The centrist and liberal
political party Alleanza Liberalpopolare - Autonomie (ALA) lost
two of its members in the Senate on Thursday.
The group now has 16 MPs instead of 18 after Giuseppe Ruvolo
and Riccardo Conti announced that they were joining the Union of
the Centre (UDC), which is next week expected to create a
section inside of it.
Antonio De Poli and Giuseppe Esposito have also left the
AP-NCD to join UDC, with a reported aim of "creating an Italian
European People's Party (PPE) as an alternative to the left, and
to right-wing populism."
photo: ALA leader Denis Verdini
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