Federalist Italian League
Federalist Italian League Lega Italiana Federalista | |
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Federal Coordinator | Sergio Cappelli |
Founded | 1995 |
Dissolved | 1996 |
Split from | Northern League |
Ideology | Federalism Liberalism |
Political position | Centre-right |
The Federalist Italian League (Lega Italiana Federalista, LIF) was a short-lived federalist and liberal political party in Italy.
History
The party was founded by dissident members of
Berlusconi I Cabinet
in December 1994. It was initially composed of 14 Deputies and 10 Senators.
At that time Lega Nord was split between those who supported the new course of the party and those who wanted to continue the alliance with
minister of the Interior under Berlusconi and number two of the party. The decision of Bossi led him to leave resign from Parliament on 11 February. LIF members hoped that Maroni would have joined their party (to become its leader) and tried to convince him to run as their candidate for the post of President of Lombardy.[3]
Contrarily to what most people expected, Maroni did not leave Northern League and returned to active politics in July.
This was a hard blow for Negri and his followers. Many of them thus switched to the
Chamber of Deputies was reduced to a sub-group within the Mixed Group.[4] On 20 December most members of LIF, including Luigi Negri, joined FLD.[5] The year later, again in December, a substantial group of LIF members, including Enrico Hüllwech, Flavio Devetag and Luca Azzano Cantarutti, joined the parliamentary group of the Christian Democratic Centre
(CCD).
In the
Liga Fronte Veneto
.
Leadership
- Federal Coordinator: Sergio Cappelli (1995–1996)
References
- ^ Berlusconi-Scalfaro, gelo sulla crisi
- ^ Il Cavaliere " benedice " l' altro Carroccio
- ^ Negri candida Maroni al vertice del Pirellone
- ^ Muore la Lif, nasce Unione federalista
- ^ Sottoscritto un appello
- ^ Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
- ^ Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
- ^ Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections