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Us Moderates was launched as an electoral joint list within the centre-right coalition in the 2022 Italian general election,³ 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,⁴ causing the splits of CI⁵ 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 2023.⁶⁷ In January 2024, Italy of Values (IdV), formerly aligned with the centre-left, joined and its leader Ignazio Messina became NM's spokesperson.⁸ In February 2024 UdC leader Lorenzo Cesa aligned his party with the League⁹ and subsequently left NM's group in the Chamber.¹⁰

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.¹¹

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.^12131415 The party was officially admitted into the EPP in January 2025.¹⁶

Composition

Election results

National Parliament

European Parliament

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

References

1. "Noi Moderati, il nuovo momento della quarta gamba del centrodestra. Azione svuotata, ora l'insidia è per Forza Italia". 3 December 2024. https://www.ilriformista.it/noi-moderati-il-nuovo-momento-della-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra-azione-svuotata-ora-linsidia-e-per-forza-italia-447819 ↩

2. "Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi Moderati: "Siamo un ponte nel centrodestra, la nuova casa si deve aprire"". 30 November 2024. https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789 ↩

3. Elezioni 2022, nasce 'Noi moderati': ecco il simbolo che unisce Nci-Iac e Udc-Ci, Adnkronos https://www.adnkronos.com/elezioni-2022-nasce-noi-moderati-ecco-il-simbolo-che-unisce-nci-iac-e-udc-ci_4c84LvdObiOWaYvjMsjfAL ↩

4. "Meloni a Lupi nel I Congresso di Noi Moderati: Unità e concretezza le cifre del nostro governo". 21 May 2023. https://www.secoloditalia.it/2023/05/meloni-a-lupi-nel-i-congresso-di-noi-moderati-unita-e-concretezza-le-cifre-del-nostro-governo ↩

5. "Brugnaro "molla" Lupi: «L'esperienza è finita, ora allarghiamo la rete»". 11 June 2023. https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/assemblea_coraggio_italia_brugnao_badia_polesine-7456330.html ↩

6. Noi Moderati: Toti eletto presidente del consiglio nazionale. ANSA 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 ↩

7. Noi Moderati, Toti: consolidiamo il percorso del centrodestra. Stram24 https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/italia/noi-moderati-toti-consolidiamo-percorso-centrodestra/AFDGheHB ↩

8. Idv aderisce a Noi Moderati, "insieme anche dopo le elezioni europee". AGI https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2024-01-25/patto-federale-idv-noi-moderati-25010201/ ↩

9. "L'Opa di Salvini sull'Udc in vista delle Europee divide la Lega: "Arrivano i democristianoni"". 15 February 2024. https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/02/15/news/salvini_cesa_accordo_lega_udc_europee-422136639/ ↩

10. "XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche intervenute". https://www.camera.it/leg19/1083 ↩

11. "Lupi e Centro popolare: 'Noi quarta gamba del centrodestra' - Notizie - Ansa.it". 23 November 2024. 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 ↩

12. "Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi Moderati: "Siamo un ponte nel centrodestra, la nuova casa si deve aprire"". 30 November 2024. https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/11/30/news/noi_moderati_lupi_nuovo_simboli-14852789 ↩

13. https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/lupi-avverte-alleati-i-moderati-fondamentali-governo-2405382.html ↩

14. "Lupi cambia il simbolo di Noi moderati. Alla convention sei delegate raccontano di aver subito violenza". 30 November 2024. 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 ↩

15. "Centrodestra, Lupi riporta Toti su un palco politico e prenota un posto in giunta a Genova". 30 November 2024. https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/30/news/toti_ritorno_in_politica_lupi_noi_moderati_nuovo_assessore_genova-423776830 ↩

16. https://noimoderati.it/siamo-ufficialmente-nel-partito-popolare-europeo https://noimoderati.it/siamo-ufficialmente-nel-partito-popolare-europeo ↩

17. Including Cambiamo! (C!) and Identity and Action (IDeA). /wiki/Cambiamo! ↩

18. Run in a joint list with Forza Italia. /wiki/Forza_Italia_(2013) ↩