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Federalists and Liberal Democrats
The Federalists and Liberal Democrats (Italian: Federalisti e Liberaldemocratici, FLD) was a liberal and federalist political party in Italy, founded in 1994 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.
The bulk of FLD was renamed Liberal Federalists (Federalisti Liberali, FL) in 1996.
The FLD was founded on 19 December 1994 as a parliamentary group within the Chamber of Deputies by twelve dissident members from the Northern League (LN), four members of Forza Italia (FI), two members of the Liberal Democratic Foundation (Alberto Michelini and Giuseppe Siciliani), Raffaele Costa (leader of the Union of the Centre and Minister of Health) and Pietro Cerullo (a member of the Southern Action League).
The group was launched in order to continue to support Silvio Berlusconi's government, which was would be brought down by Northern League leader Umberto Bossi three days after. A group of LN dissidents wanted to continue the alliance with FI. They included Franco Rocchetta (founder and long-standing leader of the Venetian League, LV), Marilena Marin (secretary of the LV from 1984 to 1994), Lucio Malan, Furio Gubetti and Gualberto Niccolini (president of the Northern League Tuscany from 1988).
In February 1995 Michelini left FLD and lead his party, the "Liberal Catholics", into FI.
On 31 May 1995 FLD's assembly approved a "programmatic political manifesto" through which the group structured itself. FLD, whose main ideologies were federalism and liberalism, aimed at transforming Italy into a federal presidential republic and the adoption of an electoral system based on first-past-the-post. Gubetti handed to Costa the role of party leader in the Chamber and took the formal leadership of the party.
In the same year FLD participated in some local elections together with the Federalist Italian League (formed by LN dissidents led by Sergio Cappelli) and the Federalist Union (launched by Gianfranco Miglio, formerly LN "ideologue") under the "Federalists" banner, in coalition with the Pole for Freedoms.
In July 1995 Gubetti left FLD to join FI, citing disagreements over FLD's slight distancing from the Pole.
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Federalists and Liberal Democrats
The Federalists and Liberal Democrats (Italian: Federalisti e Liberaldemocratici, FLD) was a liberal and federalist political party in Italy, founded in 1994 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.
The bulk of FLD was renamed Liberal Federalists (Federalisti Liberali, FL) in 1996.
The FLD was founded on 19 December 1994 as a parliamentary group within the Chamber of Deputies by twelve dissident members from the Northern League (LN), four members of Forza Italia (FI), two members of the Liberal Democratic Foundation (Alberto Michelini and Giuseppe Siciliani), Raffaele Costa (leader of the Union of the Centre and Minister of Health) and Pietro Cerullo (a member of the Southern Action League).
The group was launched in order to continue to support Silvio Berlusconi's government, which was would be brought down by Northern League leader Umberto Bossi three days after. A group of LN dissidents wanted to continue the alliance with FI. They included Franco Rocchetta (founder and long-standing leader of the Venetian League, LV), Marilena Marin (secretary of the LV from 1984 to 1994), Lucio Malan, Furio Gubetti and Gualberto Niccolini (president of the Northern League Tuscany from 1988).
In February 1995 Michelini left FLD and lead his party, the "Liberal Catholics", into FI.
On 31 May 1995 FLD's assembly approved a "programmatic political manifesto" through which the group structured itself. FLD, whose main ideologies were federalism and liberalism, aimed at transforming Italy into a federal presidential republic and the adoption of an electoral system based on first-past-the-post. Gubetti handed to Costa the role of party leader in the Chamber and took the formal leadership of the party.
In the same year FLD participated in some local elections together with the Federalist Italian League (formed by LN dissidents led by Sergio Cappelli) and the Federalist Union (launched by Gianfranco Miglio, formerly LN "ideologue") under the "Federalists" banner, in coalition with the Pole for Freedoms.
In July 1995 Gubetti left FLD to join FI, citing disagreements over FLD's slight distancing from the Pole.