Editing Italy of Values (section)

==History==
===Background and formation (1996–2001)===
[[Antonio Di Pietro]] was [[Italian Minister of Public Works|minister of Public Works]] in the [[Prodi I Cabinet]] from May to November 1996, when he resigned because he was under investigation in [[Brescia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/novembre/15/Ora_basta_Pietro_lascia_governo_co_0_9611156464.shtml |title=" Ora basta " : Di Pietro lascia il governo |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> In November 1997 Di Pietro was elected senator for [[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] in a by-election in [[Mugello]], a stronghold of the [[Democrats of the Left]] (DS) in [[Tuscany]], with 67.7% of the vote, much more than [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right]] independent [[Giuliano Ferrara]] (16.1%) and [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist]] [[Sandro Curzi]] (13.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1997/novembre/10/Pietro_supera_Ferrara_fermo_16_co_0_9711105269.shtml |title=Di Pietro supera il 67%, Ferrara fermo al 16 |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref>

In March 1998, Di Pietro established Italy of Values (IdV), alongside [[Willer Bordon]] of the [[Democratic Union (Italy)|Democratic Union]] and [[Rino Piscitello]] and [[Franco Danieli]] of [[The Network (political party)|The Network]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1998/marzo/22/Pietro_nasce_Italia_dei_Valori_co_0_98032213938.shtml |title=Di Pietro, nasce l' " Italia dei Valori " |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> led by [[Leoluca Orlando]] (a future IdV member).

In February 1999, Di Pietro integrated IdV into [[The Democrats (Italy)|The Democrats]], a new centrist party founded by [[Romano Prodi]] with the goal of transforming The Olive Tree coalition in a single "Democratic" party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/febbraio/28/Democratici_scelgono_asinello_co_0_9902282547.shtml |title=I Democratici scelgono un asinello |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> In the [[1999 European Parliament election in Italy|1999 European Parliament election]] The Democrats scored 7.7% and Di Pietro was elected [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]. He was also appointed organisational secretary and [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate]] floor leader of the party. In April 2000, Di Pietro abruptly left in opposition to the appointment of [[Giuliano Amato]], a long-time member of the [[Italian Socialist Party]] (which was the main subject of investigation of Di Pietro as prosecutor), as [[Prime Minister of Italy]] after the resignation of [[Massimo D'Alema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/aprile/28/Democratici_Pietro_sbatte_porta_co_0_0004281876.shtml |title=Democratici, Di Pietro sbatte la porta |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, Di Pietro set up IdV again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/maggio/23/Pietro_lancia_movimento_per_correre_co_0_0005238269.shtml |title=Di Pietro lancia un movimento per correre alle politiche |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref>

IdV took part to the [[2001 Italian general election|2001 general election]] as a stand-alone party on a [[populism|populist]] platform, which included tough management of [[illegal immigration]] and protest against waste of public money. IdV's campaign was focused principally against [[Silvio Berlusconi]], who was the candidate for Prime Minister of the [[House of Freedoms]] (CdL) centre-right coalition. IdV won 3.9% in the election, 0.1% short of the 4% threshold, and obtained no seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]. The party elected one senator, [[Valerio Carrara]], but, after a few days from the election, he surprisingly switched to Berlusconi's [[Forza Italia]] (FI) party,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/maggio/31/Carrara_passa_con_Forza_Italia_co_0_0105316479.shtml|title=Carrara passa con Forza Italia. L' ex pm: è un piccolo uomo Primo ribaltone, senatore di Di Pietro con il Polo|date=2001-05-31|publisher=[[Corriere della Sera]]}}</ref> leaving IdV without parliamentary representation for the next five years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2001 |title=Da Di Pietro al Polo Carrara, il primo ribaltonista |url=https://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/camere/camere/carrara/carrara.html?ref=search |access-date= |website=[[la Repubblica]]}}</ref>

===From isolation to electoral success (2001–2009)===
In the [[2004 European Parliament election in Italy|2004 European Parliament election]] Di Pietro teamed up with [[Achille Occhetto]], a former leader of the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI) and the [[Democratic Party of the Left]] (PDS), under the banner "Civil Society Di Pietro–Occhetto". The electoral list gained 2.1% of the national vote and both men were elected [[Members of the European Parliament|MEPs]]. After the election, Occhetto immediately renounced to his seat and was replaced by [[Giulietto Chiesa]], a communist journalist, who sat with the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|Party of European Socialists Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parlArchives/mepArch/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28973|title=Your MEPs : Giulietto CHIESA|website=www.europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>

In 2005 IdV joined [[The Union (Italy)|The Union]], a new [[Centre-left coalition (Italy)|centre-left coalition]] led by Prodi, who won the [[2005 Italian centre-left primary election|primary election]] with 74.2% of the vote, defeating also Di Pietro (3.3%). In early 2006 [[Leoluca Orlando]], former mayor of [[Palermo]], some splinters from the [[Union of Democrats for Europe]] (UDEUR), including [[Pino Pisicchio]] and [[Egidio Pedrini]], and former DS such as [[Fabio Evangelisti]] and [[Federico Palomba]], joined the party, in an effort of broadening its electoral base.

The Union narrowly won the [[2006 Italian general election|2006 general election]], IdV scored a mere 2.1% and Di Pietro was sworn in as [[Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transports|Minister of Infrastructures]] in the [[Prodi II Cabinet]].

After the fall of Prodi's government, Di Pietro formed an alliance with the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (PD) for the [[2008 Italian general election|2008 general election]]. The coalition was defeated by Berlusconi's [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right]], but IdV obtained 4.4% of the vote, 29 deputies and 14 senators. Following the election, IdV formed its own groups in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, instead of joining the Democrats in a joint group as promised, and started a competition with its main ally.<ref>{{cite web |last=Giovanna |first=Giovanni |date=2008-04-24 |title=Veltroni-Idv, niente gruppo unico braccio di ferro sui capigruppo |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/04/24/veltroni-idv-niente-gruppo-unico-braccio-di-ferro.html |website=[[la Repubblica]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Merlo |first=Salvatore |date=2008-10-11 |title=Il polo Di Pietro |url=http://www.ilfoglio.it/soloqui/1169 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014102650/http://www.ilfoglio.it/soloqui/1169 |archive-date=14 October 2008 |website=[[Il Foglio]] |publisher=}}</ref> In October 2008, Veltroni, who distanced from Di Pietro many times, declared that "on some issues he [Di Pietro] is distant from the democratic language of the centre-left";<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-10-19 |title=Veltroni: con Di Pietro alleanza finita |url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/08_ottobre_19/veltroni_fine_alleanza_dipietro_fc8b7390-9dfb-11dd-b589-00144f02aabc.shtml |website=[[Corriere della Sera]] |publisher=}}</ref> however, the PD decided to support [[Carlo Costantini]] (IdV) in the [[2008 Abruzzo regional election|2008 regional election in Abruzzo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asca.it/moddettnews.php?idnews=786879&canale=ORA&articolo=ABRUZZO/ELEZIONI:%20IL%20CENTROSINISTRA%20PUNTA%20TUTTO%20SU%20COSTANTINI%20(IDV) |title=ABRUZZO/ELEZIONI: IL CENTROSINISTRA PUNTA TUTTO SU COSTANTINI (IDV) |date=2008-10-28 |publisher=[[ASCA (news agency)|ASCA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512103259/http://www.asca.it/moddettnews.php?idnews=786879&canale=ORA&articolo=ABRUZZO%2FELEZIONI%3A%20IL%20CENTROSINISTRA%20PUNTA%20TUTTO%20SU%20COSTANTINI%20%28IDV%29 |archive-date=12 May 2009 }}</ref> Costantini was defeated, but in the event IdV came close to the PD (15.0%–19.6%).

In the [[2009 European Parliament election in Italy|2009 European Parliament election]] the list got 8.0% of the national vote, quadrupling the votes obtained five years before and gaining 7 seats. In the run-up for the election Di Pietro recruited to run in IdV lists [[Pino Arlacchi]], a former senator for the DS, [[Gianni Vattimo]], a left-wing philosopher,<ref>{{cite web |date=2009-04-01 |title=Da Gianni Rivera all'ex pm De Magistris, le squadre dei partiti per le Europee |url=http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Politica/?id=3.0.3165256132 |website=[[Adnkronos]] |publisher=}}</ref> [[Maurizio Zipponi]], a former trade unionist and deputy of the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] (PRC), and [[Luigi de Magistris (politician)|Luigi de Magistris]], a left-wing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fainotizia.it/2009/04/29/perch%C3%A8-de-magistris-ha-scelto-di-candidarsi-con-litalia-dei-valori-e-non-con-il-pd?reportage=5041978 |title=De Magistris, vecchio compagno del PCI ai tempi di Berlinguer &#124; Fai notizia – il primo sito di giornalismo partecipativo |language=it |publisher=Fainotizia.it |date=2009-04-29 |access-date=2010-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033106/http://www.fainotizia.it/2009/04/29/perch%C3%A8-de-magistris-ha-scelto-di-candidarsi-con-litalia-dei-valori-e-non-con-il-pd?reportage=5041978 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> former [[prosecutor]] of [[Catanzaro]] who inquired Romano Prodi.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rizzo |first=Sergio |date=2009-04-14 |title=La svolta "operaista" di Di Pietro |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/aprile/14/svolta_operaista_Pietro_co_8_090414018.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419213415/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/aprile/14/svolta_operaista_Pietro_co_8_090414018.shtml |archive-date=19 April 2009 |website=[[Corriere della Sera]] |publisher=}}</ref> Arlacchi, De Magistris and Vattimo were all elected to the European Parliament. From the results of the European election, IdV was the fourth largest party in the country.

Following these results, Di Pietro said that IdV "will remove his name from the symbol of the party, in order to build something larger, more useful and that represents something more important". He also said that "we need to become a great progressive party that supports a proposal for a credible government".<ref>{{cite web |last=Telese |first=Luca |date=28 April 2009 |title=Di Pietro: &quot;Farò io il grande partito che sostituirà i Democratici&quot; |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/pietro-far-io-grande-partito-che-sostituir-i-democratici.html |website=[[il Giornale]]}}</ref> The party's executive decided not to remove the name of its founder, considering that name still too important for the party.

===Populist turn and discontents (2009–2013)===
[[File:Antonio Di Pietro Siena 2010.JPG|thumb|180px|[[Antonio Di Pietro]] in 2010]]
Since de Magistris's strong showing in the 2009 European election there was talk of an underground row between him and Di Pietro for the leadership of the party. Moreover, as some members of the party were entailed with corruption charges, others like [[Francesco Barbato]] urged Di Pietro to be more earnest in cleaning up the party.<ref name="Corriere 4-11">{{cite web |last=Fregonara |first=Gianna |date=4 November 2009 |title=I dipietristi a de Magistris "Così il partito va in pezzi" |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/04/dipietristi_Magistris_Cosi_partito_pezzi_co_9_091104001.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531081344/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/04/dipietristi_Magistris_Cosi_partito_pezzi_co_9_091104001.shtml |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date= |website=[[Corriere della Sera]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Franchi |first=Paolo |date=5 November 2009 |title=Il "partito personale" di Di Pietro alle prese con la questione morale |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/05/partito_personale_Pietro_alle_prese_co_9_091105014.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531081425/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/05/partito_personale_Pietro_alle_prese_co_9_091105014.shtml |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date= |website=[[Corriere della Sera]] |publisher=}}</ref> De Magistris, keen on aligning the party with the far left and the most radical groups in opposition to Berlusconi, dubbed Di Pietro as too moderate and denounced that the party "risks of becoming the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] of the third millennium".<ref name="Corriere 10-02"/> While the party's grassroots supported a change of leadership and de Magistris initially did not rule this out,<ref name="Corriere 7-11"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/la_sinistra_fa_10_domande_di_pietro/micromega-pietro/10-11-2009/articolo-id=397778-page=0-comments=1 |title=La sinistra fa 10 domande a Di Pietro - Interni - ilGiornale.it del 10-11-2009 |publisher=Ilgiornale.it |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> the party's old guard ([[Silvana Mura]],<ref name="Corriere 4-11"/> [[Massimo Donadi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/14/Magistris_faccia_retromarcia_Oppure_dovra_co_9_091114052.shtml |title=De Magistris faccia retromarcia Oppure dovrà lasciare il partito |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> [[Felice Belisario]], [[Luigi Li Gotti]] and [[Leoluca Orlando]]) staunchly defended the leader. Finally an agreement was reached between the two: during 5–7 February 2010 party congress de Magistris would support Di Pietro in exchange of a leading role in the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/novembre/17/Mossa_Magistris_iscrivo_all_Idv_co_8_091117032.shtml |title=Mossa di De Magistris: mi iscrivo all' Idv e sosterrò Di Pietro |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> In any event Di Pietro was re-elected as party president unopposed, while de Magistris did not become party secretary as he wanted.<ref name="Corriere 10-02">{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/febbraio/10/Magistris_deluso_volevo_fare_segretario_co_8_100210031.shtml |title=De Magistris deluso: volevo fare il segretario |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/febbraio/08/Pietro_governo_con_nuovi_compagni_co_8_100208027.shtml |title=Di Pietro: al governo con il Pd Sì a nuovi compagni di viaggio |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref>

The populist course taken by the party, that enforced its co-operation with the far left, and the emergence of more "extreme" figures like de Magistris led [[Pino Pisicchio]] and his centrist faction to leave the party in order to join [[Francesco Rutelli]]'s [[Alliance for Italy]] (ApI) in November 2009. While leaving the party along with other three MPs, Pisicchio told the press that lining up IdV in the "antagonist camp" was a departure from its original nature of a "centrist party of liberal-democratic inspiration".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asca.it/news-IDV__PISICCHIO__PRESTO_LASCIO_DI_PIETRO__CON_LUI_MISITI__RAZZI_E_ASTORE-872489-ORA-.html |title=Idv Pisicchio Presto Lascio Di Pietro Con Lui Misiti Razzi E Astore – Agenzia Di Stampa Asca |publisher=Asca.it |date=2004-05-26 |access-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716235225/http://www.asca.it/news-IDV__PISICCHIO__PRESTO_LASCIO_DI_PIETRO__CON_LUI_MISITI__RAZZI_E_ASTORE-872489-ORA-.html |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilriformista.it/stories/Prima%20pagina/121235/ |title=Il Riformista |publisher=Ilriformista.it |date=2009-11-06 |access-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722035947/http://www.ilriformista.it/stories/Prima%20pagina/121235/ |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> [[Giuseppe Astore]], a senator, offered similar views: "De Magistris is too far on the left for me ... . I want a reformist not an extremist party".<ref name="Corriere 7-11"/> In the summer of 2010 two MEPs, Arlacchi and [[Vincenzo Iovine]], left IdV citing the lack of democracy in the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/settembre/07/Idv_autoritario_altro_addio_tra_co_9_100907011.shtml |title="Idv autoritario" Un altro addio tra gli eurodeputati |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> Arlacchi, a former senator of the PDS, joined the PD,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/pino_arlacchi300910.html |title=L'europarlamentare Pino Arlacchi lascia l'Idv e aderisce al Pd |publisher=Affaritaliani.it |date=2010-09-30 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> while Iovine, a former Christian Democrat, the ApI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/ottobre/31/Strasburgo_Iovine_lascia_Idv_per_co_8_101031015.shtml |title=A Strasburgo Iovine lascia l' Idv per andare con Rutelli |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> In December two deputies, [[Antonio Razzi]]<ref name="corriere1">{{cite web|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/landing.html|title=Archivio Corriere della Sera|website=archivio.corriere.it}}</ref> and [[Domenico Scilipoti]],<ref name="corriere1"/> left the party in order to support [[Berlusconi IV Cabinet|Berlusconi's government]].

In early 2011 IdV proposed three [[referendum]]s. Thanks to its activists, the party was able to collect two million signatures among the Italian population in support of these referendums, which were concerned with the abrogation of the so-called ''legittimo impedimento'' (an Italian law which permits the Prime Minister to postpone potential trials if prosecuted by the judiciary), the abrogation of a law allowing the construction of [[nuclear power|nuclear power plants]] in Italy and the abrogation of a law allowing the [[Water privatization|privatisation of water]] [[water management|management]]. The [[2011 Italian referendums|referendums]] took place in June 2011 and the "yes" prevailed in all three cases.

On 30 May 2011 de Magistris was elected [[List of mayors of Naples|mayor of Naples]] by a landslide. The IdV candidate, who had received just 27.5% of the vote in the first round (enough to beat the Democratic candidate off the second round), won a thumping 65.4% of the vote against the centre-right candidate in the run-off. This was a huge success for IdV and its main ally, the [[Federation of the Left]], which together also gained the majority in the municipal council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comunali.interno.it/comunali/amm110515/C0510490.htm |title=Comune di NAPOLI (NAPOLI) - Elezioni Comunali del 15 - 16 maggio 2011 - Ministero dell'Interno |access-date=2011-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518160512/http://comunali.interno.it/comunali/amm110515/C0510490.htm |archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> On 21 May 2012 the party had another major electoral breakthrough when [[Leoluca Orlando]] was elected [[List of mayors of Palermo|mayor of Palermo]] with 72.4% of the vote in a run-off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/Speciali/Politica/2012/elezioni12/SEAS/amministrative/comunali/comune_PALERMO.shtml|title=Corriere.it - Amministrative 2012|website=www.corriere.it}}</ref> Both mayors would distance from IdV in a few years.

