Federal Italy Italia Federale | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Irene Pivetti |
| Founded | 22 October 1996 |
| Dissolved | 29 January 1998 |
| Split from | Northern League |
| Merged into | Italian Renewal |
| Ideology | Federalism |
| Political position | Centre |
Federal Italy (Italia Federale, IF) was a political party in Italy founded in 1996 by Irene Pivetti, after her expulsion from the Northern League on 12 September.
Irene Pivetti is an Italian journalist, television presenter and politician. She has been President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996. After leaving politics, she started a career in television, like her sister Veronica, a popular Italian actress.
Lega Nord, whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania, is a right-wing political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as Lega (League) without changing its official name in the party's statute. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding. The LN is also often referred to as Carroccio by the Italian media.
The party was officially constituted in Bolzano and presented its symbol on the following 28 December. The symbol was a rampant bear that, according to its founder, "is a European animal that has always personified the courageous man who obeys reason". [1]
Bolzano is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 107,436, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in Tyrol. The greater metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants and is one of the urban centers within the Alps.
In February 1997 the movement claimed to have collected 2,700 people in three months. [2]
In April and November of the same year, IF made its debut in various local elections, such as the municipal elections in Milan and Catania. In other municipalities IF presented its candidates on the Italian Renewal list, like in Turin, Lecco and Salerno, or on the Christian Democratic Centre list, like in Rome.
Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,395,274 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,250,315. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.
Catania is the second largest city of Sicily after Palermo; it is located on the east coast facing the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, one of the ten biggest cities in Italy, and the seventh largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 320,000 while the population of the city's metropolitan area, Metropolitan City of Catania, stood at 1,116,168 inhabitants.
Italian Renewal, officially the Dini List – Italian Renewal, was a centrist, liberal political party in Italy.
In 1998 the IF joined finally the Italian Renewal party. [3]
