# Democracy and Autonomy

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**Democracy and Autonomy** (Italian: *Democrazia e Autonomia*; **DemA**) is a [political party](/source/Political_party) in Italy, based in [Campania](/source/Campania). Its founder and leader is [Luigi de Magistris](/source/Luigi_de_Magistris_(politician)), former [mayor of Naples](/source/Mayor_of_Naples) and former [MEP](/source/Member_of_the_European_Parliament) for [Italy of Values](/source/Italy_of_Values).

## History

DemA was launched as an association by Mayor of [Naples](/source/Naples), [Luigi de Magistris](/source/Luigi_de_Magistris_(politician)), and his associates in 2015.[2]

In the [Naples municipal election](/source/2016_Italian_local_elections#Naples) DemA (7.6%) was among the lists which supported [Luigi de Magistris](/source/Luigi_de_Magistris_(politician)) re-election as mayor (42.8% in the first round and 66.9% in the run-off). Its local partners were Naples in Common to the Left (a joint list of [Italian Left](/source/Italian_Left), [Possible](/source/Possible_(Italy)), [The Other Europe](/source/The_Other_Europe), the [Communist Refoundation Party](/source/Communist_Refoundation_Party), the [Italian Communist Party](/source/Italian_Communist_Party_(2016)) and [Green Italia](/source/Green_Italia)), the [Federation of the Greens](/source/Federation_of_the_Greens), the [Democratic Republicans](/source/Democratic_Republicans_(Italy)), [Italy of Values](/source/Italy_of_Values), the [Party of the South](/source/Party_of_the_South_(Italy)) and six [civic lists](/source/Civic_list_(Italy)).[3]

In December 2018, De Magistris launched a new political coalition of left-wing political organizations, with the intention of running in the [2019 European election](/source/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Italy).[4]

## References

1. Carlo Formenti (3 December 2017). ["De Magistris, il populista di sinistra tra luci e ombre"](https://www.sinistrainrete.info/articoli-brevi/11110-carlo-formenti-de-magistris-il-populista-di-sinistra-tra-luci-e-ombre.html). *MicroMega*

1. ["De Magistris lancia l'associazione "Dema""](http://www.napolitoday.it/politica/dema-associazione-de-magistris.html). Retrieved 14 August 2018.

1. ["Comune di Napoli – Campania – Elezioni Comunali – Risultati – Ballottaggio – 5 giugno 2016"](http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/napoli.html). Retrieved 14 August 2018.

1. Pollice, Adriano (23 November 2018). ["De Magistris lancia la coalizione civica contro "l'onda nera""](https://ilmanifesto.it/de-magistris-lancia-la-coalizione-civica-contro-londa-nera/) [De Magistris launches the civic coalition against the "black wave"] (in Italian). *[Il manifesto](/source/Il_manifesto)*. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.dem-a.it/)

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