In October 2012 IdV came under pressure after some news inquiries reported obscurities in party finances, while suffering heavy losses in opinion polls due to the success of a new protest party led by comedian [[Beppe Grillo]], the [[Five Star Movement]] (M5S). In an interview to ''[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]'', Di Pietro declared IdV "dead" and, foreseeing its exclusion from Parliament after the next election, stated that the party would fight from the outside and would endorse the M5S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2012/11/01/di-pietro-litalia-dei-valori-e-morto-con-report-ora-risorgiamo/400595/|title=Di Pietro: "L'Italia dei Valori è morta con Report. Ora risorgiamo"|date=1 November 2012|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano}}</ref><ref name="corriere1"/> Grillo proposed Di Pietro as [[President of Italy|President of the Republic]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beppegrillo.it/2012/11/antonio_di_piet_1.html |title=Blog di Beppe Grillo - Antonio di Pietro presidente della Repubblica |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104054207/http://www.beppegrillo.it/2012/11/antonio_di_piet_1.html |archive-date=4 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but ruled out any alliance between M5S and IdV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2012/11/06/italia/grillo-nessuna-alleanza-con-di-pietro-HGQOEdyVHPicpG4xhyrDEP/pagina.html|title=Grillo: "Nessuna alleanza con Di Pietro" E vieta ai suoi di andare ai talk show|website=LaStampa.it|date=6 November 2012 }}</ref> The interview caused unrest within party ranks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2012/11/01/idv-donadi-intervista-e-necrologio-e-pardi-e-ora-di-cambiare-leader/400744/|title=Idv, Donadi: "Di Pietro è finito. Mai più nello stesso partito"|date=1 November 2012|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano}}</ref> and led to the exit of a "moderate" wing led by Massimo Donadi, who was replaced as floor leader in the Chamber by [[Antonio Borghesi]].<ref name="corriere1"/> Donadi, along with other three deputies ([[Nello Formisano]], [[Giovanni Paladini]] and [[Gaetano Porcino]]) and one senator ([[Stefano Pedica]]), launched [[Rights and Freedom]] (DL),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agi.it/politica/notizie/201211221148-pol-rt10098-donadi_lancia_diritti_e_liberta_caro_tonino_senza_rancore |title=Ultime Notizie Online &#124; Agenzia Giornalistica Italia &#124; AGI |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014303/http://www.agi.it/politica/notizie/201211221148-pol-rt10098-donadi_lancia_diritti_e_liberta_caro_tonino_senza_rancore |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ivg.it/2012/11/i-fuoriusciti-dellidv-fondano-diritti-e-liberta-marylin-fusco-la-politica-del-fare-iniziava-a-scricchiolare/|title=I fuoriusciti dell'Idv fondano "Diritti e Libertà", Marylin Fusco: "La politica del fare iniziava a scricchiolare" - IVG.it|date=22 November 2012|website=Il Vostro Giornale}}</ref> which later joined the [[Democratic Centre (Italy)|Democratic Centre]] (CD).

In October 2012, de Magistris quit the party and formed the [[Orange Movement]] (MA), which was joined by many IdV left-wingers.<ref name="corriere1"/> As soon as late December, both IdV and MA were founding components of [[Civil Revolution]] (RC), a far-left coalition led by [[Antonio Ingroia]].<ref name="corriere1"/>

===Decline and re-organisation (2013–present)===
In the [[2013 Italian general election|2013 general election]] RC won a mere 2.2% of the vote and IdV was thus out of Parliament for the first time in almost ten years.

