Pole of Freedoms
Pole of Freedoms Polo delle Libertà | |
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Leader | Silvio Berlusconi Umberto Bossi |
Founded | 1994 |
Dissolved | 1995 |
Succeeded by | Pole for Freedoms |
Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation | with Pole of Good Government Centre-right coalition |
The Pole of Freedoms (
Differently from the other coalitions in the Italian history, it was simply a political, and not an administrative alliance, so contributing to its failure.[1][2]
History
The alliance was composed primarily of
However, the term "Pole of Freedoms" (as that of "Pole of Good Government") had no official character: the logo that identified the coalition included just the symbols of the lists that were part of the alliance (furthermore, this symbol was only present for the election of the Senate).
Even if this alliance, differently from the Pole of Good Government, had the explicit goal to run for the Government of Italy, it was not extended to the local level, where the parties composing it ran individually.
The Pole had good results between the
After the fall of the
Composition
The Pole was composed of the following political parties:
Party | Ideology | Leader | |
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Forza Italia (FI) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi | |
Lega Nord (LN) | Regionalism | Umberto Bossi | |
Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) | Christian democracy | Pier Ferdinando Casini | |
Union of the Centre (UdC) | Liberalism | Raffaele Costa |
Election results
Election | Leader | Chamber of Deputies | Senate of the Republic | ||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Position | Votes | % | Seats | Position | ||
1994 | Silvio Berlusconi | 8,767,720 | 22.8 | 2nd | 164 / 475
|
6,570,468 | 19.9 | 82 / 315
|
2nd |
References
- ^ “Rightist Coalition Falters In Local Italian Elections”, NY Times, 21 Nov 1994
- ^ Various local competitions between the League and Forza Italia: Asti municipal election, 1994, Como municipal election, 1994, Piacenza local election, 1994, Treviso municipal election, 1994.
- ISBN 978-0-7190-4170-9.
- ISBN 978-3-531-14068-1.
- ISBN 978-1-135-76141-7.
- ISBN 978-1-4039-1998-4.
- ^ 22.8% for the Pole of Freedoms, House of Deputies; 19.9% for the Pole of Freedoms, Senate.
- ISBN 978-605-03-2890-5.