Brothers of Italy

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Brothers of Italy
Fratelli d'Italia
Presidents Giorgia Meloni
Ignazio La Russa
Guido Crosetto
Founded 17 December 2012
Split from The People of Freedom
Newspaper none
Ideology National conservatism[1]
Political position Right-wing[2]
National affiliation none
International affiliation none
European affiliation none
European Parliament group European People's Party
Colours      Blue
Chamber of Deputies
9 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
2 / 73
Website
www.fratelli-italia.it
Politics of Italy
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Elections

Brothers of Italy (Italian: Fratelli d'Italia, FdI), whose complete name is Brothers of Italy – National Centre-right (Fratelli d'Italia – Centrodestra Nazionale, FdI–CN) is a national-conservative[1] political party in Italy.

History

Background and foundation

In November 2012 Ignazio La Russa and Maurizio Gasparri, leaders of Protagonist Right, a faction within The People of Freedom (PdL), announced their support for Angelino Alfano in the party primary scheduled for December.[3] The subsequent cancellation of the primary was not agreed by La Russa and many others in the party.

On 16 December Giorgia Meloni and Fabio Rampelli, Guido Crosetto and Giuseppe Cossiga organised in Rome the so-called "Primaries of Ideas",[4] in which they openly criticised Silvio Berlusconi's leadership and any possible prospect of an electoral alliance with Prime Minister Mario Monti, proposed by some leading factions of the party (Liberamente, Network Italy, Reformism and Freedom, Liberal Populars, New Italy, FareItalia, etc.).[5][6]

On 17 December La Russa, who was one of the three national coordinators of the PdL, announced he was leaving the party in order to form National Centre-right, aiming at representing not just anti-Monti right-wingers, but also liberals and Christian democrats like Crosetto.[7] The split from the PdL was agreed with Berlusconi in order to better represent the right-wing of the party and propose an appealing choice to right-wing voters.[8] Simultaneously, Crosetto and Giorgia Meloni announced the formation of Brothers of Italy.[9] On 21 the two groups, formed mainly by former members of National Alliance (La Russa, Meloni, Rampelli, Massimo Corsaro, Viviana Beccalossi, Alfredo Mantica, etc.) but also Christian democrats and liberals from the former Forza Italia (Crosetto, Giuseppe Cossiga, etc.), joined forces and formed Brothers of Italy – National Centre-right,[10] usually shortened to Brothers of Italy (FdI).

La Russa's followers soon formed their own groups in most regional councils, starting with the Regional Council of Lombardy on 18 December,[11] and the Senate.[12] Two MEPs, Carlo Fidanza and Marco Scurria, both members of the Group of the European People's Party, joined the party too.

2013 general election

In the 2013 general election, held in February 2013, the party obtained 2.0% of the vote and 9 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[13] On 5 March 2013 the party's executive board appointed Ignazio La Russa president, Guido Crosetto coordinator and Giorgia Meloni floor leader in the Chamber.[14]

During 2013 presidential election's fourth ballot, FdI decided to support Franco Marini, a Democrat supported also by the PdL and Lega Nord. Following the unsuccessful outcome of the vote, FdI started voting for Colonel Sergio De Caprio.[citation needed]

On 29 April 2013 Giorgia Meloni announced in the Chamber of Deputies the party's vote of no confidence for Enrico Letta's government of Enrico Letta, supported by the Democrats, the PdL and Civic Choice.[15]

In the May and June 2013 local elections FdI increases its electoral support, especially in Central and Southern Italy.[citation needed]

Workshop for Italy

In September FdI launched "Workshop for Italy" (Officina per l'Italia, OpI), a political initiative aimed at broadening the party's base.[16]

The newly formed OpI's political committee, led by Giuseppe Cossiga, included, among others, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, former members of National Alliance (notably including Gianni Alemanno, Mario Landolfi, Adolfo Urso and Souad Sbai), former members of Forza Italia (including former Socialists like Giulio Tremonti and Antonio Guidi, and former Christian Democrats like Fabio Garagnani), former members of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Magdi Allam and Luciano Ciocchetti), and a former member of Lega Nord (Oreste Rossi).[17]

On 14 December 2013 the "National Alliance Foundation", the foundation administering the assets of the defunct party, authorized FdI to use the logo of AN in the 2014 European Parliament election.[18]

Ideology

FdI traces its roots in history and values of National Alliance. The party's main ideological trends are national conservatism and social conservatism, but its ideology includes also a moderate Eurosceptic sentiment[citation needed] and economic liberalism, expressed mainly by Crosetto.

Leadership

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 666,035 (#8) 1.95
9 / 630
–
 Giorgia Meloni
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 590,083 (#7) 1.92
0 / 315
–
 Giorgia Meloni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ Mackenzie, James (22 October 2013). "Small right-wing party seeks to profit from Berlusconi's disarray". Reuters. 
  3. ↑ http://www.lastampa.it/2012/11/17/primarie-pdl-la-russa-gasparri-ufficializzano-sostegno-alfano-Hs4MMH65MXyKLqjJ30do9L/pagina.html
  4. ↑ "Crosetto-Meloni, nasce la destra antiMonti". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Pdl, il giorno dei montiani. "No a scissioni"". Corriere della Sera. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Appello a Monti e guerra alla sinistra Il Pdl si ricompatta". Corriere della Sera. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Pdl, la destra in fermento La Russa se ne va e fonda "Centrodestra nazionale"". Corriere della Sera. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/dicembre/18/Pdl_destra_fermento_Russa_fonda_co_0_20121218_6d4f77be-48db-11e2-93a9-096d33c66311.shtml
  9. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/dicembre/21/Meloni_Crosetto_dicono_addio_Cavaliere_co_0_20121221_def5357c-4b36-11e2-9edc-90265a088412.shtml
  10. ↑ "Dal Centrodestra nazionale ai Fratelli d'Italia: Giorgia Meloni e Guido Crosetto vicini a Ignazio La Russa". Huffington post. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 
  11. ↑ http://www.milanotoday.it/politica/gruppo-centrodestra-nazionale-regione-lombardia.html
  12. ↑ http://leg16.senato.it/leg/16/BGT/Schede_v3/GruppiStorici/00000068.htm
  13. ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/
  14. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S
  15. ↑ http://www.fratelli-italia.it/attualita/comunicati-stampa/887-meloni-le-ragioni-di-fratelli-d-italia-per-non-votare-la-fiducia-al-governo-letta.html
  16. ↑ http://www.secoloditalia.it/2013/09/da-atreju-nasce-lofficina-per-litalia-meloni-la-sfida-e-lanciata-ma-niente-rendite-di-posizione/
  17. ↑ http://www.officinaperlitalia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=124
  18. ↑ http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnews/2013/12/14/FdI-utilizzera-logo-ad-europee_9780019.html

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