# Us Moderates

Us Moderates (Italian: Noi moderati, NM) is a centrist political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi.
The party has had several associated members and regional partners. At the European level, it is a member of the European People's Party. Most of NM's members and elected officials are former members of Forza Italia.

## History

Us Moderates was launched as an electoral joint list within the centre-right coalition in the 2022 Italian general election, which obtained 0.9% of the vote, seven deputies and two senators. NM was originally composed of four founding members: Us with Italy (NcI), Italy in the Centre (IaC), the Union of the Centre (UdC) and Coraggio Italia (CI). After the election, NM formed parliamentary groups both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate (Civics of Italy), thanks to the influx of some elects from the Brothers of Italy and the alliance with the Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE).
In May 2023 NM evolved into a unitary party, causing the splits of CI and the UdC. Maurizio Lupi, leader of NcI, became NM's leader and president, while Giovanni Toti, leader of IaC, has served as president of the party's national council since the party's first congress, held in October 2023. In January 2024, Italy of Values (IdV), formerly aligned with the centre-left, joined and its leader Ignazio Messina became NM's spokesperson. In February 2024 UdC leader Lorenzo Cesa aligned his party with the League and subsequently left NM's group in the Chamber.
In the 2024 European Parliament election NM ran with Forza Italia (FI), obtaining 9.6% of the vote.
In September 2024 Mara Carfagna, Mariastella Gelmini and Giusy Versace, all three former FI members who had joined Action in 2022, formed an association named "Popular Centre". In October they officially joined NM, as well as its parliamentary groups in the Chamber and the Senate.
In November 2024 NM changed its symbol, adding to its name also "Populars for Europe", and it was announced that the party was seeking to join the European People's Party (EPP) in the coming months. The party was officially admitted into the EPP in January 2025.

## Composition
### Founding members merged into NM

| Party | Party | Ideology | Leader |
| | Us with Italy (NcI) | Liberal conservatism | Maurizio Lupi |
| | Italy in the Centre (IaC) | Liberal conservatism | Giovanni Toti |
* ↑ Including Cambiamo! (C!) and Identity and Action (IDeA).

### Associate member parties

| Party | Ideology | Leader |
| Popular Centre (CP) | Liberal conservatism | Mariastella Gelmini |
| Italy of Values (IdV) | Populism | Ignazio Messina |
| Party of Europeans and Liberals (PEL) | Liberalism | Francesco Patamia |
| Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) | Centrism | Ricardo Antonio Merlo |
| Animalist Movement (AM) | Animal rights | Michela Brambilla |

### Regional member parties

| Party | Region | Ideology | Leader |
| Responsible Autonomy (AR) | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Liberal conservatism | Renzo Tondo |
| Popular Liguria (PL) | Liguria | Liberal conservatism | Andrea Costa |
| Alliance of the Centre (AdC) | Campania | Christian democracy | Francesco Pionati |
| Cantiere Popolare (CP) | Sicily | Christian democracy | Francesco Saverio Romano |
| Sardinia 20Twenty (S20V) | Sardinia | Liberal conservatism | Stefano Tunis |

### Founding members that have left NM

| Party | Party | Ideology | Leader |
| | Coraggio Italia (CI) | Liberal conservatism | Luigi Brugnaro |
| | Union of the Centre (UdC) | Christian democracy | Lorenzo Cesa |

### Former associate member parties

| Party | Party | Ideology | Leader |
| | Renaissance | Liberalism | Vittorio Sgarbi |

## Election results
### National Parliament

| Election | Leader | Chamber of Deputies | Chamber of Deputies | Chamber of Deputies | Chamber of Deputies | Chamber of Deputies | Senate of the Republic | Senate of the Republic | Senate of the Republic | Senate of the Republic | Senate of the Republic |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
| 2022 | Maurizio Lupi | 254,127 | 0.91 | 7 / 400 | New | 12th | 248,308 | 0.89 | 2 / 200 | New | 13th |

### European Parliament

| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 2024 | Maurizio Lupi | 2,243,030 (4th) | 9.6 | 0 / 76 | New | – |
* ↑ Run in a joint list with Forza Italia.

## Leadership

* President: Maurizio Lupi (2022–present)
* President of the national council: Giovanni Toti (2023–present)
* Spokesperson: Ignazio Messina (2024–present)

## Symbols

* 2022 general election
* 2023–2024
* 2024–present