Liberal Democrats (Italy)
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democratici | |
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President | Italo Tanoni |
Vice President | Francesco Pifferi |
Coordinator | Alessandro Campagnioli |
Founder | Lamberto Dini |
Founded | 18 September 2007 |
Split from | Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy |
Headquarters | via di Ripetta, 142 00186 Rome |
Ideology | Liberalism |
Political position | Centre |
Website | |
http://www.liberal-democratici.it | |
The Liberal Democrats (Italian: Liberal Democratici, LD), whose complete name is Liberal Democrats for Renewal (Liberal Democratici per il Rinnovamento), is a liberal and centrist political party in Italy.
The party, whose current leader is
.In the run-up of the foundation of the Democratic Party in 2007, Dini and his group quit and formed the Liberal Democrats, which would temporarily join The People of Freedom. In 2008 Dini stayed in that party, partying ways from his Liberal Democrats, who continued to be active as an autonomous party.
History
The party was founded on 18 September 2007 as a right-wing split from Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL), in opposition to the formation of the Democratic Party (PD), of which Lamberto Dini had originally been a founding member. The new party was a sort of continuation of the defunct Italian Renewal party, which had been merged into DL in 2002, but had continued to be active as liberal-centrist faction within it. The party was joined by three senators (Natale D'Amico, Giuseppe Scalera and Dini himself), a deputy (Italo Tanoni), an under-secretary (Daniela Melchiorre) and two regional councillors (Rosario Monteleone in Liguria and Antonio Verini in Abruzzo). Dini was elected party president, Tanoni coordinator and Scalera leader in the Senate, where Liberal Democrats were able to form a sub-group within the Mixed Group.
Dini announced that the party remained a "critical member" of
On 24 January 2008 the LD, with the notable exception of D'amico and along with Clemente Mastella's Union of Democrats for Europe and Domenico Fisichella (a former leader of the conservative National Alliance who had been elected with DL in 2008), joined the opposition in voting against the government in a vote of confidence in the Senate. Consequently, Prodi resigned from Prime Minister and a snap election was called. In February the party joined The People of Freedom (PdL), the new broad centre-right party launched by Berlusconi.[6] This led D'Amico to switch to the PD and Monteleone to the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC).[7]
In the following
In January 2010 the LD formed an electoral pact with the
In the 2013 general election the LD externally supported Mario Monti's Civic Choice and, after the election, Melchiorre returned to her job as magistrate[19] and, having consequently resigned from party president, she was replaced by Tanoni. In the 2016 constitutional referendum the party was part of the "yes" camp, that was soundly defeated, and organised a committee presided by Tiziano Treu, a former minister and senator for Italian Renewal and DL.[20]
Leadership
- President: Lamberto Dini (2007–2008), Daniela Melchiorre (2008–2013), Italo Tanoni (2013–present)
- Vice President: Francesco Pifferi (2013–present)
- Coordinator: Italo Tanoni (2007–2013), Alessandro Campagnioli (2013–present)
References
- ^ "La nostra storia – Liberal Democratici".
- ^ http://www.repubblica.it/news/ired/ultimora/2006/rep_nazionale_n_2529880.html?ref=hpsbdx1 [dead link]
- ^ "Dini: "Non entro nel Partito democratico"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Il "no" di Dini al Pd e il monito a Prodi:Lo attendiamo al varco" (in Italian). il Velino. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- ^ "La Banca di Zoellick alla prova dei fatti" (in Italian). Aprileonline.info. 18 October 2007.
- ^ "ELEZIONI: DINI ADERISCE AL PDL" (in Italian). la Repubblica. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008.
- ^ "Noi, veri liberaldemocratici, seguiamo Dini" (in Italian). il Giornale. 31 May 2008.
- ^ "DINI: LASCIO I LIBERALDEMOCRATICI ED ADERISCO AL PROGETTO PDL" (in Italian). ASCA. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- ^ ALICE Notizie [dead link]
- ^ "Ld, Tanoni e Melchiorre in gruppo misto: "Nessuna spaccatura"" (in Italian). il Velino. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- Italian Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the originalon 15 April 2009.
- ^ "liberal-democratici". Liberal-democratici.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Nasce il Polo della nazione". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Fini: dimissioni? Opzione che non-esiste E Bossi invita ad "abbassare i toni"". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Il rimpasto non-placa i malumori nella maggioranza". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Melchiorre lascia, tensione nei Responsabili". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Io sono incompatibile con questo governo Volo alto, altri strisciano". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Cuzzocrea, Annalisa (31 October 2012), "Spuntano i fondi ai transfughi così il partito ha finanziato Scilipoti", La Repubblica
- ^ http://www.difesa.it/SGD-DNA/GiornaleUfficiale/dispense2014/Documents/20mar14/DM_30_05_2013_Riamm_in_ruolo_MELCHIORRE.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Bastaunsi comitato nazionale – Liberal Democratici".