Italia. Bene Comune

The alliance was announced on 31 July 2012 by the Secretary of the Democratic Party Pier Luigi Bersani and officially launched on 13 October, with the signature of a common political platform.^[2]

By the terms of the agreement, each party in the coalition stood separately in the 2013 general election. However, all parties agreed to support a single candidate as Prime Minister. Bersani was elected as the coalition's leader and candidate for prime minister in the primary election held on 25 November and 2 December.^[3][4][5]

In the election, the coalition gained a plurality in both houses of the Italian parliament, garnering 29.6% of the vote in the Chamber^[6] and 31.6% of the vote in the Senate.^[7] Although IBC had a solid majority of seats in the Chamber, it came up short of a majority in the Senate, thus leaving it unable to form a government on its own. Consequently, Bersani resigned from party leadership and the PD joined a grand coalition government, led by the PD's Enrico Letta.

The alliance was composed by the following parties:

Also part of the alliance were regional parties such as the South Tyrolean People's Party (in South Tyrol),^[9] Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (in Trentino),^[10] Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (in Aosta Valley),^[11] Moderates (in Piedmont), and The Megaphone (in Sicily).^[12] Additionally, the Greens of South Tyrol formed a local electoral pact with SEL in South Tyrol.^[13]