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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Us Moderates was launched as an electoral joint list within the <a href="/facts/Centre-right_coalition_(Italy)/4ut2GwcJ">centre-right coalition</a> in the <a href="/facts/2022_Italian_general_election/fKreN9mj">2022 Italian general election</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> which obtained 0.9% of the vote, seven deputies and two senators. NM was originally composed of four founding members: <a href="/facts/Us_with_Italy/wHAMKuqU">Us with Italy</a> (NcI), <a href="/facts/Italy_in_the_Centre/toSvIPNQ">Italy in the Centre</a> (IaC), the <a href="/facts/Union_of_the_Centre_(2002)/7fCdDWmj">Union of the Centre</a> (UdC) and <a href="/facts/Coraggio_Italia/deBwLKwf">Coraggio Italia</a> (CI). After the election, NM formed parliamentary groups both in the <a href="/facts/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Italy)/sf4EHH7y">Chamber of Deputies</a> and the <a href="/facts/Senate_of_the_Republic_(Italy)/dgzxm6pK">Senate</a> (<a href="/facts/Civics_of_Italy/SPNgps19">Civics of Italy</a>), thanks to the influx of some elects from the <a href="/facts/Brothers_of_Italy/a0xcYK4F">Brothers of Italy</a> and the alliance with the <a href="/facts/Associative_Movement_of_Italians_Abroad/TGHqmX5F">Associative Movement of Italians Abroad</a> (MAIE). </p><p>In May 2023 NM evolved into a unitary party,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> causing the splits of CI<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and the UdC. <a href="/facts/Maurizio_Lupi/QclQASTm">Maurizio Lupi</a>, leader of NcI, became NM's leader and president, while <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Toti/6nUIYaTM">Giovanni Toti</a>, leader of IaC, has served as president of the party's national council since the party's first congress, held in October 2023.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> In January 2024, <a href="/facts/Italy_of_Values/SuKCBwwX">Italy of Values</a> (IdV), formerly aligned with the <a href="/facts/Centre-left_coalition_(Italy)/6vplLuuB">centre-left</a>, joined and its leader <a href="/facts/Ignazio_Messina/p2RbRhsU">Ignazio Messina</a> became NM's spokesperson.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In February 2024 UdC leader <a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Cesa/w7NWhSmV">Lorenzo Cesa</a> aligned his party with the <a href="/facts/Lega_(political_party)/kjfcw4A7">League</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> and subsequently left NM's group in the Chamber.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy/JD05mtsw">2024 European Parliament election</a> NM ran with <a href="/facts/Forza_Italia_(2013)/Tl5n75Jq">Forza Italia</a> (FI), obtaining 9.6% of the vote. </p><p>In September 2024 <a href="/facts/Mara_Carfagna/TUC4Lum3">Mara Carfagna</a>, <a href="/facts/Mariastella_Gelmini/UM8IxVPw">Mariastella Gelmini</a> and <a href="/facts/Giusy_Versace/49fcDvsN">Giusy Versace</a>, all three former FI members who had joined <a href="/facts/Action_(Italian_political_party)/HJvM3786">Action</a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>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 <a href="/facts/European_People%2527s_Party/yvlo74rS">European People's Party</a> (EPP) in the coming months.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The party was officially admitted into the EPP in January 2025.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="composition">Composition</h2> Founding members merged into NM <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Ideology</th><th>Leader</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Us_with_Italy/wHAMKuqU">Us with Italy</a> (NcI)</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Maurizio_Lupi/QclQASTm">Maurizio Lupi</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Italy_in_the_Centre/toSvIPNQ">Italy in the Centre</a> (IaC)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Toti/6nUIYaTM">Giovanni Toti</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Associate member parties <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Ideology</th><th>Leader</th></tr><tr><td></td><td>Popular Centre (CP)</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mariastella_Gelmini/UM8IxVPw">Mariastella Gelmini</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Italy_of_Values/SuKCBwwX">Italy of Values</a> (IdV)</td><td><a href="/facts/Populism/J0EXt6XK">Populism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ignazio_Messina/p2RbRhsU">Ignazio Messina</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Party of Europeans and Liberals (PEL)</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberalism/nj54a01U">Liberalism</a></td><td>Francesco Patamia</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Associative_Movement_of_Italians_Abroad/TGHqmX5F">Associative Movement of Italians Abroad</a> (MAIE)</td><td><a href="/facts/Centrism/jybYq4vR">Centrism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ricardo_Antonio_Merlo/3gqPXv5K">Ricardo Antonio Merlo</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Animalist_Movement/CuP8tuYC">Animalist Movement</a> (AM)</td><td><a href="/facts/Animal_rights/0MzosRCV">Animal rights</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Michela_Brambilla/t6bfnkLu">Michela Brambilla</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Regional member parties <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Region</th><th>Ideology</th><th>Leader</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Responsible_Autonomy/H7sXvGBP">Responsible