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House of Freedoms v • d • e
La Casa delle Libertà
Italian National Coalition
Leader	Silvio Berlusconi
Political ideology	Center-right
Website
See also	Politics of Italy

Casa delle Libertà (CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms), was a major Italian center-right political alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. It was composed of several political parties: Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Logo_House_Of_Freedoms. ...   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... The term center-right has two distinct meanings in politics: Center-right can be used to describe a moderately right-wing political party. ... The politics of Italy take place in a framework of a parliamentary, democratic republic, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... The term center-right has two distinct meanings in politics: Center-right can be used to describe a moderately right-wing political party. ... A political alliance or political coalition is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of the voting system. ...   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...

• Forza Italia
• National Alliance
• Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
• Lega Nord (Northern League)
• Movement for Autonomy
• Christian Democracy for the Autonomies
• New Italian Socialist Party
• Italian Republican Party
• Liberal Reformers

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The alliance won the 1994 general elections under the name Polo delle Libertà, but the resulting government was short-lived, as the Northern League withdrew their support and went to opposition. Particularly unstable had been the relationship within the federalist Lega Nord movement and the conservative, pro-central government Alleanza Nazionale. As such, the first Berlusconi government lasted only nine months. An early national general election was held in Italy on March 27, 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. ... This article or section should be merged with Italian Government Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum (see Birth of the Italian Republic). ... For theological federalism, see Covenant Theology. ... Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favor tradition and gradual change, where tradition refers to religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs. ... Central government or the national government (or, in federal states, the federal government) is the government at the level of the nation-state. ... The National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) is a right-wing Italian party, formed from most of the former Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) and conservative elements of the former Christian Democrats, the National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) was created in 1994. ...

After a five-year left-wing government, Berlusconi managed to keep at bay some of the most uncompromising Lega Nord proposals and won the 2001 general election, this time with a view to create a stable government. It sought to undermine the proportionality rules of the Italian Additional Member System of elections by running many of its constituency candidates under a decoy list called Abolizione Scorporo, a title which explicitly stated its opposition to the counting rules; its tactic largely worked because it had more support than the leftist United in the Olive Tree (Uniti nell'Ulivo) alliance. Left wing redirects here. ... A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ...

In 2003 House of Freedoms was routed in local elections by the Olive Tree alliance, and the League threatened to pull out of the House of Freedoms. In 2005, once again, House of Freedoms was severely routed in regional elections, losing six of eight Italian regions. This led to a crisis of the government, particularly after the UDC pulled its four ministers out. A few weeks later, a new government was formed on April 23, 2005 with the same six parties (FI, AN, LN, UDC, NPSI, PRI) and a minor Cabinet reshuffle (Berlusconi III Cabinet). Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... The Berlusconi III Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from April 23, 2005 to May 5, 2006. ...

Inclusion of neo-fascist movements

In February 2006, two months ahead of the general elections of 2006, UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa and others protested against the inclusion of neo-fascists such as Adriano Tilgher, Roberto Fiore, Alessandra Mussolini, Gaetano Saya and Pino Rauti in the alliance, branding them impresentabili (unsuitable). Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born on 16 August 1951 in Arcinazzo R.) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, a Vice-Chairman of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Adriano Tilgher is an Italian far right politician. ... Roberto Fiore has been a leading neo-fascist in the post-war era, both in Italy and across Europe. ... Photograph of Alessandra Mussolini from the European Parliament. ... Gaetano Saya (Messina, Italy, 1956) is a far right Italian politician, leader of the MSI-Destra Nazionale neo-fascist party, founded according to Giorgio Almirantes will in 2000. ... Giuseppe Umberto Rauti (born 1926) has been a leading figure on the Italian far right for many years. ...

It appeared for some time that these neo-fascist leading figures were going to receive a few almost-guaranteed seats in the Parliament on Forza Italia's ticket. [1], as claimed by political opposers, while Berlusconi definitely ruled out this possibility. [2]

Berlusconi confirmed negotiating with Alessandra Mussolini, but claimed he would request her not to include people like Tilgher and Fiore. [3]. Mussolini had previously contended she would not accept any veto. Berlusconi had been photographed with Gaetano Saya's wife, who is also secretary of an extremist neo-fascist party that claims to have such an agreement with the House of Freedoms. [4] Photograph of Alessandra Mussolini from the European Parliament. ...

Eventually, Mussolini declared that neither she nor other neo-fascists would be candidates, but her alliance of neo-fascist movements, Alternativa Sociale, would support the House of Freedoms. [5] Alternativa Sociale (English language: Social Alternative) is an Italian political coalition of neo-fascist parties. ...

Transformation into the People of Freedom Party

In December of 2007, Berlusconi announced a plan for the creation of a successor to the House of Freedoms, the People of Freedom, hoping to unify much of the Italian right into a single party. With the unexpected fall of the Prodi government in January, 2008, the organization of the People of Freedom was completed, but only two parties formally joined, Berlusconi's Forza Italia and the National Alliance. For the 2008 general elections, People of Freedom is running in an unnamed coalition with the Northern League and its ally the Movement for Autonomy. Centrist Christian democrats from the House of Freedoms refused to join either People of Freedom or its coalition, and are standing independently as the Center Union (Unione di Centro). Forza Italia (Forward Italy, FI) [1] is an Italian political party. ... National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) is a national-conservative Italian political party. ... Northern League can mean: Northern League (baseball) for minor league baseball in the United States and Canada Northern League (football) (Albany Northern League) for the association football league in North East England Northern League (ice hockey) which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Britain. ... The Movement for Autonomy (Italian: Movimento per lAutonomia or MPA) is a minor Italian political party, founded on April 30, 2005 by a number of Southern Italian, especially Sicilian, centre-of-right autonomist dissidents, notably from Democrats Centre Union and National Alliance. ...

Results in the 2006 Senate election

	House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà)
Party		Votes		%			Seats		Areas contested
Election Symbol:	Party name:	Italy:	Abroad:	Italy:	Abroad:	Areas contested:	Italy:	Abroad:	Italy:	Abroad:
	Forza Italia	8,201,688	185,438	23.56	21.07	?	78	1
	National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	4,234,693		12.17		?	41
	Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro)	2,311,448	57,200	6.64	6.50	?	21	0
	Northern League - Movement for Autonomy (Lega Nord - Movimento per l'Autonomia)	1,531,939	18,455	4.40	2.10	?	13	0
	Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore)	219,707	8,433	0.63	0.96	?	0	0
	Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale)	215,668		0.62		?	0
	Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI)	190,724		0.55		?	0
	United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti)	61,824		0.18		?	0
	Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano)	45,133		0.13		?	0
	Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista - Ecologisti Democratici)	37,656		0.11		?	0
	New Sicily (Nuova Sicilia)	33,437		0.10		?	0
	No Euro Movement (No Euro)	30,515		0.09		?	0
	Pact for Sicily (Patto per la Sicilia)	20,833		0.06		?	0
	Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano)	15,762		0.05		?	0
	Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale)	11,505		0.03		?	0
	Christian Extended Pact (Patto Cristiano Esteso)	9,730		0.03		?	0
	Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali)	7,668		0.02		?	0
	S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia)	4,963		0.01		?	0
	For Italy in the World (Per Italia nel Mondo)		63.474		7.11	7.11		0
	House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà)	175,137		0.50		?	2
Total:		17,359,754	333,000	49.87	37.84	?	155	1

v • d • e Political parties in Italy (in 2007, historical parties)
People of Freedom Silvio Berlusconi	Forza Italia – National Alliance – Lega Nord (in federation) Minor: Movement for Autonomy (in federation) – Christian Democracy for the Autonomies – Pensioners' Party – Social Action Micro: Liberal Democrats – Italian Republican Party – Liberal Populars – Liberal Reformers – New Italian Socialist Party – Italians in the World Regional: North-East Project – Veneto for the EPP – Sardinian Reformers – Sardinian People's Party – Sardinian Democratic Union
Union of the Centre Pier Ferdinando Casini	Union of Christian and Centre Democrats Micro: White Rose – Italian Democratic Socialist Party
PD-led coalition Walter Veltroni	Democratic Party Minor: Italy of Values – Italian Radicals Regional: Valdotanian Renewal – South Tyrolean People's Party – Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party – Daisy Civic List
The Left – The Rainbow Fausto Bertinotti	Communist Refoundation Party – Democratic Left Minor: Party of Italian Communists – Federation of the Greens
Others	Minor: Socialist Party (Enrico Boselli) – UDEUR Populars (Clemente Mastella) – The Right–Tricolour Flame (The Right – Tricolour Flame; Daniela Santanchè) Micro: Critical Left (Flavia D'Angeli) – Democratic Union for Consumers (Bruno De Vita) – Citizens' Political Movement (Stefano Montanari) Regional: Valdotanian Union – Edelweiss Aosta Valley – Autonomist Federation – Union for South Tyrol – The Libertarians – Democratic Populars – New Sicily – Sardinian Action Party – Sardinian Autonomist Populars Italians abroad: Italian Associations in South America
List of political parties in Italy - Politics of Italy