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- ↑ "Senato.it - Gruppi parlamentari - XVI legislatura". Archived from the original on 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ↑ PdL senator Franco Cardiello was member of the group from 2 March 2011 to 27 July 2011. Senator Elio Massimo Palmizio went temporarily back to PdL from 27 July 2011 to 2 February 2012.