People and Territory

People and Territory (Popolo e Territorio, PT), originally Responsible Initiative (Iniziativa Responsabile), was a centre-right parliamentary party active in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in 2011–2013.

On 23 March 2011, Francesco Saverio Romano, a group member, was appointed minister of Agriculture.

[3] On 5 May 2011 Silvio Berlusconi appointed three under-secretaries from PT/IR: Giampiero Catone (Environment), Bruno Cesario and Catia Polidori (Economy and Finance).

[4] The group included:[5] The group originally included also 4 others deputies of We the South (NS): Elio Belcastro (who was appointed under-secretary for the Environment by Berlusconi on 28 July 2007, in representation of IR/PT,[4] Arturo Iannaccone, Americo Porfidia and Lucio Sardelli (who left the party in the summer of 2011).

Three more deputies from the PdL (Mario Pepe,[4] Gerardo Soglia and Carlo Nola) were members of the group for some time.