Us Moderates

Us Moderates (Italian: Noi moderati, NM) is a centrist^[3][4] political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi.

Us Moderates Noi Moderati
President	Maurizio Lupi
Secretary	Mara Carfagna[1]
Founded	11 August 2022
Ideology	Liberal conservatism[2] Christian democracy[2]
Political position	Centre to centre-right
National affiliation	Centre-right coalition Civics of Italy (Senate)
European affiliation	European People's Party
Colours	Blue
Chamber of Deputies	7 / 400
Senate	2 / 206
European Parliament	0 / 76
Regional Councils	12 / 896
Website
noimoderati.it
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The party has had several associated members and regional partners. At the European level, it is a member of the European People's Party. Most of NM's members and elected officials are former members of Forza Italia.

History

Us Moderates was launched as an electoral joint list within the centre-right coalition in the 2022 Italian general election,^[5] which obtained 0.9% of the vote, seven deputies and two senators. NM was originally composed of four founding members: Us with Italy (NcI), Italy in the Centre (IaC), the Union of the Centre (UdC) and Coraggio Italia (CI). After the election, NM formed parliamentary groups both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate (Civics of Italy), thanks to the influx of some elects from the Brothers of Italy and the alliance with the Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE).

In May 2023 NM evolved into a unitary party,^[6] causing the splits of CI^[7] and the UdC. Maurizio Lupi, leader of NcI, became NM's leader and president, while Giovanni Toti, leader of IaC, has served as president of the party's national council since the party's first congress, held in October 2023.^[8][9] In January 2024, Italy of Values (IdV), formerly aligned with the centre-left, joined and its leader Ignazio Messina became NM's spokesperson.^[10] In February 2024 UdC leader Lorenzo Cesa aligned his party with the League^[11] and subsequently left NM's group in the Chamber.^[12]

In the 2024 European Parliament election NM ran with Forza Italia (FI), obtaining 9.6% of the vote.

In September 2024 Mara Carfagna, Mariastella Gelmini and Giusy Versace, all three former FI members who had joined Action in 2022, formed an association named "Popular Centre". In October they officially joined NM, as well as its parliamentary groups in the Chamber and the Senate.^[13]

In November 2024 NM changed its symbol, adding to its name also "Populars for Europe", and it was announced that the party was seeking to join the European People's Party (EPP) in the coming months.^{[14][15][16][17]} The party was officially admitted into the EPP in January 2025.^[18]

Composition

Founding members merged into NM

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Us with Italy (NcI)	Liberal conservatism	Maurizio Lupi
	Italy in the Centre (IaC)[a]	Liberal conservatism	Giovanni Toti

1. Including Cambiamo! (C!) and Identity and Action (IDeA).

Associate member parties

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Popular Centre (CP)	Liberal conservatism	Mariastella Gelmini
	Italy of Values (IdV)	Populism	Ignazio Messina
	Party of Europeans and Liberals (PEL)	Liberalism	Francesco Patamia
	Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)	Centrism	Ricardo Antonio Merlo
	Animalist Movement (AM)	Animal rights	Michela Brambilla

Regional member parties

Party		Region	Ideology	Leader
	Responsible Autonomy (AR)	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Liberal conservatism	Renzo Tondo
	Popular Liguria (PL)	Liguria	Liberal conservatism	Andrea Costa
	Alliance of the Centre (AdC)	Campania	Christian democracy	Francesco Pionati
	Cantiere Popolare (CP)	Sicily	Christian democracy	Francesco Saverio Romano
	Sardinia 20Twenty (S20V)	Sardinia	Liberal conservatism	Stefano Tunis

Founding members that have left NM

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Coraggio Italia (CI)	Liberal conservatism	Luigi Brugnaro
	Union of the Centre (UdC)	Christian democracy	Lorenzo Cesa

Former associate member parties

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Renaissance	Liberalism	Vittorio Sgarbi

Election results

National Parliament

Election	Leader	Chamber of Deputies					Senate of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2022	Maurizio Lupi	254,127	0.91	7 / 400	New	12th	248,308	0.89	2 / 200	New	13th

European Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024[a]	Maurizio Lupi	2,243,030 (4th)	9.6	0 / 76	New	–

1. Run in a joint list with Forza Italia.

Leadership

• President: Maurizio Lupi (2022–present)
  • Vice President: Giuseppe Galati (2023–present)
• Secretary: Mara Carfagna (2025–present)
• Coordinator: Francesco Saverio Romano (2023–present)
• President of the national council: Giovanni Toti (2023–2024)
• Organisational Secretary: Alessandro Colucci (2023–present)
• Spokesperson: Ignazio Messina (2024–present)

Symbols

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  2022 general election
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  2023–2024
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  2024–present