People and Territory

People and Territory (Popolo e Territorio, PT), originally Responsible Initiative (Iniziativa Responsabile), was a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in 2011–2013. Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy.^[1][2] Its counterpart in the Senate was National Cohesion, which was composed mainly of splinters from Future and Freedom.

People and Territory Popolo e Territorio
Leader	Francesco Saverio Romano
Founded	20 January 2011
Dissolved	14 March 2013
Ideology	Regionalism Christian democracy Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
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On 23 March 2011, Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture.^[3] On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone (Environment), Bruno Cesario and Catia Polidori (Economy and Finance).^[4]

Composition

Latest members

The group included:^[5]

• The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (I Popolari di Italia Domani, PID)
  • ideology: Christian democracy, regionalism
  • leader: Francesco Saverio Romano
  • 4 deputies: Pippo Gianni, Michele Pisacane, Francesco Saverio Romano, Giuseppe Ruvolo^[6]
• Popular Action (Azione Popolare, AP)^[7]
  • ideology: National conservatism, liberal conservatism
  • leader: Silvano Moffa
  • 3 deputies: Silvano Moffa, Catia Polidori, Maria Grazia Siliquini
• Movement of National Responsibility (Movimento di Responsabilità Nazionale, MRN)
  • ideology: Centrism, liberalism
  • leader: Domenico Scilipoti
  • 3 deputies: Massimo Calearo, Bruno Cesario, Domenico Scilipoti
• Alliance of the Centre (Alleanza di Centro, AdC)
  • ideology: Christian democracy
  • leader: Francesco Pionati
  • 1 deputy: Francesco Pionati
• Popular Agreement (Intesa Popolare, IP)
  • ideology: Christian democracy
  • leader: Giampiero Catone
  • 1 deputy: Giampiero Catone (previously La Discussione and Christian Democracy)
• 7 deputies of The People of Freedom (PdL) who joined the group for technical reasons:
  • Vincenzo D'Anna, Giancarlo Lehner, Roberto Marmo, Giovanni Mottola, Andrea Orsini, Maria Elena Stasi, Vincenzo Taddei
• We the South (Noi Sud, NS)
  • ideology: Regionalism
  • leader: Antonio Milo
  • 2 deputies: Antonio Milo, Antonio Razzi.

Former members

The group originally included also 4 others deputies of We the South (NS): Elio Belcastro (who was appointed under-secretary for the Environment by Berlusconi on 28 July 2007, in representation of IR/PT,^[4] Arturo Iannaccone, Americo Porfidia and Lucio Sardelli (who left the party in the summer of 2011).

Three more deputies from the PdL (Mario Pepe,^[4] Gerardo Soglia and Carlo Nola) were members of the group for some time.^[5]

Other former members of the group include Paolo Guzzanti (ex-PSI/FI/PdL/PLI) and Maurizio Grassano (ex-LN/LD/AdC).^[5]