Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013,a member of the Senate of the Republic in 2013,and has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019,and previously from 1999 to 2001.
The House of Freedoms was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy,led by Silvio Berlusconi.
Lega Nord,whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania,is a right-wing,federalist,populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election,the party was rebranded as Lega,without changing its official name. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding,as well as Carroccio. The party's latest elected leader was Matteo Salvini.
Forza Italia was a centre-right political party in Italy with liberal-conservative,Christian-democratic,liberal,social-democratic and populist tendencies. Its leader was Silvio Berlusconi,who served as Prime Minister of Italy four times.
The Italian Radicals is a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy. Founded on 14 July 2001 with Daniele Capezzone as their first secretary,the party describes itself as "liberale,liberista [and] libertario",where liberale refers to political liberalism,liberista is an Italian term for economic liberalism,and libertario denotes a form of cultural liberalism concerning moral and social issues. According to its constitution,the party "as such and with its symbol does not take part in elections".
The Italian Republican Party is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895,the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy.
Liberalism and radicalism have played a role in the political history of Italy since the country's unification,started in 1861 and largely completed in 1871,and currently influence several leading political parties.
la Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso and led by Eugenio Scalfari,Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper,it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance,and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor.
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014,leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. Since March 2021,Letta has been secretary of the Democratic Party (PD).
Social Action,previously known as Freedom of Action,was a national-conservative political party in Italy,founded and led by politician Alessandra Mussolini,who is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini. The party became a faction within Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party.
The People of Freedom was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL,launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007,was initially a federation of political parties,notably including Forza Italia and National Alliance,which participated as a joint election list in the 2008 general election. The federation was later transformed into a party during a party congress on 27–29 March 2009. The party's leading members included Angelino Alfano,Renato Schifani,Renato Brunetta,Roberto Formigoni,Maurizio Sacconi,Maurizio Gasparri,Mariastella Gelmini,Antonio Martino,Giancarlo Galan,Maurizio Lupi,Gaetano Quagliariello,Daniela Santanchè,Sandro Bondi,and Raffaele Fitto.
The Socialist Party was a tiny social-democratic political party in Italy.
The political career of Silvio Berlusconi began in 1994,when Berlusconi entered politics for the first time serving intermittent terms as Prime Minister of Italy from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011,his career was racked with controversies and trials;amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset,the largest television broadcaster network in Italy,in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest.
Future and Freedom,whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy,was a political party in Italy,comprising both liberal and national conservative elements.
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer,politician,former mayor of Milan,former member of the Italian Parliament and member of the European Parliament.
Paolo Savona is an Italian economist,professor,and politician. He was the Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019,his second stint in government after 1993–1994. During the 2010s,Savona became one of the most fervent Eurosceptic economists in Italy.
Civic Choice was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In the election SC was part of a centrist coalition named With Monti for Italy,along with Union of the Centre of Pier Ferdinando Casini and Future and Freedom of Gianfranco Fini.
Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy,whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism,Christian democracy and liberalism. FI is a member of the European People's Party. Silvio Berlusconi is the party's leader and president,while Antonio Tajani functions as vice president and national coordinator. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati,as well as ministers Renato Brunetta,Mara Carfagna and Mariastella Gelmini.
More Europe is a liberal and pro-Europeanist political party in Italy,part of the centre-left coalition and member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
The 2019 More Europe leadership election was a congressional primary election which took place on 25,26 and 27 January 2019 at Milan to elect the new party leadership and to decide upon the political direction of the party.
