Ora!

On 7 July 2024, entrepreneur Alberto Forchielli, during a co-hosted YouTube livestream called Drin Drin, discussed an article published in Il Sole 24 Ore reporting that between 2008 and 2022, 525,000 young Italians fled abroad in search of higher wages and better job opportunities.^[11] When economist Michele Boldrin remarked on the lack of reaction among youngsters, Forchielli argued that a new party inspired by the ideas of Act to Stop the Decline (the party Boldrin co-founded in 2012) could be successful and offer new hope to young people in Italy.^[12] Boldrin was skeptical but challenged their viewers to find 1,000 people willing to volunteer for a new party by sending them an email within 15 days.^[13][14][15] The goal was reached overnight and fifteen days later, during a livestream, they announced that 9,100 people had sent an email.^[16] As a result, they decided to launch an association, provisionally called Drin Drin, as a political incubator for a new party, since both of them initially refused to become the leaders of the new party.^[17][18] On 6 September, the statute was filed,^[19] and on 15 September, the official website was launched, allowing people to register to the association.^{[16][20][21][22]}

Members can discuss their ideas in seventeen thematic groups on Discord, as each group is responsible for drafting multiple position papers that would define the manifesto of the party.^[23] Each commission emended the papers and the theses using GitHub.^[1] Media coverage of the launch followed in April 2025.^{[24][25][26][27]} On 18 May 2025, with about 13,000 members, over half of whom were under 40,^[28] the deadline passed to register in order to have active and passive voting rights for the party's founding Congress, scheduled for 10–12 October 2025.^[29] All registered members were eligible to run as delegates.^[30] In July 2025, internal elections were held and 373 delegates were elected.^[31] On 1 October 2025, it was officially announced that the name the newly founded political party will be changed in "Ora! Il Coraggio dell'Ovvio".^[a][7][8] The delegates attended a political training school in Urbino and, at the founding Congress, elected the 100 members of the Assembly, the executive committee using single transferable vote, Boldrin as secretary, and Forchielli as president.^[27][32][1]

Following indications in the preceding months,^[33] Forchielli formally announced on 10 December 2025 his candidacy for Mayor of Bologna in the 2027 municipal elections with Ora!,^[34][35] campaigning as an "extreme centre" candidate against the left-wing incumbent Matteo Lepore and seeking support from the local right wing.^[36]

Andrea Paccagnella, a chartered accountant, was the candidate of Ora! in the by-election for the Selvazzano Dentro constituency, called following the resignation of Massimo Bitonci, in wich he obtained 4,32% of the preferences.^[37][38][39]

From 6 September 2024 until 4 July 2025, Michele Boldrin and Alberto Forchielli served as co-president of the Drin Drin association.^[19] From 4 July 2025 until 11 October 2025, they acted as ad interim secretary and president, respectively.^[40]

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Name (born–died)			Term start	Term end	Duration
Secretary
		Michele Boldrin (born 1956)	4 July 2025	Incumbent	263 days
President
		Alberto Forchielli (born 1955)	4 July 2025	Incumbent	263 days

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