Autonomy</a> (AR)</td><td><a href="/facts/Friuli-Venezia_Giulia/mMdCNYcz">Friuli-Venezia Giulia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Renzo_Tondo/x31afPTj">Renzo Tondo</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Popular Liguria (PL)</td><td><a href="/facts/Liguria/S5xt46pN">Liguria</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td>Andrea Costa</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Alliance_of_the_Centre_(Italy)/t2jvPW28">Alliance of the Centre</a> (AdC)</td><td><a href="/facts/Campania/Y5oa60Ej">Campania</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Christian_democracy/If75WCac">Christian democracy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Francesco_Pionati/cQtwMaFM">Francesco Pionati</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Cantiere_Popolare/Wl23KQYy">Cantiere Popolare</a> (CP)</td><td><a href="/facts/Sicily/E6fug03z">Sicily</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Christian_democracy/If75WCac">Christian democracy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Francesco_Saverio_Romano/Qu9kNl27">Francesco Saverio Romano</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Sardinia_20Twenty/SKPI3AK8">Sardinia 20Twenty</a> (S20V)</td><td><a href="/facts/Sardinia/7GGJNHCx">Sardinia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td>Stefano Tunis</td></tr></tbody></table> Founding members that have left NM <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Ideology</th><th>Leader</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Coraggio_Italia/deBwLKwf">Coraggio Italia</a> (CI)</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">Liberal conservatism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Luigi_Brugnaro/Gt5flEWD">Luigi Brugnaro</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Union_of_the_Centre_(2002)/7fCdDWmj">Union of the Centre</a> (UdC)</td><td><a href="/facts/Christian_democracy/If75WCac">Christian democracy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Cesa/w7NWhSmV">Lorenzo Cesa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Former associate member parties <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Ideology</th><th>Leader</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Renaissance_(Italian_political_party)/a6LcxjXK">Renaissance</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberalism/nj54a01U">Liberalism</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vittorio_Sgarbi/zn9jD77s">Vittorio Sgarbi</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="election-results">Election results</h2> <h3>National Parliament</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Election</th><th rowspan="2">Leader</th><th colspan="5"><a href="/facts/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Italy)/sf4EHH7y">Chamber of Deputies</a></th><th colspan="5"><a href="/facts/Senate_of_the_Republic_(Italy)/dgzxm6pK">Senate of the Republic</a></th></tr><tr><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>Seats</th><th>+/–</th><th>Position</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>Seats</th><th>+/–</th><th>Position</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2022_Italian_general_election/fKreN9mj">2022</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Maurizio_Lupi/QclQASTm">Maurizio Lupi</a></td><td>254,127</td><td>0.91</td><td>7 / 400</td><td><i>New</i></td><td>12th</td><td>248,308</td><td>0.89</td><td>2 / 200</td><td><i>New</i></td><td>13th</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>European Parliament</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Election</th><th>Leader</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>Seats</th><th>+/–</th><th>EP Group</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy/JD05mtsw">2024</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></th><td><a href="/facts/Maurizio_Lupi/QclQASTm">Maurizio Lupi</a></td><td>2,243,030 (4th)</td><td>9.6</td><td>0 / 76</td><td>New</td><td>–</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="leadership">Leadership</h2> <ul><li>President: <a href="/facts/Maurizio_Lupi/QclQASTm">Maurizio Lupi</a> (2022–present) <ul><li>Vice President: Giuseppe Galati (2023–present)</li></ul></li> <li>Secretary: <a href="/facts/Mara_Carfagna/TUC4Lum3">Mara Carfagna</a> (2025–present)</li> <li>Coordinator: <a href="/facts/Francesco_Saverio_Romano/Qu9kNl27">Francesco Saverio Romano</a> (2023–present)</li> <li>President of the national council: <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Toti/6nUIYaTM">Giovanni Toti</a> (2023–2024)</li> <li>Organisational Secretary: Alessandro Colucci (2023–present)</li> <li>Spokesperson: <a href="/facts/Ignazio_Messina/p2RbRhsU">Ignazio Messina</a> (2024–present)</li></ul> <h2 id="symbols">Symbols</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Noi Moderati, il nuovo momento della quarta gamba del centrodestra. Azione svuotata, ora l'insidia è per Forza Italia". 3 December 2024. <a href="https://www.ilriformista.it/noi-moderati-il-nuovo-momento-della-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra-azione-svuotata-ora-linsidia-e-per-forza-italia-447819" target="_blank">https://www.ilriformista.it/noi-moderati-il-nuovo-momento-della-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra-azione-svuotata-ora-linsidia-e-per-forza-italia-447819</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi Moderati: "Siamo un ponte nel centrodestra, la nuova casa si deve aprire"". 