{{Infobox political party | name = Now! | native_name = Ora! | logo = ORA! - logo, background (Italy, 2025).svg | logo_size = 160px | colorcode = {{party color|Ora!}} | leader1_title = Secretary | leader1_name = Michele Boldrin<ref name="extremecenter">{{Cite web |title=Come nasce un partito di "estremo centro" |trans-title=How a "far-center" party is born |url=https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/nascita-partito-ora-movimento-drin-drin|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251121134500/https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/nascita-partito-ora-movimento-drin-drin|archive-date=21 November 2025 |date=13 October 2025 |access-date=14 October 2025 |website=Pagella Politica |language=it}}</ref> | leader2_title = President | leader2_name = Alberto Forchielli<ref name="extremecenter"/> | leader3_title = Vice-secretary | leader3_name = | leader4_title = Vice-president | leader4_name = Marco Becattini | founded = Association: {{Start date|2024|9|06|df=y}}<br>Party: {{Start date and age|2025|07|04|df=y}} | headquarters = {{ubl|Via Cavour 104|40026 Imola, Italy<ref name="statute_october2025">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2025 |date=12 October 2025 |title=Statuto |trans-title=Statute | language=IT |url=https://ora-italia.it/statuto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251122170838/https://ora-italia.it/statuto/ |archive-date=22 November 2025 |website=ora-italia}}</ref>}} | membership_year = 2025 | membership = 15,000<ref name="2025_membership">{{cite web |title=Homepage Movimento Drin Drin |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/drin-drin-michele-boldrin-966892.html |language=IT |date=31 December 2025}}</ref> | ideology = Radical centrism<ref name="extreme_centre">{{cite web|first1=Alberto |last1=Maggi |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/drin-drin-michele-boldrin-966892.html| title=Drin Drin, "intendiamo costruire un'entità politica di estremo centro". |trans-title=Drin Drin, "we intend to build an extreme centre political entity". | language=IT | date=28 April 2025|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429043743/https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/drin-drin-michele-boldrin-966892.html |archive-date=29 April 2025 |access-date=22 November 2025 }}</ref><br>Pragmatism<ref name="site_proposal">{{cite web|url=https://ora-italia.it/proposta/|title=ORA! La nostra proposta |trans-title=NOW! Our political proposal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251122201630/https://ora-italia.it/proposta |archive-date=22 November 2025 |language=IT}}</ref> | position = Centre<ref name="det">{{Cite web|first1=Zack |last1=Oudrhiri |date=28 October 2025 |title=Drin Drin: Italy's Economic Exodus Forges the Ora! Party - Daily Euro Times |url=https://dailyeurotimes.com/drin-drin-italys-economic-exodus-forges-the-ora-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251101072409/https://dailyeurotimes.com/drin-drin-italys-economic-exodus-forges-the-ora-party/ |archive-date=1 November 2025 |access-date=29 October 2025 |website=dailyeurotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> | national = | european = | slogan = "''Il Coraggio dell'Ovvio''"{{efn|name=translation_slogan|English: The Courage to do what's Obvious}}<ref name="programmatic_declaration">{{cite web|access-date=30 October 2025 |date=November 2024 |title=Il Coraggio dell'Ovvio - Dichiarazione programmatica per il Movimento Drin Drin |trans-title=The Courage to do what's Obvious - Programmatic declaration for the Ring Ring Movement | language=IT |url=https://movimentodrindrin.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Il-Coraggio-dellOvvio-Dichiarazione-programmatica-per-il-Movimento-Drin-Drin.pdf |website=Movimento Drin Drin}}</ref> | colors = {{color box|{{party color|Ora!}}|border=darkgray}} Yellow {{color box|Black |border=darkgray}} Black | website = {{URL|ora-italia.it}} | country = Italy }} '''Ora!''' (stylized '''ORA!''', English: Now!), previously named '''Drin Drin''' (English: Ring Ring) movement,<ref name=":0" /> is a centrist political party in Italy.