Italexit (political party)

Italexit, whose complete name is Italexit – For Italy with Paragone (Italian: Italexit – Per l'Italia con Paragone),[6][7][8] is a hard Eurosceptic political party in Italy. Its founder and leader is Gianluigi Paragone, an Italian senator and former TV journalist who drew inspiration for his movement from Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, with the aim of taking Italy out of the European Union.[6][9]

This article is about the Italian political party. For Italian withdrawal from the European Union, see Italexit.
Italexit
LeaderGianluigi Paragone
Founded23 July 2020
Split fromFive Star Movement
HeadquartersVia dei Grimani 4, Milan
IdeologyHard Euroscepticism[1]
Anti-lockdown[2]
Anti-vaccination[3]
Populism[4]
Political positionBig tent[5]
Colours  Blue
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
4 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 76
Website
www.italexit.it

History
Gianluigi Paragone, party's founder and leader

In January 2020, senator Gianluigi Paragone, a former journalist known for his populist and Eurosceptic stances, was expelled from the Five Star Movement (M5S) due to his opposition to the government with the centre-left and pro-Europeanist Democratic Party (PD).[10]

In the following months, speculations rose around the possibility of a new movement, led by Paragone himself.[11] In July 2020, Paragone launched his new party with the goal to bring Italy out of EU weeks after meeting with Nigel Farage.[12][6] Carlo Martelli and Mario Giarrusso, two senators from the M5S, defected to Italexit in 2021,[13] while in 2022 the party was joined by a fourth senator, William De Vecchis, who had defected from the League.[14]

On 20 May 2021, Paragone launched his candidacy as Mayor of Milan for the upcoming municipal election of October.[15] The election was the first one ever in which Italexit participated, running within a civic list.[16] Paragone gained 2.99% of votes, resulting as the third most voted candidate behind mayor Giuseppe Sala of the centre-left and Luca Bernardo of the centre-right. However, he did not succeed in getting elected to the municipal council.[17]

Between 2021 and 2022, the party became increasingly critic towards the policies promoted by Mario Draghi's national unity government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italexit strongly opposed the EU Digital COVID Certificate, also known as "Green Pass", which became mandatory to work and travel in the country since October 2021.[18] Paragone labeled the vaccination certificate as an "infamous obligation",[19] moreover he stated he was not vaccinated, describing his opposition to the mandatory vaccination as a "war of religion".[20]

Symbols
  • 2020–2021
  • 2021–present

References
  1. Paragone: "Fondo un partito, voglio portare l'Italia fuori dall'euro", Adnkronos
  2. Basta con il green pass. Gianluigi Paragone tuona: "Non vogliamo più essere umiliati", Il Tempo
  3. Paragone al convegno contro i vaccini: "Lega assente? Non può recitare due parti in commedia", Il Sole 24 Ore
  4. Paragone: “Io sono un vero populista e rispetterò il voto del mio popolo”, Varese News
  5. "Tutto su Italexit, il partito che vuole portare l'Italia fuori dall'euro" (in Italian). Wired. 24 July 2020.
  6. Follain, John (23 July 2020). "Populist Senator Founds 'Italexit' Party to Quit EU, Ditch Euro". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Italian senator launches Italexit party to push for leaving EU". Al Jazeera. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. "Gianluigi Paragone ha fondato un nuovo partito, "No Europa per l'Italia – Italexit con Paragone"". Il Post (in Italian). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. Amante, Angelo (21 July 2020). "Italexit! Popular senator launches party to take Italy out of EU". Reuters. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. Paragone espulso dal Movimento 5 Stelle: "Ha anche votato contro la legge di bilancio". Lui: "Sono stato espulso dal nulla", la Repubblica
  11. Paragone: "Per fondare un nuovo partito ci vogliono le palle" (e anche un po' i soldi), Libero Quotidiano
  12. Paragone presenta Italexit: "Siamo già al 5%", Adnkronos
  13. "Crisi di governo, Paragone (Italexit): 'tutti mi schifano, sono l'unico del Gruppo Misto che non è stato chiamato'". StrettoWeb (in Italian). 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  14. "Lega, senatore de Vecchis passa a Italexit". 17 February 2022.
  15. Gianluigi Paragone annuncia la sua candidatura a sindaco di Milano, Varese News
  16. Paragone Sindaco, www.paragonesindaco.it
  17. Paragone escluso dal consiglio comunale di Milano per 43 o 1.500 voti? «Fatti fuori per volontà politica» – L'intervista, Open
  18. Giuffrida, Angela (22 July 2021). "Italy imposes 'green pass' restrictions on unvaccinated people". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  19. Green pass lavoro over 50, Paragone: "Obbligo infame", Adnkronos
  20. "Resisto e non mi vaccino". La sfida di Paragone: userò il mio corpo in questa guerra di religione, Il Tempo
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