Italy of Values
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Italy of Values (Italian: Italia dei Valori, also known as Lista Di Pietro) is a liberal and anti-corruption political movement in Italy, headed by former magistrate and Mani Pulite campaigner Antonio Di Pietro. The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections he teamed up with one-time communist leader Achille Occhetto to run as Società Civile—Di Pietro Occhetto. The list gained 2.1% of the popular vote, and both men were elected Members of the European Parliament; Occhetto immediately renounced to his seat in favour of hard-left journalist Giulietto Chiesa. A delegation of IDV partecipated to the 2005 ELDR Congress in Bratislava and presented nearly 3/4 of all the amendments submitted by all the delegations present to the congress.
2006 elections
In the 9-10 April 2006 general elections, the party was member of the winning The Union (L'Unione) and won 5 out of 315 senators and 20 out of 630 deputies.
External links
- Website International Department
- English article on Di Pietro's referendum campaign to abolish the government immunity law of Berlusconi
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