Italian Liberal Party
Partito Liberale Italiano
Former Italian National Party
Political ideology	Liberalism
Official Newspaper	L'Opinione
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The Italian Liberal Party (Italian: Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was an Italian free market liberal party. A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world. ...

History

Early Years

The party was founded in 1943 by Benedetto Croce, a prominent intellectual and MP whose international recognition allowed him to remain a free man during fascism, despite being an anti-fascist himself. Various groups had claimed the label "Liberal" before, but had never organized themselves as a party. 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Benedetto Croce (February 25, 1866 - November 20, 1952) was an Italian critic, idealist philosopher, and political figure. ... An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, or speculate on a variety of different ideas. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

After the end of World War II, the liberal Enrico De Nicola became "temporary chief of state" (not President of the Republic, as the general elections had not yet been held) and another one, Luigi Einaudi, first President of Italy. The first electoral result of the PLI (as Blocco Nazionale, with Uomo Qualunque was 3.8% at the 1948 elections, which was somewhat below expectations. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Enrico De Nicola (Naples, November 9, 1877 - Torre del Greco, Naples, October 1, 1959) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and the first provisional Head of State of the newborn republic in 1946-1948. ... Flag of the President of the Italian Republic This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. ... Luigi Einaudi (1874 - 1961) was an Italian political figure. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Giovanni Malagodi

Under Giovanni Malagodi the party moved further to the right in economic and reactionary sense. In particular the party opposed the new Centre-Left Coalition. This caused the exit of some young liberals (among whom Eugenio Scalfari, who would later found the newspaper La Repubblica), and Marco Pannella that founded the Radical party (today Radicali Italiani). The word economy can refer to any of several things: The economy of the world — see world economy The economy of a country — see economics and economic system Economy is financial soundness or affordability. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet typically applied to conservatism. ... La Repubblica is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers. ... Giacinto Pannella, aka Marco (Teramo May 2, 1930 from an Italian father and a Swiss mother) is an Italian politician. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Italian political parties ...

Malagodi managed initially to draw some votes from the Italian Social Movement, attracting their hostility, and managing to substantially increase the party's support to a historical record of 7,0% in 1963; however, he was later forced to resign when the party was defeated with a humiliating 1.3% in the 1976 elections. The Italian Social Movement (Movimento sociale italiano) (MSI) was a neo-Fascist party formed 1946 in the post-World War II period by supporters of the executed dictator Benito Mussolini under the lead of Giorgio Almirante. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Eighties

After Valerio Zanone took over, the party moved to the centre. In the 80s the PLI entered in the government coalition with the Christian Democracy (DC), the Socialist party (PSI), and the smaller Italian Social-Democratic Party (PSDI) and the Italian Republican Party (PRI); the coalition was dubbed for a long time pentapartito, or "five-parties". Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s - 130s 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 Note: Sometimes 80s is used as shorthand for the 1980s, the 1880s, or other such decades in different centuries. ... SITO ISTITUZIONALE DELLA DEMOCRAZIA CRISTIANA Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... Bettino Craxi, longtime secretary of the party and for many a symbol of corruption. ... Electoral symbol of PSDI used in 1973 The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, often shortened to , PSDI) was founded in 1952 by the union of two parties: the Unitarian Socialist Party and the Workers Socialist Party. ... The Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano) is an old left liberal party in Italy, with roots to Giuseppe Mazzini. ...

In the Eighties the party was also leaded by Renato Altissimo and Alfredo Biondi, then a minister of the first Berlusconi Government.

Corruption Scandals and Aftermath

With the uncovering of the corruption system nicknamed Tangentopoli by the Mani Pulite investigation, many government parties experienced a rapid loss of their support. In the first months, the Liberal party seemed immune to investigation. However, as the investigations further unraveled, PLI turned out to be part of the corruption scheme. A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... Bettino Craxi, viewed by many as the symbol of Tangentopoli, leader of the Italian Socialist Party, is greeted by a salvo of coins as a sign of loath by protesters contesting him. ... Mani pulite (Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian police investigation into political corruption. ...

A liberal, minister of Public Health Francesco De Lorenzo, was one of the most loathed politicians in Italy for his corruption, that involved stealing funds from the sick, and allowing commercialisation of medicines based on bribes. De Lorenzo later pretended to have a nervous breakdown to be released from jail, appearing in court dirty and unshaved; a short time after he was granted parole on medical grounds, he was photographed shaved, clean and smiling at a restaurant (ironically named The two thieves). It was later found he had used his brief time out of jail to burn a large quantity of documents that could have been used as evidence against him in court. A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Medicine on the Web Medical Alarm & Use Medical Marijuana NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Information- medical news, links and resources. ... Bribery is the practice of offering a professional money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics in a variety of professions. ... Nervous Breakdown was the first Black Flag 7 EP. It was released in 1978 on SST Records. ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the context. ... Evidence has several meanings as indicated below. ...

The party was eventually disbanded in 1994. Most members migrated to Forza Italia or other parties in the House of Freedoms, but some entered the centre coalition and later joined the centre-left one. Some are currently trying to revive a New Liberal Party, but their relevance in Italian politics is negligible. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Forza Italia is an Italian political party. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ...

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