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The People of Freedom Il Popolo della Libertà | |
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| President | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Secretary | Angelino Alfano (2011–2013) |
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| Spokesperson | Daniele Capezzone |
| Founded |
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| Dissolved | 16 November 2013 |
| Merger of |
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| Succeeded by | Forza Italia |
| Headquarters | Via dell'Umiltà 36 00187 Rome |
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| Student wing | National Student Movement |
| Youth wing | Young Italy |
| Membership (2011) | 1,150,000[1][2] (disputed)[3][4][5] |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[6][7][8][9] Christian democracy[6] Liberalism[10] Conservatism[11] |
| Political position | Centre-right[8] |
| National affiliation | Centre-right coalition |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colors | Azure |
| Anthem | Meno male che Silvio c'è[12] ("Thank goodness for Silvio") |
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The People of Freedom (Italian: Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list, including Forza Italia and National Alliance, on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election.[13] The list was later transformed into a party during a party congress on 27–29 March 2009. The party's leading members included Angelino Alfano (national secretary), 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 PdL formed Italy's government from 2008 to 2011 in coalition with Lega Nord. After having supported Mario Monti's technocratic government in 2011–2012, the party was part of Enrico Letta's government with the Democratic Party, Civic Choice and the Union of the Centre. Alfano functioned as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. In June 2013, Berlusconi announced Forza Italia's revival and the PdL's transformation into a centre-right coalition.[14][15] On 16 November 2013, the PdL's national council voted to dissolve the party and start a new Forza Italia party; the assembly was deserted by a group of dissidents, led by Alfano, who had launched the New Centre-Right the day before.[16]
- ^ ""Primarie e nuovo nome" Alfano ridisegna il Pdl". Corriere. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Sì all' emergenza Nel programma i 39 punti della Bce". Corriere. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Tessere fantasma nel Pdl, tagliati 100 iscritti. "C'erano anche clandestini dei Cie"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 15 March 2012.
- ^ Stella, Gian Antonio. "Voti contesi e tessere fantasma È l'Italia dei brogli (bipartisan)". Corriere della Sera.
- ^ "Defunti e bimbi iscritti al partito. Il Pdl salernitano finisce nella bufera". Affaritaliani.it.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
- ^ Donatella M. Viola (2015). "Italy". In Donatella M. Viola (ed.). Routledge Handbook of European Elections. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7.
- ^ a b Ilaria Riccioni; Ramono Bongelli; Andrzej Zuczkwoski (2013). "The communication of certainty and uncertainty in Italian political media discourses". In Anita Fetzer (ed.). The Pragmatics of Political Discourse: Explorations across cultures. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 131. ISBN 978-90-272-7239-3.
- ^ Conservatori e liberali, La Stampa, 28 March 2009
- ^ Chiara Moroni, Da Forza Italia al Popolo della Libertà, Carocci, Rome 2008
- ^ Mareš, Miroslav (2006), Transnational Networks of Extreme Right Parties in East Central Europe: Stimuli and Limits of Cross-Border Cooperation (PDF), p. 4
- ^ Meno male che Silvio c'è video ufficiale inno campagna PDL, YouTube
- ^ "Berlusconi: "Simbolo unico per Fi e An"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 8 February 2008.
- ^ "Berlusconi al Tg1: torna Forza Italia e sarò io a guidarla" [Berlusconi: Forza Italia back and I will be driving it] (in Italian). Ilsole24ore.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ Berlusconi annuncia ritorno di Forza Italia. "Temo che sarò ancora il numero uno". Repubblica.it (28 June 2013). Retrieved on 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Berlusconi breaks away from Italy government after party ruptures". Reuters. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.