<ref name="det"/><ref name="Repubblica-2025June12">{{Cite news |title=Forchielli e Boldrin lanciano il movimento 'Drin drin': 'Sarà un partito in autunno' |date=13 April 2025|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/04/13/news/forchielli_boldrin_movimento_drin_drin_partito-424125315/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250612214129/https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/04/13/news/forchielli_boldrin_movimento_drin_drin_partito-424125315/ |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=la Repubblica |trans-title=Forchielli and Boldrin launch 'Drin drin' movement: 'It will be a party in the fall' |url-access=subscription |language=IT |format=}}</ref><ref name="IlRestodelCarlino-2025April11"->{{Cite news |title='Drin Drin', nasce la nuova associazione politica |last=Redazione Bologna |date=11 April 2025 |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/drin-drin-nasce-la-nuova-57b56b42 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612221019/https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/drin-drin-nasce-la-nuova-57b56b42 |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=il Resto del Carlino |trans-title='Drin Drin,' new political association born |language=IT |format=}}</ref>
==History== On 7 July 2024, entrepreneur Alberto Forchielli, during a co-hosted YouTube livestream called ''Drin Drin'', discussed an article published in ''Il Sole 24 Ore'' reporting that between 2008 and 2022, 525,000 young Italians fled abroad in search of higher wages and better job opportunities.<ref name="youth_alarm">{{cite news |first1=Cristina |last1=Casadei |first2=Claudio |last2=Tucci |title=Allarme giovani, il 35% degli under 30 è pronto a lasciare l'Italia per avere salari più alti |trans-title=Youth alarm: 35% of under-30s are ready to leave Italy for higher salaries |date=7 July 2024 |url=https://www.quotidiano.ilsole24ore.com/art.php?t=S24&e=SOLE&i=20240707&artid=1957880 |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=it-IT |work=Il Sole 24 Ore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708000150/https://www.quotidiano.ilsole24ore.com/art.php?t=S24&e=SOLE&i=20240707&artid=1957880 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> When economist Michele Boldrin remarked on the lack of reaction among youngsters, Forchielli argued that a new party inspired by the ideas of Act to Stop the Decline (the party Boldrin co-founded in 2012) could be successful and offer new hope to young people in Italy.<ref name="Barbera-2025">{{Cite news |title="Drin Drin", nasce il movimento centrista di Alberto Forchielli |last=Barbera |first=Alessandra |date=10 March 2025 |url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2025/03/10/news/movimento_drin_drin_alberto_forchielli-15044569/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250612214617/https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2025/03/10/news/movimento_drin_drin_alberto_forchielli-15044569/ |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=La Stampa |trans-title=“Drin Drin,” Alberto Forchielli's centrist movement is born |url-access=subscription |language=IT |format=}}</ref> Boldrin was skeptical but challenged their viewers to find 1,000 people willing to volunteer for a new party by sending them an email within 15 days.<ref name="original_video">{{cite web |title=Drin-Drin: Ottimista contro Pessimista! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYjYjLHOcs |website=YouTube |publisher=Michele Boldrin |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715053412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYjYjLHOcs |archive-date=15 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="no_alliance">{{Cite news |title=Drin Drin, spunta un nuovo partitino al centro: "Ci cercano ma non faremo alleanze" |last=Monticelli |first=Luca |date=31 January 2025 |url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2025/01/31/news/drin_drin_spunta_un_nuovo_partitino_al_centro_ci_cercano_ma_non_faremo_alleanze-14975729/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250526145037/https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_aprile_13/il-movimento-drin-drin-di-alberto-forchielli-e-michele-boldrin-diventera-un-partito-rilanciamo-il-centro-estremo-prodi-voleva-70a0335d-8ebd-407f-9ec9-c38e3cdccxlk.shtml |archive-date=26 May 2025 |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=La Stampa |trans-title=Drin Drin, new party pops up at the center: “They're looking for us but we won't make alliances” |language=IT |format=}}</ref><ref name="new_ATSTD">{{cite news |last1=Sebastiani |first1=Luca |title=Boldrin e Forchielli lanciano una raccolta firme per il nuovo Fare per Fermare il Declino: "A settembre vediamo cosa fare" |trans-title=Boldrin and Forchielli launch a petition for the new "Act to Stop the Decline" initiative: "We'll see what we can do in September". |url=https://www.ilriformista.it/boldrin-e-forchielli-lanciano-una-raccolta-firme-per-il-nuovo-fare-per-fermare-il-declino-a-settembre-vediamo-cosa-fare-429247/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Il Riformista |date=9 July 2024 |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710022731/https://www.ilriformista.it/boldrin-e-forchielli-lanciano-una-raccolta-firme-per-il-nuovo-fare-per-fermare-il-declino-a-settembre-vediamo-cosa-fare-429247/ |archive-date=10 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The goal was reached overnight and fifteen days later, during a livestream, they announced that 9,100 people had sent an email.