Italia in Comune

In October 2016, mayor of Parma Federico Pizzarotti left the Five Star Movement (M5S)^[3] due to disagreements with the movement's founder, Beppe Grillo and his suspension from the party in the previous May.^[4] In the 2012 local elections, Pizzarotti had been the first M5S member to win in a big city, with 60.2% of the vote in the run-off (up from 19.5% in the first round).^[5]

In the 2017 local elections, Pizzarotti was re-elected mayor without the M5S' support, with 58.9% in the run-off.^[6]

In April 2018, Pizzarotti launched Italia in Comune,^[7][1][8] which aimed at becoming the collector of local "civic lists", as well as disgruntled former M5S members. The party was co-founded by Alessio Pascucci, a left-wing independent who had been elected mayor of Cerveteri, Lazio in 2012 and 2017, supported by civic lists and the Federation of the Greens (FdV).^[9][10]

In October 2018, Serse Soverini, a member of the Chamber of Deputies elected in the 2018 general election as a representative of Civic Area, a minor progressive party close to Romano Prodi, joined IiC^[11] and soon became the party's regional coordinator in Emilia-Romagna, the region of Parma and, consequently, IiC's powerbase.^[12] Almost a year later, in September 2019, after Matteo Renzi had left to form Italia Viva, Soverini would leave IiC too and join the Democratic Party.^[13][14]

In the early months of 2019 the party became involved in the centre-left coalition, and obtained promising results in regional elections in Abruzzo (3.9% of the vote and one regional councillor) and Sardinia (2.5%). In February Free Alternative, another party formed by M5S splinters, announced that it was merging into IiC.^[15]

In the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament election, IiC formed an alliance with the FdV, Green Italia and minor green groups, which would result in a green joint electoral list.^[16][17] However, soon after the party switched allegiances, deserted the FdV and joined forces with More Europe (+E), a liberal party,^[18][19][20] which was later enlarged to the Italian Socialist Party (PSI).^[21]

In the run-up of the 2022 general election IiC lacked activity,^[22] and its leading members parted ways. President Pizzarotti formed a National Civic List and successively joined forces with Piercamillo Falasca's L'Italia c'è,^[23] Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva^[24][25] and Carlo Calenda's Action,^[26] while Alessio Pascucci organised the National Civic Agenda/Network^[27] and joined Luigi Di Maio's Civic Commitment.^[28][29][30] In August 2022, shortly before the election, both groups broke with their would-be allies.^[31][32]

In late 2022 Pizzarotti and Falasca re-joined +E, while continuing to be part of L'Italia c'è.^[33] In February 2023 Pizzarotti was elected president of +E.^[34] He resigned in 2024 and joined Action.^[35]

European Parliament

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European Parliament
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
2019	833,443 (6th)[a]	3.11	0 / 76	–	Federico Pizzarotti

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   In a joint list with More Europe and Italian Socialist Party.

Regional Councils

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Region	Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Piedmont	2019	11,183 (14th)	0.58	0 / 51	–
Emilia-Romagna	2020	Into BP	–	0 / 50	–
Abruzzo	2019	23,168 (7th)	3.86	1 / 31	1
Apulia	2020	64,886 (10th)	3.87	0 / 51	–
Sardinia	2019	17,480 (15th)	2.47	1 / 60	1

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• President: Federico Pizzarotti (2018–2022)^[36]
• Coordinator: Alessio Pascucci (2018–present)