The Associative Movement of Italians Abroad ( Italian : Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero, MAIE ) is an Italian political party representing Italians abroad. Based in Argentina and active mainly in South America , the MAIE is a centrist party.
6-892: The party emerged from the split of the liberal wing of the Italian Associations in South America (AISA) in 2008. In the 2008 general election , the MAIE won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies for Ricardo Antonio Merlo (elected to the Chamber for AISA in 2006 ), and a one seat in the Senate for Mirella Giai , a former member and candidate of the Democrats of the Left (DS). Both Merlo and Giai joined forces with centrist and centre-right groups, notably including
12-582: The Associative Movement Italians Abroad . Notably, former senator Pallaro became embroiled in the controversy as the sole independent member of the Senate following the election. The Union , having just two more seats than the rival House of Freedoms , Pallaro did not formally declare a preference for either side. However, he generally aligned with the centre-left government of Romano Prodi . Pallaro's political career came to an end when he
18-812: The Liberal Democrats (LD), with whom the MAIE formed a joint electoral list for the 2009 European Parliament election , and the Union of the Centre (UdC). Giai was a member of For the Autonomies group, along with the UdC, for the entire parliamentary term. In the 2013 general election , the party elected three deputies (two, Merlo and Mario Borghese , in its own lists and a third, Fucsia Nissoli , in With Monti for Italy 's list for North America ) and one senator ( Claudio Zin ). After
24-629: The MAIE formed a joint electoral list with I Change (IC), a split from Lega Nord (LN). In the 2018 general election , the party elected one deputy (Borghese) and one senator (Merlo). A senator from the rival USEI, Adriano Cario , joined MAIE in May 2018. In December 2021 Cario's election was annulled. Italian Associations in South America The Italian Associations in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America, AISA)
30-552: The election, Nissoli left, while another deputy ( Renata Bueno , elected with the South American Union Italian Emigrants , USEI) joined forces for two years. During the parliamentary term, MAIE deputies formed an alliance with the Alliance for Italy (ApI) from 2013 to 2015 and with Liberal Popular Alliance since 2015, while senator Zin was a member of For the Autonomies. For the 2014 European Parliament election
36-474: Was a political party in Italy that represented voters living in South America, reflecting the significant Italian immigration to the continent. In the 2006 general election , the party secured one seat in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate . Luigi Pallaro represented the party in the Senate while Ricardo Antonio Merlo represented it in the Chamber of Deputies until 2008, when he left to establish
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