Document 441108

Card Italy
21 May 2014
The parties running and their programmes
Translation
Affiliation of a
political party or
group
Internet site
Number of
outgoing MEPs
Programmes
Democratic Party, PD
PES
Access the
site
22
Program
Force Italy, FI
EPP
Access the
site
14
Program
Northern League, LN
MELD
Access the
site
9
Program
Nuovo Centro Destra
New Centre Right
EPP
Access the
site
7
Program
Unione dei
Democratici cristiani
di Centro
Christian Democratic
Centre Union Union
UdC
EPP
Access the
site
6
Italia dei Valori
Italy of Values, IdV
ALDE
Access the
site
4
Program
Fratelli d’Italia –
Alleanza Nazionale
Fratelli d’Italia –
Alleanza Nazionale
Brothers of Italy –
National Alliance
EPP
Access the
site
2
Program
Popolari per l’Europa
People for Europe
EPP
Access the
site
1
Union of Democrats
for Europe, UDEUR
EPP
Access the
site
1
People’s Party of
South Tyrol, SVP
EPP
Access the
site
1
Movement of
Conservative Social
Reformers, CSR
AECR
Access the
site
1
Program
I love Italy
MELD
Access the
site
1
Program
Future and Freedom,
FLI
EPP
Access the
site
1
I am changing
EFD
Access the
site
1
Program
5 Stars Movement
M5S
Aucune affiliation
Access the
site
0
Program
Civic Choice
Aucune affiliation
Access the
site
0
Program
Left, Ecology and
Freedom, SEL
Aucune affiliation
Access the
site
0
Italian Socialist
Party, PSI
PES
Access the
site
0
Radicali Italiani
Radical Italians RI
ALDE
Access the
site
0
Partito della
Rifondazione
Comunista
Communist Revival
Party, PRC
GUE
Access the
site
0
Name of party
Partito Democratico
Forza Italia
Lega Nord
Unione dei
Democratici per
l’Europa
Südtiroler Volkspartei
Movimento
Conservatori Social
riformatori
Io amo l’Italia
Futuro e libertà
Io cambio
Movimento 5 Stelle
Scelta Civica
Sinistra Ecologia e
Libertà
Partito Socialista
Italiano
Program
Program
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Partito dei Comunisti
Italiani
Party of Italian
Communists, PdCI
GUE
Access the
site
0
Federazione dei Verdi
Green Federation
EGP
Access the
site
0
Alleanza per l’Italia
Alliance for Italy, ApI
EDP
Access the
site
0
Süd-Tiroler Freiheit
South Tyrolean
Freedom, STF
EFA
Access the
site
0
Sardinian Action
Party, PSd’Az
EFA
Access the
site
0
Slovenska Skupnost
Slovenian Union, SS
EFA
Access the
site
0
Autonomie, Liberté,
Participation,
Ecologie
Autonomy, Freedom,
Participation,
Ecology, ALPE
EFA
Access the
site
0
Partidu Sardu
- Partito Sardo
d’Azione
Program
Results
European
Political
Affiliation
%
of votes cast
No
of MEPs
S&D
40.86%
31
Others
21.13%
17
Forza Italia (FI)
EPP
16.77%
13
New Centre Right (NCD)
EPP
4.37%
3
GUE/NGL
4.03%
3
EPP
0.50%
1
Political Parties
Democratic Party (PD)
Five Stars Movement (M5s)
The Other Europe (with Tsipras)
People’s Party of South Tyrol
Electoral Procedures
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Election Dates : 24 and 25 May 2014
Number of MEPs : 73
At what age can one vote? 18 years
At what age can one be elected? 25 years
Who can vote ? European citizens living in Italy.
Electoral rules
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Voting method : Preferential vote
Means for attributing seats : Whole shares and highest remainder
Can candidates be chosen from a list ? Yes
Number of constituencies : 5
Number MEPs per constituency : Centrale (15) ; Insulare (6) ; Meridionale (17) ; Nordoccidentale (21) ; Nord-orientale (14)
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Reminder of the European 2009 results :
• Turnout : 65,05 %
• Number of MEPs elected : 73
• Distribution by political group :
Total
EPP
S&D
ALDE
Greens/
EFA
ECR
GUE/NGL
EFD
Non
Inscrits
34
22
5
0
2
0
8
2
73
Institutions and political situation
Democratic parliamentary republic
• Head of State : Giorgio Napolitano
• Prime Minister : Enrico Letta
Economy
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Currency : Euro
GDP : 1 560 023 millions € (2013)
GDP per capita (PPS) : 25 600 € (2012)
GDP Growth : -1,9% (2013)
Unemployment : 12,9% (January 2014, data adjusted to seasonal variations)
Inflation : 1,0% (February 2014, annual inflation rate)
Public Debt : 127.0 % of the GDP (2012)
Public deficit : –3.0% of the GDP (2012)
Geography and population
• Surface Area : 301 340km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)
• - 59.7 million inhabitants (Eurostat, 1st January 2013)
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