Centre-right coalition (Italy)
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Centre-right coalition Coalizione di centrodestra | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Silvio Berlusconi Giorgia Meloni Matteo Salvini |
| Founded | 18 November 2007 |
| Preceded by | House of Freedoms |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
| Chamber of Deputies | 90 / 630 |
| Senate | 65 / 315 |
| European Parliament | 19 / 73 |
| Regional Government | 3 / 20 |
Centre-right coalition (Italian: Coalizione di centrodestra) refers to a political alliance of political parties in Italy, which contested the 2008 and the 2013 general elections under the leadership of Silvio Berlusconi, three-times Prime Minister of Italy. The centre-right coalition is the successor to the House of Freedoms, which had existed from 2000 to 2008.
2008 general election
The coalition was launched after the dissolution of the House of Freedoms as a result of the merger between Forza Italia, National Alliance and minor parties to form The People of Freedom (PdL),[1] which continued its alliance with Lega Nord.[2] In the 2008 general election the coalition, whose leader and prime ministerial candidate was Berlusconi, was composed as follows:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color" | | The People of Freedom (PdL) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" | | Lega Nord (LN) | Regionalism | Umberto Bossi |
| bgcolor="Template:Movement for Autonomies/meta/color" | | Movement for Autonomy (MpA) | Regionalism | Raffaele Lombardo |
2013 general election
The coalition ran also for the 2013 general election, under Berlusconi's leadership.[3] In the event, it included, among others:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:The People of Freedom/meta/color" | | The People of Freedom (PdL) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" | | Lega Nord (LN) | Regionalism | Roberto Maroni |
| bgcolor="Template:Brothers of Italy/meta/color" | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | National conservatism | Giorgia Meloni |
| bgcolor="Template:The Right/meta/color" | | The Right (LD) | Italian nationalism | Francesco Storace |
| bgcolor="Template:Movement for Autonomies/meta/color" | | Movement for the Autonomies (MpA) | Regionalism | Raffaele Lombardo |
| Great South (GS) | Regionalism | Gianfranco Micciché | |
| bgcolor="Template:Pensioners' Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Pensioners' Party (PP) | Pensioners' interests | Carlo Fatuzzo |
| Moderates in Revolution (MiR) | Christian democracy | Gianpiero Samorì | |
Current composition
In 2013 Berlusconi refounded Forza Italia. Most of the Christian-democratic faction of the former PdL, led by Angelino Alfano, left to form the New Centre-Right. The coalition, which functions only at local level, is composed of the following parties:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" | | Lega Nord (LN) | Regionalism, Populism | Matteo Salvini |
| bgcolor="Template:Us with Salvini/meta/color" | | Us with Salvini (NcS) | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Forza Italia (2013)/meta/color" | | Forza Italia (FI) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi |
| bgcolor="Template:Brothers of Italy/meta/color" | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | National conservatism | Giorgia Meloni |
| bgcolor="Template:The Right/meta/color" | | The Right (LD) | National conservatism | Francesco Storace |
Electoral results
Italian Parliament
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 17,064,506 (#1) | 46.8 | 344 / 630
|
– | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| 2013 | 9,923,109 (#2) | 29.2 | 125 / 630
|
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Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Senate of the Republic | |||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15,508,899 (#1) | 47.3 | 174 / 315
|
– | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| 2013 | 9,405,679 (#2) | 30.7 | 117 / 315
|
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Silvio Berlusconi | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Italy returns Berlusconi to power". BBC News. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Daniele Albertazzi; Duncan McDonnell (2015). Populists in Power. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-317-53503-4. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Italian election results: gridlock likely – as it happened". Guardian. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.