Forza Italia (2013)

For the defunct political party active between 1994 and 2009, see Forza Italia.

Forza Italia^{[nb 1]} (transl. "Forward Italy",^[9][10] "Come on Italy" or "Let's go Italy";^[11][12] FI) is a centre-right political party in Italy.

Forza Italia
Abbreviation	FI
President	vacant
Vice President	Antonio Tajani
Coordinator	Antonio Tajani
Founded	16 November 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-16)
Preceded by	The People of Freedom
Headquarters	Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina 4, Rome
Newspaper	Il Mattinale
Youth wing	Forza Italia Giovani
Membership (2015)	106,000[1]
Ideology	Liberal conservatism[2] Christian democracy[2] Liberalism[3] Populism[4][5]
Political position	Centre-right[6]
National affiliation	Centre-right coalition
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Colours	Azure
Chamber of Deputies[7]	74 / 630
Senate[8]	49 / 320
European Parliament	10 / 76
Regional Councils	73 / 897
Conference of Regions	4 / 21
Website
www.forzaitalia.it
Political parties

Their ideas include elements of liberal conservatism, Christian democracy and liberalism. FI is a member of the European People's Party.

Leadership

Silvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy, 1994–1995, 2001–2006, and 2008–2011) is the party's leader and president. Antonio Tajani (former President of the European Parliament, 2017–2019) works as vice president and national coordinator. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati (President of the Senate since 2018), as well as ministers Renato Brunetta, Mara Carfagna and Mariastella Gelmini (representing FI in Mario Draghi's government since 2021).