<ref name="bet">{{cite web |title=Drin Drin: scommessa vinta, persa o pareggiata? |trans-title=Drin Drin: bet won, lost, or drawn? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zG76GkQyI |website=YouTube |publisher=Alberto Forchielli |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=21 July 2024}}</ref> As a result, they decided to launch an association, provisionally called Drin Drin, as a political incubator for a new party, since both of them initially refused to become the leaders of the new party.<ref name="refused1">{{cite web |title=DRIN-DRIN suona anche a Ferragosto |trans-title=DRIN-DRIN also rings on August 15th |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFPkaZUGok&t=1835s |website=YouTube |publisher=Michele Boldrin |access-date=24 November 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=14 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="refused2">{{cite web |title=Serata in miniera da Ivan Grieco |trans-title=Evening in the mine with Ivan Grieco |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZB8gdSCx5s&t=2294s |website=YouTube |publisher=Michele Boldrin |access-date=24 November 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=15 September 2024}}</ref> On 6 September, the statute was filed,<ref name="statute2024">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2025 |date=September 2024 |title=STATUTO DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE “Movimento del Drin Drin” |trans-title=STATUTE OF THE ASSOCIATION “Drin Drin Movement” | language=IT |url=https://movimentodrindrin.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Movimento-del-Drin-Drin-Statuto-non-firmato.pdf}}</ref> and on 15 September, the official website was launched, allowing people to register to the association.<ref name="bet"/><ref name="serious">{{cite news |first1=Davide |last1=Leo |title=Boldrin e Forchielli fanno sul serio |trans-title=Boldrin and Forchielli are serious |url=https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/boldrin-forchielli-drin-drin |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Pagella Politica |date=5 November 2024 |language=IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107151847/https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/boldrin-forchielli-drin-drin |archive-date=7 November 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="incubator">{{cite news |last1=Sebastiani |first1=Luca |title=L'iniziativa di Boldrin e Forchielli: "Incubare un soggetto politico con pazienza, chi occupa il centro oggi ha fallito" |trans-title=Boldrin and Forchielli's initiative: "Patiently nurture a political entity; those occupying the center today have failed." |url=https://www.ilriformista.it/iniziativa-boldrin-forchielli-incubare-soggetto-politico-con-pazienza-chi-occupa-centro-oggi-ha-fallito-430047/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Il Riformista |date=15 July 2024 |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715144051/https://www.ilriformista.it/iniziativa-boldrin-forchielli-incubare-soggetto-politico-con-pazienza-chi-occupa-centro-oggi-ha-fallito-430047/ |archive-date=15 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="no_left_right">{{cite news |first1=Marco |last1=Bettazzi |title=L'economista youtuber Alberto Forchielli fonda il Movimento Drin Drin: "Tra un anno saremo un partito né di destra né di sinistra: di sopra" |trans-title=Economist YouTuber Alberto Forchielli founds the Drin Drin Movement: "In a year, we'll be a party that's neither right nor left: above." |url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/09/06/news/leconomista_youtuber_alberto_forchielli_fonda_il_movimento_drin_drin_tra_un_anno_saremo_un_partito_ne_di_destra_ne_di_sin-423482119/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=la Repubblica |url-access=subscription |date=6 September 2024 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906084036/https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/09/06/news/leconomista_youtuber_alberto_forchielli_fonda_il_movimento_drin_drin_tra_un_anno_saremo_un_partito_ne_di_destra_ne_di_sin-423482119/ |archive-date=6 September 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Members can discuss their ideas in seventeen thematic groups on Discord, as each group is responsible for drafting multiple position papers that would define the manifesto of the party.