Reality Italy

Reality Italy (Italian: Realtà Italia, RI) was a regional political party active in Italy's mainland South.

Reality Italy Realtà Italia
President	Giacomo Olivieri
Founded	2013
Dissolved	2018
National affiliation	Centre-left coalition
Website
www.realtaitalia.it/
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History

The party was formed in March 2013 by Giacomo Olivieri, a regional councillor in Apulia, upon the break-up of Moderates and Populars, a regional party.^[1] Many high-ranking members of RI (notably including Elio Belcastro and Arturo Iannaccone) are supplied by Autonomy South, with which RI signed a federative pact.^[2] In 2013 RI established close ties with Pino Arlacchi MEP,^[3] member of the Democratic Party (PD) and former member of PCI, DS and IdV.

In the 2013 regional election in Basilicata the party, which supported Democrat Marcello Pittella, obtained 5.9% of the vote and one councillor, Paolo Galante.^[4][5] In the 2014 municipal election in Bari Olivieri came second in the primary with 42% of the vote^[6] and the party won 5.5% of the vote in the general election.^[7]

In 2015 RI formed a federation with the Democratic Centre (CD).^[8] In the regional election in Apulia the alliance was enlarged with the inclusion of the Union of the Centre (UdC):^[9][10][11] the CD–RI–UdC list, which supported PD's Michele Emiliano for President, won 5.9% of the vote and three regional councillors,^[12] none of whom from the RI's fold.^[13]

In September 2018 Giacomo Olivieri decided to dissolve the party to devote himself full time to his profession as a lawyer.^[14]

Election Results

Regional Councils

Region	Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Basilicata	2013	14,012	5.93	1 / 21	1
	2019	5,492 (with FdV)	1.9	0 / 21	1
Apulia	2015	99,021 (with UDC–CD)	6.19	3 / 51	3

Leadership

• President: Giacomo Olivieri (2013–2019)

References

1. http://www.pinoarlacchi.it/images/stories/files/Addio_Moderati_e_Popolari_nasce_Realt_Italia.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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5. GALANTE Paolo. "Galante". Consiglio.basilicata.it. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
6. Di Raffaele Lorusso (2014-02-23). "Liveblog - Bari, primarie al veleno: l'ombra del voto inquinato. Vince il deputato Decaro (Pd): "Hanno tentato di rovinarci la festa" - Repubblica.it". Bari.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
7. "Comune di Bari - Puglia - Ballottaggio - Elezioni Comunali - 25 maggio 2014 - la". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
8. Redazione ANSA (2015-02-04). "'Patto' Centro democratico-Realtà Italia - Basilicata". ANSA.it. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
9. "'Popolari', fronte comune Udc, Realtà Italia e CD". Affaritaliani.it. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
10. "Udc, Centro democratico e Realtà Italia insieme a sostegno di Emiliano: "Condividiamo il suo definirsi sindaco di Puglia" | ilpaesenuovo.it – quotidiano online del Salento". Ilpaesenuovo.it. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
11. "Centro Democratico » Puglia, Presentato simbolo regionali Cd, Realtà Italia e Udc". Ilcentrodemocratico.it. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
12. "Puglia - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015 - la". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
13. "Puglia, ecco il nuovo consiglio regionale: fuori Poli e Schittulli, nessuna donna per il centrosinistra - Repubblica.it". Bari.repubblica.it. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
14. Bari, Giacomo Olivieri scioglie Realtà Italia

External links

• Official website