Centre-right coalition
Coalizione di centrodestra |
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Leaders |
Silvio Berlusconi Giorgia Meloni Matteo Salvini |
Founded | 18 November 2007 |
Preceded by | House of Freedoms |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colours | Blue |
Chamber of Deputies |
90 / 630
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Senate |
65 / 315
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European Parliament |
19 / 73
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Regional Government |
3 / 20
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Centre-right coalition (Italian: Coalizione di centrodestra) refers to a political alliance of political parties in Italy, which contested the 2008 and the 2013 general elections under the leadership of Silvio Berlusconi, three-times Prime Minister of Italy. The centre-right coalition is the successor to the House of Freedoms, which had existed from 2000 to 2008.
The coalition was launched after the dissolution of the House of Freedoms as a result of the merger between Forza Italia, National Alliance and minor parties to form The People of Freedom (PdL), which continued its alliance with Lega Nord. In the 2008 general election the coalition, whose leader and prime ministerial candidate was Berlusconi, was composed as follows:
The coalition ran also for the 2013 general election, under Berlusconi's leadership. In the event, it included, among others:
In 2013 Berlusconi refounded Forza Italia. Most of the Christian-democratic faction of the former PdL, led by Angelino Alfano, left to form the New Centre-Right. The coalition, which functions only at local level, is composed of the following parties: