Action (Italian political party)

Action (Italian: Azione, abbr. A or Az) is a liberal political party in Italy. Its founder and leader is Carlo Calenda. Originally launched as We Are Europeans (Siamo Europei, SE), it adopted its current name in November 2019 upon becoming a fully-fledged party. Calenda has described his party as "anti-populist" and "anti-souverainist". He also explained that the party's name is a historical reference to the short-lived post-World War II Action Party and an allusion to Carlo Rosselli's "liberal socialism". According to Calenda, the party is home to "pure liberals, but also liberal progressives (social liberals, like Calenda) and democratic Catholics (Christian democrats)". Action was briefly a member of the European Democratic Party and joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party in October 2023. In the European Parliament Action's MEPs sat in the Socialists and Democrats group and, later, the liberal Renew Europe group. In the European Committee of the Regions, they sit with the Renew Europe CoR Group.