National Liberation Committee

The Comitato Nazionale di Liberation (CLN, "Committee of National Liberation " ) was signed in Rome on September 9, 1943 - a day after Italy's armistice with the (Western) Allies - founded.

It was a political body of the resistance movement in southern and central Italy against Italian fascism. In the north, the partisan groups to CLNAI (CLN northern Italy ) joined together, which initially acted independently of the CLN.

In CLN to PCI, PSI, Pd'A, DC, PDL and PLI found together.

The merger saw itself as a provisional government, which should consist of all Italy until the liberation. In the eyes of the six parties, the Badoglio government and the royal family had " illegitimiert " by their escape.

After the " turn of Salerno" However, the CLN joined the Cabinet Badoglio. This is followed in particular had the PCI under Togliatti large proportion. One of the conditions was the immediate resignation of King Victor Emmanuel III. been, which should initially also mean the end of the monarchy. To meet the royalists, be less " loaded " son Umberto II was made to be his successor and agreed to a referendum on the new form of government " post-war Italy". In this referendum, the parliamentary republic was preferred against the constitutional monarchy.