democracy. The party has been a member of the European People's Party (EPP) since its foundation, having inherited the membership of the NCD.
In November 2015 The People of Freedom (PdL), the centre-right party led by Silvio Berlusconi, was transformed back into Forza Italia (FI). A group of dissidents, led by Angelino Alfano, opposed the move and launched the New Centre-Right (NCD). Up to then, Alfano had been national secretary of the PdL and Berlusconi's protégé. Since its foundation, the NCD was part of the Italian governments successively led by Enrico Letta, Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni, all three members of the Democratic Party (PD), and Alfano served as Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs.
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