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| country = ItalyThe People of Family}}}}The People of Family (, PdF), is a social conservative political party in Italy.È nato il Popolo della Famiglia (in Italian) Its leader and President is Mario Adinolfi, writer and director of La Croce newspaper and former member of the Democratic Party.Il Popolo della Famiglia (in Italian)In a July 13, 2023 report, the anti-extremist organization Global Project Against Hate and Extremism designated The People of Family as an anti-LGBTQ+ and religious nationalist organization.WEB, GPAHE report: Far-Right Hate and Extremist Groups in Italy,weblink 2023-08-11, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, en-US,

Ideology

The party was founded in March 2016 to establish a political representation to the people who had participated at the two "Family Day"s, the first one beheld in Piazza San Giovanni the 20th of June 2015 and the second one hosted in Circus Maximus in Rome the 30th of January 2016.Difendiamo i nostri figli (in Italian)The People of Family is a non-confessional and value-based political subject of Christian inspiration, focused on the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, open to non-believers and other religious confessions who share its program in defense of "non-negotiable" values: the right to life from conception to natural death, the centrality of the family as established by Article 29 of the Italian Constitution ("the family as the first natural community based on marriage") and children's right to have a father and a mother. The PdF also opposes same-sex couples' adoption rights.The People of Family's values are mainly centered on the Christian faith, which built the historical and cultural identity of Italy and Europe, another fundamental value being represented by the family. According to PdF members, they are the heirs of the great tradition of the Italian People's Party of Don Luigi Sturzo.Il Popolo della Famiglia – Il Programma (in Italian)The People of Family formed a joint list with Popular Alternative for the 2019 European Parliament election.WEB,weblink Presentato il simbolo AP per le elezioni europee 2019, 2019-04-07, Alternativa Popolare, it-IT, 2019-04-16, On the occasion of the 2022 general election, the PdF formed a political alliance with Exit, a party led by Simone Di Stefano (former leader of CasaPound), founding a joint electoral list named Alternative for Italy.Mario Adinolfi e Simone Di Stefano fondano un nuovo partito: Alternativa per l’Italia

Controversies

The party was labeled by some political commentators as a Christian fundamentalist movement.Mario Adinolfi, nuovo guru degli ultra cattoliciMario Adinolfi, dieci motivi per cui cantare ‘Meno male che Marione c’è’

Secretaries

• Mario Adinolfi (2016-2017)
• Gianfranco Amato (2017-2020)
• Nicola Di Matteo (2020-in charge)

National Congress

• 1° National Congress 6–7 June 2020, Pomezia (Province of Rome)

Electoral results

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Symbols

The People of Family logo.png|Official logoIl Popolo della Famiglia 2019.png|2019 European election

References

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External links

• Official website
• The People of Family Facebook

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