Liberal Reformers

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Liberal Reformers Riformatori Liberali
Italian national party
Leader	Benedetto Della Vedova

Coalition	House of Freedoms
Political ideology	Libertarianism, Classical liberalism
Official newspaper	none
Website	www.riformatoriliberali.org
See also	Politics of Italy Political parties in Italy Elections in Italy

Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali, RL) is a minor Italian libertarian political party.

It was founded in 2005 by a split from Italian Radicals of those radicals that were opposed to the formation of the Rose in the Fist together with the Italian Democratic Socialists, and instead supported an alliance with the House of Freedoms. The party unites former Radicals, as many former members of the Italian Liberal Party and of Forza Italia.

The party, led by Benedetto Della Vedova (Radical MEP from 1999 to 2004) and member of the Transnational Radical Party, is strongly in favour of free-market and is staunchly pro-US. Its slogan is: "America, Market, Individual".

After 2006 general elections (in which Della Vedova was elected MP on Forza Italia's list), the explicit aim of the grouping is to unite the centre-right in a single party and to strengthen liberal and secular positions in it. Liberal Reformers act both as a faction of Forza Italia both as a unifying agent of centre-right liberals.

In October 2006 year, Liberal Reformers launched a manifesto called "Give a libertarian soul to the centre-right" together with famous journalists (Vittorio Feltri, Arturo Diaconale, Filippo Facci and Giordano Bruno Guerri), academics and politicians from both Forza Italia and National Alliance.

[edit] Party leaderhip

President: Benedetto Della Vedova
Spokesman: Marco Taradash
Coordinator: Giuseppe Calderisi
Secretary: Carmelo Palma

[edit] External links

(Italian) Official party website
(Italian) Manifesto "Give a libertarian soul to the centre-right"
(Italian) Official website of Benedetto Della Vedova

Italian political parties (complete version, historical parties)
The Union	Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left - Democracy is Freedom – Daisy) - Communist Refoundation Party Minor: Rose in the Fist (Democratic Socialists - Italian Radicals) - Party of Italian Communists - Italy of Values - Federation of the Greens - Popular–UDEUR Micro: European Republican Movement - Democratic Republicans - Italian Democratic Socialist Party - United Consumers Regional: South Tyrolean People's Party - Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party - Valdotanian Renewal - Southern Democratic Party - Sardinia Project
House of Freedoms	Forza Italia - National Alliance - Union of Christian and Centre Democrats - Northern League Minor: Christian Democracy for the Autonomies - Movement for Autonomy - Pensioners' Party - Tricolour Flame - Social Action Micro: New Italian Socialist Party - Italian Republican Party - Liberal Reformers Regional: Sardinian Reformers - Sardinian People's Party - Sardinian Democratic Union - New Sicily
Others	Micro: Italian Associations in South America - Middle-of-the-Road Italy - Italians in the World Regional: Valdotanian Union - Edelweiss Aosta Valley - Autonomist Federation - Union for South Tyrol - The Libertarians - North-East Project Complete list