Federation of Freedom
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Federation of Freedom
Federazione della Libertà |
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| Founded | 18 May 2017 |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Conservative liberalism |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
10 / 315
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Federation of Freedom (Italian: Federazione della Libertà, FdL) is a centre-right parliamentary group in the Italian Senate.
The group was formed in May 2017 by five defectors from the Great Autonomies and Freedom (GAL) group, including four of Identity and Action (IdeA) and one of the Moderates (Mod); two splinters from Popular Alternative (AP); two senators from the Mixed Group; and one senator of Forza Italia (FI), the main successor of The People of Freedom (PdL). Eight of ten founding members had been elected with the PdL in the 2013 general election. Since its formation, the FdL wanted to strenghten its ties both with GAL and FI, and build a constructive relation with Lega Nord (LN).
The FdL is seen as the embryo of the centre-right's "fourth leg", after the LN, FI and Brothers of Italy (FdI), and may soon unite IdeA, the PLI, the Union of the Centre (UdC), Direction Italy (DI), Act! (F!), AP splinters led by Enrico Costa, and the Pensioners' Party (PP), all variously affiliated with FI and, generally, the centre-right.
As of August 2017, waiting for further mergers, in the Senate the four UdC senators and the three F! senators formed autonomous sub-groups within the Mixed Group, while in the Chamber the UdC and IdeA formed a joint sub-group, with four and two deputies respectively, and F! formed a sub-group along with Costa under the "Act!–PRI–Liberals" banner.
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