<ref name="discord_position_papers">{{cite news |first1=Andrea |last1=Cozzetto |first2= Filippo |last2=Caon |title=L'associazione Drin Drin: da sfida a proposta politica |trans-title=The Drin Drin association: from challenge to political proposal |url=https://stampagiovanile.it/2025/04/09/drin-drin-sfida-proposta-politica/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=stampagiovanile.it |date=9 April 2025 |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409142834/https://stampagiovanile.it/2025/04/09/drin-drin-sfida-proposta-politica/ |archive-date=9 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Each commission emended the papers and the theses using GitHub.<ref name="extremecenter"/> Media coverage of the launch followed in April 2025.<ref name="12april_bologna">{{cite news |first1= Nicola Maria |last1=Servillo |title=Drin Drin, la sveglia dei centristi parte da Bologna: il nuovo movimento di Forchielli e Boldrin {{!}} VIDEO |trans-title=Drin Drin, the centrists' wake-up call starts in Bologna: Forchielli and Boldrin's new movement {{!}} VIDEO |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/movimento-drin-drin-boldrin-forchielli.html |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=BolognaToday |language=it}}</ref><ref name="salaries">{{cite news |last1=Donigaglia |first1=Luca |title="In Italia stipendi intollerabili, mostruosi, dobbiamo fare come gli Usa": la sveglia di Forchielli parte da Bologna con 'Drin drin' |trans-title="In Italy, salaries are intolerable, monstrous. We must do as the US does." Forchielli's wake-up call comes from Bologna with "Drin drin." |url=https://www.dire.it/12-04-2025/1140303-alberto-forchielli-bologna-imprese-drin-drin/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Agenzia Dire |date=12 April 2025 |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250412184415/https://www.dire.it/12-04-2025/1140303-alberto-forchielli-bologna-imprese-drin-drin/ |archive-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="provisory_name">{{cite news| first1=Massimiliano|last1=Mazzanti |title=Drin drin, il nuovo partito è appena nato e già cambia nome |trans-title=Drin drin, the new party has just been born and is already changing its name |url=https://www.bolognacronaca.it/news/home/495402/drin-drin-il-nuovo-partito-e-appena-nato-e-gia-cambia-nome.html |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=www.bolognacronaca.it |date=12 April 2025 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524171624/https://www.bolognacronaca.it/news/home/495402/drin-drin-il-nuovo-partito-e-appena-nato-e-gia-cambia-nome.html |archive-date=24 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rosano-2025">{{Cite news |title=Il Movimento Drin Drin di Alberto Forchielli e Michele Boldrin: "Diventerà un partito, rilanciamo il centro estremo. Prodi voleva farci desistere" |trans-title=Alberto Forchielli and Michele Boldrin's Drin Drin Movement: "It will become a party; let's relaunch the extreme center. Prodi wanted to discourage us." |last=Rosano |first=Francesco |date=13 April 2025 |url=https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_aprile_13/il-movimento-drin-drin-di-alberto-forchielli-e-michele-boldrin-diventera-un-partito-rilanciamo-il-centro-estremo-prodi-voleva-70a0335d-8ebd-407f-9ec9-c38e3cdccxlk.shtml?refresh_ce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612203621/https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_aprile_13/il-movimento-drin-drin-di-alberto-forchielli-e-michele-boldrin-diventera-un-partito-rilanciamo-il-centro-estremo-prodi-voleva-70a0335d-8ebd-407f-9ec9-c38e3cdccxlk.shtml |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=Corriere di Bologna |language=it}}</ref> On 18 May 2025, with about 13,000 members, over half of whom were under 40,<ref name="abano">{{Cite web |title=Ad Abano Terme nasce “ORA!”: il nuovo partito politico di centro guidato da innovazione, giovani e diritti civili |trans-title="NOW!" is born in Abano Terme: a new centrist political party driven by innovation, youth, and civil rights. |url=https://www.primapaginanews.it/articoli/ad-abano-terme-nasce-ora-il-nuovo-partito-politico-di-centro-guidato-da-innovazione-giovani-e-diritti-civili-550433 |date=8 October 2025|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251107025040/https://primapaginanews.it/articoli/ad-abano-terme-nasce-ora-il-nuovo-partito-politico-di-centro-guidato-da-innovazione-giovani-e-diritti-civili-550433 |archive-date=7 November 2025 |access-date=8 November 2025 |website=www.primapaginanews.it |language=it}}</ref> the deadline passed to register in order to have active and passive voting rights for the party's founding Congress, scheduled for 10–12 October 2025.<ref name="vote_school_flashmob">{{cite web |title=Voto, Scuola, Flash-Mob, Congresso. E poi? |trans-title=Vote, School, Flash Mob, Congress. And then what? |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/q-2XSd4tJ7Y?si=rDQhKSZAWXYtQalg |website=YouTube |publisher=ORA! |access-date=2 July 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=2 July 2025}}</ref> All registered members were eligible to run as delegates.<ref name="delegates">{{Cite news |title=Il movimento di Forchielli: "In 14mila con 'Drin Drin'. Al centro per innovare" |last=Degliesposti |first=Cristina |date=31 May 2025|url=https://www.quotidiano.net/politica/il-movimento-di-forchielli-in-2e5ccfbd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612223414/https://www.quotidiano.net/politica/il-movimento-di-forchielli-in-2e5ccfbd |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Quotidiano.net |trans-title=Forchielli's movement: "In 14,000 with ‘Drin Drin’. At the center to innovate." |location=Imola, Bologna |language=it }}</ref> In July 2025, internal elections were held and 373 delegates were elected.<ref name="election_result">{{cite web |title=Comunicazione risultati Congresso |trans-title=Communication of the results of the Congress |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/eCfr68kHSFE?si=PfutGFkqc24dhrR0 |website=YouTube |publisher=ORA! |access-date=21 November 2025 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=4 July 2024}}</ref> On 1 October 2025, it was officially announced that the name the newly founded political party will be changed in "Ora! Il Coraggio dell'Ovvio".{{efn|name=translation_slogan}}<ref name="programmatic_declaration" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=È arrivata l'Ora! |trans-title=Now! It's the time |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3OCjAJTJhI |website=YouTube |publisher=Drin Drin |language=it |date=1 October 2025 |access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref> The delegates attended a political training school in Urbino and, at the founding Congress, elected the 100 members of the Assembly, the executive committee using single transferable vote, Boldrin as secretary, and Forchielli as president.<ref name="Rosano-2025" /><ref name="now_is_born">{{Cite web |title=È nato il partito politico "Ora!". E' il veneto Michele Boldrin il segretario |trans-title=The political party "Now!" has been founded. Michele Boldrin, from Veneto, is its secretary. |url=https://www.padovaoggi.it/politica/nato-partito-politico-ora-veneto-segretario-michele-boldrin.html |date=14 October 2025 |access-date=14 October 2025 |website=PadovaOggi |language=it}}</ref><ref name="extremecenter"/>
Following indications in the preceding months,<ref name="bologna_mayor1">{{Cite web |title=Chi è Alberto Forchielli, l’imprenditore candidato a sindaco di Bologna nel 2027 |trans-title=Who is Alberto Forchielli, the entrepreneur running for mayor of Bologna in 2027? |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/politica/alberto-forchielli-candidato-sindaco-2027-r8wker2s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016134155/https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/politica/alberto-forchielli-candidato-sindaco-2027-r8wker2s |archive-date=16 October 2025 |date=16 October 2025 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=Il Resto del Carlino |language=it}}</ref> Forchielli formally announced on 10 December 2025 his candidacy for Mayor of Bologna in the 2027 municipal elections with Ora!,<ref name="bologna_mayor2">{{Cite web |title=L’imprenditore Alberto Forchielli lancia la sua candidatura a sindaco di Bologna |trans-title=Entrepreneur Alberto Forchielli launches his candidacy for mayor of Bologna |url=https://e-tv.it/2025/12/11/limprenditore-alberto-forchielli-lancia-la-sua-candidatura-a-sindaco-di-bologna |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223235532/https://e-tv.it/2025/12/11/limprenditore-alberto-forchielli-lancia-la-sua-candidatura-a-sindaco-di-bologna/ |archive-date=23 December 2025 |date=11 December 2025 |access-date=23 December 2025 |website=èTv |language=it}}</ref><ref name="ora_candidacy">{{cite web |title= Dove sei stato cosa hai fatto mai? AF&MB |trans-title= Where have you been, what have you ever done? AF&MB |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/gOOs1IARIQg?si=UFo2VpR-dcs41g8a&t=2274 |website=YouTube |publisher=ORA! |access-date=22 January 2026 |language=it-IT |format=Video |date=30 November 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> campaigning as an "extreme centre" candidate against the left-wing incumbent Matteo Lepore and seeking support from the local right wing.