People and Territory
People and Territory, originally Responsible Initiative, was a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in 2011–2013. Launched on 20 January 2011, the group was supportive of Berlusconi IV Cabinet. A large majority of its members were elected in Southern Italy. Its counterpart in the Senate was National Cohesion, which was composed mainly of splinters from Future and Freedom.
On 23 March 2011, Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture. On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone, Bruno Cesario and Catia Polidori.
Composition
Latest members
The group included:- The Populars of [Italy Tomorrow]
- *ideology: Christian democracy, regionalism
- *leader: Francesco Saverio Romano
- *4 deputies: Pippo Gianni, Michele Pisacane, Francesco Saverio Romano, Giuseppe Ruvolo
- Popular Action
- *ideology: National conservatism, liberal conservatism
- *leader: Silvano Moffa
- *3 deputies: Silvano Moffa, Catia Polidori, Maria Grazia Siliquini
- Movement of National Responsibility
- *ideology: Centrism, populism
- *leader: Domenico Scilipoti
- *3 deputies: Massimo Calearo, Bruno Cesario, Domenico Scilipoti
- Alliance of the Centre
- *ideology: Christian democracy
- *leader: Francesco Pionati
- *1 deputy: Francesco Pionati
- Popular Agreement
- *ideology: Christian democracy
- *leader: Giampiero Catone
- *1 deputy: Giampiero Catone
- 7 deputies of The People of Freedom who joined the group for technical reasons:
- *Vincenzo D'Anna, Giancarlo Lehner, Roberto Marmo, Giovanni Mottola, Andrea Orsini, Maria Elena Stasi, Vincenzo Taddei
- We the South
- *ideology: Regionalism
- *leader: Antonio Milo
- *2 deputies: Antonio Milo, Antonio Razzi.
Former members
The group originally included also 4 others deputies of We the South : Elio Belcastro.Three more deputies from the PdL were members of the group for some time.
Other former members of the group include Paolo Guzzanti and Maurizio Grassano.