Good Right (Italian: Buona Destra, BD) was a liberal political party in Italy.

Good Right
Buona Destra
AbbreviationBD
SecretaryFilippo Rossi
Founded3 July 2020 (2020-07-03)
Dissolved15 May 2023 (2023-05-15)
Merged intoAction
Headquarters
  • Via Giuseppe Ferrari, 35
  • 00195 Rome
Membership5,000 (2021)[1]
IdeologyLiberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationAction – Italia Viva alliance
Colors  Blue
Website
buonadestra.it

History

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The party was founded on 3 July 2020 by journalist Filippo Rossi,[2] who was the editor of FareFuturo's web magazine between 2009 and 2011,[3] and who published an essay in 2019 (On Jekyll's side: manifesto for a good right), in which he criticized the populist and sovereign drift of the Italian centre-right represented by Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni.[4] He compared his party to the moderate European parties, like the French The Republicans and the German Christian Democratic Union, for their firm stance against the eurosceptic parties,[5] as he pointed out that in Italy instead the centre-right and the eurosceptics parties are allied.[6] He stated his preference for the United States of Europe as the ultimate goal for the European Union.[7]

In 2021 he supported Carlo Calenda's candidacy for the 2021 Rome municipal election[8] and then he supported Roberto Lagalla's candidacy for the 2022 Palermo municipal election.[9] For the 2022 Italian general election, Rossi decided to support Action[10] and was a candidate for the Action – Italia Viva list.

On 15 May 2023, Good Right merged into Action.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Buona Destra, sabato l'assemblea dei soci fondatori. La sfida di Filippo Rossi: "Siamo l'alternativa ai sovranisti"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nasce Buona Destra, nuovo partito antisovranista e contro i populismi". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Quanto costava il magazine di Fare Futuro?". Il Post (in Italian). 2 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Contro la destra traditrice". Il Post (in Italian). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. ^ Fiumanò, Maria Carmela (26 February 2021). "Nasce la 'Buona Destra' di Filippo Rossi: il partito del fare". Agenzia Dire (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ Mecarozzi, Pietro (3 July 2020). "La Buona Destra - Il movimento politico di Filippo Rossi contro i sovranisti". Linkiesta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. ^ Priori, Daniele (4 July 2020). "Nasce la Buona Destra, gli Stati Uniti d'Europa in risposta al sovranismo di Salvini e Meloni". Il Riformista (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  8. ^ Caldarelli, Tommaso (2021-08-04). "Filippo Rossi (Buona Destra): "Siamo di destra e scegliamo Carlo Calenda"". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  9. ^ "La Buona Destra sostiene la candidatura a sindaco di Roberto Lagalla". L'Ora (in Italian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  10. ^ "La Buona Destra di Parma aderisce al patto di Azione e +Europa". ParmaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  11. ^ "Azione accoglie gli ex finiani di Buona Destra. Calenda: "Condividiamo spirito repubblicano"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ^ "L'Adige di VeronaLunedì si fondono Buona Destra ed Azione. Massimiliano Urbano: nell'area liberale forti dei nostri valori - L'Adige di Verona" (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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