<ref name="bologna_mayor3">{{Cite web |first1=Marco|last1=Merlini|title=Forchielli si candida a sindaco: boccia Lepore e guarda subito a destra |trans-title=Forchielli is running for mayor, rejecting Lepore and immediately looking to the right. |url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/12/11/news/alberto_forchielli_lancio_candidatura_sindaco_bologna-425034426/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251211065914/https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/12/11/news/alberto_forchielli_lancio_candidatura_sindaco_bologna-425034426/ |archive-date=11 December 2025 |date=11 December 2025 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=La Repubblica |language=it|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Andrea Paccagnella, a chartered accountant, was the candidate of Ora! in the by-election for the Selvazzano Dentro constituency, called following the resignation of Massimo Bitonci, in which he obtained 4,32% of the preferences.<ref name="paccagnella1">{{Cite web |first1=Milva|last1=Andrioli|first2=Anna|last2=De Zen|title=Suppletive, da Padova e Rovigo sette candidati per sostituire Stefani e Bitonci a Montecitorio |trans-title=By-elections: Seven candidates from Padua and Rovigo to replace Stefani and Bitonci in Montecitorio. |url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/veneto/video/2026/02/elezioni-suppletive-candidati-collegio-uninominale-rovigo-selvazzano-dentro-padova-montecitorio-alberto-stefani-massimo-bitonci-73801e73-790d-4612-9043-a84dc345f781.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260217174816/https://www.rainews.it/tgr/veneto/video/2026/02/elezioni-suppletive-candidati-collegio-uninominale-rovigo-selvazzano-dentro-padova-montecitorio-alberto-stefani-massimo-bitonci-73801e73-790d-4612-9043-a84dc345f781.html |archive-date=17 February 2026 |date=17 February 2026 |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=Rai News |language=it}}</ref><ref name="paccagnella2">{{Cite web |first1=|last1=|title=Suppletive, sette aspiranti per due scranni alla Camera. E nella Lega è ancora polemica |trans-title=Seven candidates are running for two seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the by-election. And controversy continues within the League. |url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/primopiano/suppletive_elezioni_candidati_padova_rovigo-9363980.html?refresh_ce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260217175105/https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/primopiano/suppletive_elezioni_candidati_padova_rovigo-9363980.html |archive-date=17 February 2026 |date=17 February 2026 |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=Il Gazzettino |language=it}}</ref><ref name = "selvazzano_by_election">{{cite web |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/risultati/20260322/camera/scrutini/italia/050812 |title=Referendum costituzionale e Suppletive Camera 22-23 marzo 2026 |trans-title=Constitutional Referendum and By-election in the Chamber of Deputies, March 22-23, 2026|publisher=Ministero dell'Interno |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260324150121/https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/risultati/20260322/camera/scrutini/italia/050812 |archive-date=24 March 2026 |date=23 March 2026|access-date=24 March 2026 |language=it}}</ref>
Michele Boldrin formally announced his candidacy for Mayor of Venice in the 2026 municipal elections with Ora!, during a public conference held at the M9 Meet hall in Mestre.<ref name="boldrin_venice1">{{Cite web |title=C'è un nuovo candidato sindaco per Venezia: è l'economista Michele Boldrin |trans-title=There is a new mayoral candidate for Venice: economist Michele Boldrin |url=https://www.veneziatoday.it/politica/elezioni/comunali-2026/boldrin-ora-lancio-candidato.html |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |date=27 March 2026 |access-date=2 April 2026 |website=VeneziaToday |language=it}}</ref><ref name="boldrin_venice2">{{Cite web |last1=Giuliani |first1=Yasmine |title=Anche Michele Boldrin si candida a sindaco di Venezia |trans-title=Michele Boldrin also runs for mayor of Venice |url=https://primavenezia.it/politica/anche-michele-boldrin-si-candida-a-sindaco-di-venezia-con-il-movimento-ora/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260405022934/https://primavenezia.it/politica/anche-michele-boldrin-si-candida-a-sindaco-di-venezia-con-il-movimento-ora/ |archive-date=5 April 2026 |date=28 March 2026 |access-date=2 April 2026 |website=Prima Venezia |language=it}}</ref> He led an autonomous centrist coalition focused on innovation and advanced services, as an alternative to the traditional centre-left and centre-right blocs.