Always Forward () was a liberal and centrist faction within the Democratic Party (PD),Associazione Sempre Avanti a political party in Italy. Its leaders were Roberto Giachetti and Anna Ascani, close advisors of Matteo Renzi, party's former national secretary and former Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 to December 2016.Da Boschi a Giachetti, ad Assisi l’ultima giornata della convention di «Sempre avanti»
The movement rose around Giachetti's candidacy as secretary in March 2019 leadership election, where he arrived third, gaining 12% of votes.PD. Zingaretti 68%, Martina 20%, Giachetti 12% Always Forward was considered Renzi's most loyal faction, which opposed any deal with secretary Nicola Zingaretti, a social democrat.Ecco perché il Pd si deve sciogliere domani (e il futuro del centrosinistra è un nuovo Ulivo)
On 17 September, during an interview to Italian newspaper la Repubblica, Renzi announced his intention to leave the PD, and create new parliamentary groups, led by himself. On the same day, interviewed by Bruno Vespa during the late-night TV talk-show Porta a Porta, he officially launched Italia Viva (IV). Almost every member of Always Forward, including Roberto Giachetti, followed Renzi in the new movement, while Anna Ascani remained within the PD, of which she was serving as vice president.Scissione di Renzi, Anna Ascani resta nel PdNuovo partito di Renzi, ecco chi lo segue This brought to the de facto end of the faction.
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