Team K

Team K
LeaderPaul Köllensperger
Founded10 July 2018
Split fromFive Star Movement
IdeologyRegionalism
Liberalism
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre[1][2] to centre-left[3]
National affiliationMore Europe
European affiliationALDE Party
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Provincial Council
4 / 35
Website
www.team-k.eu

Team K (TK), named Team Köllensperger from its establishment in July 2018 to November 2019, is a regionalist,[4] liberal[5][6][7] and social-liberal[4][8][9] political party active in South Tyrol, where it seeks to be an inter-ethnic centrist party.[10] Its leader is Paul Köllensperger.

TK advocates a pro-European stance,[11] direct democracy,[4] social liberalism and environmentalist policies. The party, which is close to NEOS, a liberal party in Austria, is an observer member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and, more recently, has formed a pact with More Europe for the 2019 European Parliament election.

History

The party was established on the 10 July 2018 by Paul Köllensperger, a member of the Landtag of South Tyrol.[12] Köllensperger was elected in the Landtag after the 2013 provincial election, within the Five Star Movement (M5S).[13] However, in July 2018, he left the party accusing its leadership of not being interested in promoting enough South Tyrol’s local interests and that it was necessary to establish a new party aimed at representing all the South Tyroleans looking for an inter-ethnic centrist party and aiming at breaking the absolute majority of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP). [14]

In the 2018 provincial election the party obtained a successful 15.2% of the vote, arriving second after the SVP.[15]

In the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament election TK, which affirmed to be taking inspiration from Austria's NEOS party,[11] joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party).[16][17][18][19][20] Consequently, it formed a pact with More Europe (+E), ALDE's member party in Italy, and proposed Renate Holzeisen as its candidate.[21][22][11] The list came third with 11.2% of the vote in South Tyrol and Holzeisen was the second most-voted candidate in the province, gaining nearly 23,000 votes, but she did not succeed in being elected as the list did not pass the 4% country-level electoral threshold.[23] Holzeisen later left the party, focused on opposing COVID-19 vaccines[24] and joined Vita.

In the 2023 provincial election the party obtained 11.1% of the vote, while Holzeisen-led Vita won 2.6%.

In the 2024 European Parliament election the party will run within Action.[25]

Election results

Provincial Council

Landtag of South Tyrol
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
2018 43,315 (2nd) 15.2
6 / 35
–
Paul Köllensperger
2023 31,201 (2nd) 11.1
4 / 35
Decrease 2
Paul Köllensperger
Maria Elisabeth Rieder

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
2019 into More Europe 11.2
0 / 76
–
Paul Köllensperger

Leadership

  • Leader: Paul Köllensperger (2018–present)

References

  1. ^ "Paul Köllensperger: 'Con una proposta moderata è stato possibile drenare il consenso dai partiti della destra tedesca verso il centro'" – via www.la7.it.
  2. ^ "Koellensperger, l'imprenditore verde ex M5s che ha convinto i moderati". Il Sole 24 ORE. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ Vytiska, Herbert (22 October 2018). "Südtirol: Erschütterung für alte Parteistrukturen". Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "South Tyrol/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  5. ^ "Köllensperger si è messo in proprio". Alto Adige. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ Constantini, Simon (10 July 2018). "Köllenspergers neue 'liberale' Liste". Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. ^ Genossenschaft, Du bist Tirol. "Team Köllensperger stellt weitere Landtagskandidaten vor". unsertirol24.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Der Sammler in der Mitte". Salto.bz. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. ^ Peter, Nindler (24 October 2018). "Nach Südtirol-Wahl: Kompatscher ringt nun um Regierung". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Köllensperger lancia la sua lista: "M5S rigido"". Retrieved 3 April 2019 – via PressReader.
  11. ^ a b c "Renate Holzeisen tritt für "Team Köllensperger" bei EU-Wahl an". Südtirol Online. 5 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Chi è l'uomo politico che a Bolzano prende più voti di Salvini". Agi. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Paul Köllensperger molla i 5 stelle: Non voglio fare lo zerbino dell'Svp. Modello replicabile in Trentino? Dinamiche diverse". il Dolomiti. July 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "Köllensperger, noi alternativa a Svp - Trentino AA/S". ANSA.it. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Alto Adige: boom della Lega, in calo l'Svp. Vola il dissidente grillino. In Trentino vince Fugatti". LaStampa.it. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  16. ^ "ALDE Party - Member Parties | ALDE Party". Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  17. ^ "Il Team Köllensperger aderisce all'ALDE - liberali e democratici in Europa". March 22, 2019.
  18. ^ "Köllensperger incontra Bonino e aderisce all'Alde - TGR Bolzano". TGR. 21 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Il TeamK nell'Alde dei liberali europei - Bolzano". Alto Adige. 22 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Team K bussa, Alde apre". Salto.bz. March 21, 2019.
  21. ^ "Il Team Köllensperger punta su Renate Holzeisen per l'Europa - TGR Bolzano". TGR. 5 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Holzeisen kandidiert für das Team Köllensperger bei den EU-Wahlen".
  23. ^ Elezioni Europee del 2019 – Circoscrizione Trentino-Alto Adige, Ministero dell'Interno
  24. ^ "Scuola: Primo giorno sui banchi in Alto Adige, nella terra dei No Vax dove 20 prof si sono già dimessi". 6 September 2021.
  25. ^ https://www.rainews.it/tgr/trento/articoli/2024/04/casaautonomia-team-k-e-azione-alleanza-elezioni-europee-trentino-a2e796b7-a294-4ba9-b0db-b45c0c64a37d.html
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