<ref name="boldrin_venice3">{{Cite web |title=Michele Boldrin si candida a sindaco: «Il declino di Venezia non è inevitabile» |trans-title=Michele Boldrin runs for mayor: "Venice's decline is not inevitable" |url=https://www.nuovavenezia.it/cronaca/michele-boldrin-candidato-sindaco-venezia-comunali-qd4vy13q |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260405023239/https://www.nuovavenezia.it/cronaca/michele-boldrin-candidato-sindaco-venezia-comunali-qd4vy13q |archive-date=5 April 2026 |date=28 March 2026 |access-date=2 April 2026 |website=La Nuova Venezia |language=it}}</ref> Boldrin arrived third with 3.44% of the votes, after the two main candidates and was elected to the city council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comune di Venezia |url=https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/risultati/20260524/comunali/scrutini/primoturno/050870420 |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=elezioni.interno.gov.it |language=it}}</ref>
==Congresses== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Congress ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Duration<br><small>(start—end)</small> ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Candidates ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Elected ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Membership<br><small>(with voting rights)</small> ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | Place ! scope="col" rowspan="3" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="col" colspan="2" | 90% ! scope="col" colspan="1" | 10% |- ! Local districts ! Foreign districts ! Universal district |- | align="left" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | '''1st Congress''' | align="center" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | 10 October 2025<br>–<br>12 October 2025 | align="center" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | 513 | align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 296 | align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 39 | align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 38 | align="center" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | 13,054 | align="center" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | Abano Terme, Veneto | align="center" scope="row" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;" | <ref name="election_result" /> |- | align="center" scope="row" colspan="3"|'''373''' |}
== Leadership == From 6 September 2024 until 4 July 2025, Michele Boldrin and Alberto Forchielli served as co-president of the Drin Drin association.<ref name="statute2024"/> From 4 July 2025 until 11 October 2025, they acted as ''ad interim'' secretary and president, respectively.<ref name="statute_july2025">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2025 |date=4 July 2025 |title=Statuto |trans-title=Statute | language=IT |url=https://movimentodrindrin.it/statuto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714160452/https://movimentodrindrin.it/statuto/ |archive-date=14 July 2025 |website=Movimento Drin Drin}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" |- !colspan="3"|Name<br />(born–died) !Term start !Term end !Duration |- !colspan=7|Secretary |- |style="background: {{party color|Ora!}};"| |90px |'''Michele Boldrin'''<br />(born 1956) |4 July<br>2025 |Incumbent |{{age in years and days|4 July 2025}} |- !colspan=7|President |- |style="background: {{party color|Ora!}};"| |90px |'''Alberto Forchielli'''<br />(born 1955) |4 July<br>2025 |Incumbent |{{age in years and days|4 July 2025}} |}
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==References== {{reflist}} <br> {{notelist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [https://ora-italia.it/ Official website (Now!)] * [https://movimentodrindrin.it/ Official website (Drin Drin Movement)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240922152023/https://movimentodrindrin.it/manifesto/ ''Manifesto (2024)''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20250528020311/https://movimentodrindrin.it/codice-etico/ ''Code of Ethics (2024)''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20251122170838/https://ora-italia.it/statuto/ ''Statute (October 2025)'']
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