30 November 2024. <a href="https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789" target="_blank">https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Elezioni 2022, nasce 'Noi moderati': ecco il simbolo che unisce Nci-Iac e Udc-Ci, Adnkronos <a href="https://www.adnkronos.com/elezioni-2022-nasce-noi-moderati-ecco-il-simbolo-che-unisce-nci-iac-e-udc-ci_4c84LvdObiOWaYvjMsjfAL" target="_blank">https://www.adnkronos.com/elezioni-2022-nasce-noi-moderati-ecco-il-simbolo-che-unisce-nci-iac-e-udc-ci_4c84LvdObiOWaYvjMsjfAL</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Meloni a Lupi nel I Congresso di Noi Moderati: Unità e concretezza le cifre del nostro governo". 21 May 2023. <a href="https://www.secoloditalia.it/2023/05/meloni-a-lupi-nel-i-congresso-di-noi-moderati-unita-e-concretezza-le-cifre-del-nostro-governo" target="_blank">https://www.secoloditalia.it/2023/05/meloni-a-lupi-nel-i-congresso-di-noi-moderati-unita-e-concretezza-le-cifre-del-nostro-governo</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Brugnaro "molla" Lupi: «L'esperienza è finita, ora allarghiamo la rete»". 11 June 2023. <a href="https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/assemblea_coraggio_italia_brugnao_badia_polesine-7456330.html" target="_blank">https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/assemblea_coraggio_italia_brugnao_badia_polesine-7456330.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Noi Moderati: Toti eletto presidente del consiglio nazionale. ANSA <a href="https://www.ansa.it/sito/videogallery/italia/2023/10/17/noi-moderati-toti-eletto-presidente-del-consiglio-nazionale-nostro-contributo_3fa0e5dc-68c9-462e-87f1-573f98784af5.html" target="_blank">https://www.ansa.it/sito/videogallery/italia/2023/10/17/noi-moderati-toti-eletto-presidente-del-consiglio-nazionale-nostro-contributo_3fa0e5dc-68c9-462e-87f1-573f98784af5.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Noi Moderati, Toti: consolidiamo il percorso del centrodestra. Stram24 <a href="https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/italia/noi-moderati-toti-consolidiamo-percorso-centrodestra/AFDGheHB" target="_blank">https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/italia/noi-moderati-toti-consolidiamo-percorso-centrodestra/AFDGheHB</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Idv aderisce a Noi Moderati, "insieme anche dopo le elezioni europee". AGI <a href="https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2024-01-25/patto-federale-idv-noi-moderati-25010201/" target="_blank">https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2024-01-25/patto-federale-idv-noi-moderati-25010201/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"L'Opa di Salvini sull'Udc in vista delle Europee divide la Lega: "Arrivano i democristianoni"". 15 February 2024. <a href="https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/02/15/news/salvini_cesa_accordo_lega_udc_europee-422136639/" target="_blank">https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/02/15/news/salvini_cesa_accordo_lega_udc_europee-422136639/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche intervenute". <a href="https://www.camera.it/leg19/1083" target="_blank">https://www.camera.it/leg19/1083</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Lupi e Centro popolare: 'Noi quarta gamba del centrodestra' - Notizie - Ansa.it". 23 November 2024. <a href="https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2024/11/23/lupi-e-centro-popolare-noi-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra_98fb966e-b2b0-4d0a-b408-15e89356f42f.html" target="_blank">https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2024/11/23/lupi-e-centro-popolare-noi-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra_98fb966e-b2b0-4d0a-b408-15e89356f42f.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi Moderati: "Siamo un ponte nel centrodestra, la nuova casa si deve aprire"". 30 November 2024. <a href="https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789" target="_blank">https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html <a href="https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html" target="_blank">https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi moderati. Alla convention sei delegate raccontano di aver subito violenza". 30 November 2024. <a href="https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/politica/24_novembre_30/lupi-cambia-il-simbolo-di-noi-moderati-un-ponte-nel-centrodestra-08a39e13-9147-40e8-ace2-509cb124bxlk.shtml" target="_blank">https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/politica/24_novembre_30/lupi-cambia-il-simbolo-di-noi-moderati-un-ponte-nel-centrodestra-08a39e13-9147-40e8-ace2-509cb124bxlk.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Centrodestra, Lupi riporta Toti su un palco politico e prenota un posto in giunta a Genova". 30 November 2024. <a href="https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/30/news/toti_ritorno_in_politica_lupi_noi_moderati_nuovo_assessore_genova-423776830" target="_blank">https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/30/news/toti_ritorno_in_politica_lupi_noi_moderati_nuovo_assessore_genova-423776830</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>https://noimoderati.it/siamo-ufficialmente-nel-partito-popolare-europeo <a href="https://noimoderati.it/siamo-ufficialmente-nel-partito-popolare-europeo" target="_blank">https://noimoderati.it/siamo-ufficialmente-nel-partito-popolare-europeo</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Including Cambiamo! (C!) and Identity and Action (IDeA). <a href="/wiki/Cambiamo!" target="_blank">/wiki/Cambiamo!</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Run in a joint list with Forza Italia. <a href="/wiki/Forza_Italia_(2013)" target="_blank">/wiki/Forza_Italia_(2013)</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>