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Die Freiheitlichen | |
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| President | Roland Stauder and Otto Mahlknecht (acting) |
| Secretary | Dietmar Zwerger |
| Honorary President | Pius Leitner |
| Founded | 7 December 1992 |
| Split from | Union for South Tyrol South Tyrolean People's Party |
| Headquarters | Via della Chiesa 62 Terlan (BZ) |
| Ideology | Regionalism German-speaking minority interests National conservatism Separatism |
| Political position | Right-wing[1] |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630
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| Senate | 0 / 315
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| European Parliament | 0 / 73
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| Provincial Council | 1 / 35
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Die Freiheitlichen (German: [diː ˈfʁaɪhaɪtlɪçn̩]), abbreviated dF) is a regionalist,[2] separatist,[3] and national-conservative political party in South Tyrol.[3] The party, which is part of the South Tyrolean independence movement, seeks to represent the German-speaking majority and Ladin-speaking minority in the province and to separate it from Italy.[4]
Broadly speaking, the party's ideology is similar to that of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ),[2] and the two parties maintain close contacts.[5] The party was long led by Pius Leitner, who led it to become the second-largest party after the dominant South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) in the 2013 provincial elections, the party's best result so far. The party's name is variously translated into English as "The Freedomites",[6][7] a term frequently used for FPÖ's members by English media,[8][9][10][11] and by the FPÖ itself,[12] "The Libertarians",[13][14][15] and "The Liberals".[4][16]
- ^ Bruno Schoch (2019). "South Tyrol: From "Ethnic Re-parcelling" to an Archetype for Settling Ethno-territorial Conflicts". In Azer Babayev; Bruno Schoch; Hans-Joachim Spanger (eds.). The Nagorno-Karabakh Deadlock: Insights from Successful Conflict Settlements. Springer. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-658-25199-4.
- ^ a b Davide Vampa (2016). The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain. Springer. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-319-39007-9.
- ^ a b "Parties and Elections in Europe". Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ a b Andrea Carla (2016). "Tensions and Challenges between New and Old minorities: Political Party Discourses on Migration in South Tyrol". In Roberta Medda-Windischer; Patricia Popelier (eds.). Pro-independence Movements and Immigration: Discourse, Policy and Practice. BRILL. p. 70. ISBN 978-90-04-29439-4.
- ^ "Pressemitteilungen". Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. SAGE Publications. p. 755. ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
- ^ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties-and-elections.eu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "Search". The Economist. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Murphy, Clare (8 March 2004). "Europe | Haider's enduring appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ Jones, Nigel (11 October 2008). "From beer hall orator to controversial far Right leader: how Jorg Haider singlehandedly changed Austria's politics". Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "The New York Times - Search". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Rosie Scammell (23 February 2013). "German-speaking Italians reassess Rome ties - Al Jazeera English". M.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ Hersevoort, Tim (2012). "South Tyrol defies the crisis" (PDF). Euroviews. Danish School of Media & Journalism. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ Massetti, Emanuele (October 2009), Political Strategy and Ideological Adaptation in Regionalist Parties in Western Europe: A Comparative Study of the Northern League, Plaid Cymru, the South Tyrolese People's Party and the Scottish National Party (PDF) (DPhil dissertation), University of Sussex, pp. 154, 168–169
- ^ "Crisis Profiteers". German-Foreign-Policy.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2014.