After RC's debacle, Di Pietro resigned from party president.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unita.it/italia/speciale-elezioni-2013/di-pietro-si-dimette-da-capo-dell-idv-1.485515 |title=Di Pietro si dimette da presidente Idv - Speciale Elezioni 2013 - l'Unità - notizie online lavoro, recensioni, cinema, musica |access-date=2013-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302020752/http://www.unita.it/italia/speciale-elezioni-2013/di-pietro-si-dimette-da-capo-dell-idv-1.485515 |archive-date=2 March 2013}}</ref> On 13 May Di Pietro, on behalf of the party's executive, announced that the experience of RC was over for IdV and that the party would elect a new leader during a congress to be held in June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.italiadeivalori.it/interna/20752-lidv-riparte-congresso-straordinario-a-giugno |title=L'IdV riparte. Congresso straordinario a giugno |access-date=2013-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016050952/http://www.italiadeivalori.it/interna/20752-lidv-riparte-congresso-straordinario-a-giugno |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> In the meantime, [[Leoluca Orlando]], [[Felice Belisario]], [[Carlo Costantini]] and other leading members of IdV left the party to launch the [[139 Movement]] (139 being the number of the articles of the [[Constitution of Italy|Italian Constitution]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/palermo/notizie/politica/2013/15-giugno-2013/orlando-sfida-aperta-pdora-c-movimento-139-2221665607709.shtml|title=Orlando, sfida aperta al Pd: ora c'è il "Movimento 139"|first=Redazione|last=online|website=Corriere del Mezzogiorno}}</ref>

In the [[2014 European Parliament election in Italy|2014 European election]], IdV received just 0.65% of the vote, losing the party's remaining representation in the European Parliament.

In the party congress, convened for 28–30 June, delegates chose the new leader, a secretary instead of a president, among five candidates: [[Antonio Borghesi]], [[Matteo Castellarin]], [[Ignazio Messina]], [[Niccolò Rinaldi]] and [[Nicola Scalera]]. In the last ballot Messina was elected with 69.1% of the vote over Rinaldi, who had received the endorsements of Borghesi, Castellarin and Scalera.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2013/06/30/news/idv_messina_il_nuovo_segretario-62126586/|title=Idv, Messina è il nuovo segretario.Eletto con il 69,11% dei voti del congresso|date=30 June 2013|website=La Repubblica}}</ref> In October Di Pietro left the party altogether.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nome |url=http://www.antoniodipietro.it/2014/10/coraggio-e-tempo-di-ricominciare |title=Antonio Di Pietro » Blog Archive » Coraggio è tempo di ricominciare |language=it |publisher=Antoniodipietro.it |date=2019-03-13 |access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>

Since 2015 the party was joined by three senators ([[Alessandra Bencini]], [[Maurizio Romani]] and [[Francesco Molinari (politician)|Francesco Molinari]]) and saw the return of a deputy (Formisano). In 2017, Formisano left again in order to join the [[Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement|Democratic and Progressive Movement]] (MDP), which was also joined by Di Pietro.

In December 2017 IdV was a founding member of the [[Popular Civic List]] (CP), a centrist electoral list within the centre-left coalition, along with [[Popular Alternative]] (AP), the [[Centrists for Europe]] (CpE), [[Solidary Democracy]] (DemoS), the [[Union for Trentino]] (UpT), [[Italy Is Popular]] (IP), and minor parties/groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/12/29/news/nasce_la_lista_centrista_alleata_col_pd_sara_guidata_da_lorenzin-185423728/|title=Elezioni, Renzi attacca "l'innaturale alleanza popolari-populisti". Orlando chiede scelte condivise|date=29 December 2017|website=Repubblica.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/12/29/centrosinistra-ce-anche-il-terzo-mini-alleato-del-pd-civica-popolare-guidata-dalla-lorenzin-simbolo-una-margherita/4065143/|title=Centrosinistra, c'è anche il terzo mini-alleato del Pd: Civica Popolare guidata dalla Lorenzin. Simbolo? Una margherita - Il Fatto Quotidiano|date=2017-12-29|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=2018-01-01|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2017-12-29/nasce-civica-popolare-lista-centrista-il-pd-lorenzin-guida--132250.shtml?uuid=AEuo2fYD|title=Nasce "Civica Popolare", lista centrista alleata con il Pd: Lorenzin alla guida|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|date=29 December 2017 }}</ref>

In the [[2018 Italian general election|2018 general election]], CP obtained 0.5% and no seats, and IdV was again excluded from Parliament.

In 2022, Ignazio Messina announced the federation of IdV with [[Us with Italy]] and the support for [[Us Moderates]] (a centrist list within the [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right coalition]]) in the [[2022 Italian general election|2022 general election]].<ref>[https://www.telemontekronio.it/index.php/attualita/item/18979-italia-dei-valori-sostiene-noi-moderati-centrodestra-accordo-tra-messina-e-lupi Italia dei Valori sostiene Noi Moderati (centrodestra), accordo tra Messina e Lupi]</ref>