National Alliance (Italy)

The National Alliance (AN, German National Alliance ) was an Italian party, which emerged in 1995 from the neo-fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano and was to become the newly formed alliance of parties Popolo della Libertà, 2009. In elections, it was the third - or fourth-strongest force.

Formation

After the had Movimento Sociale Italiano ( MSI) lost in the 1980s and early 1990s in importance, she joined an electoral alliance with the Forza Italia and the Northern League at (Polo delle Libertà ) and was. During the parliamentary elections of 1994 the third strongest party As part of the Cabinet Berlusconi I she was involved in the government. At this time began a transformation of the party, which had its external peak in 1995 through the reorganization of the Congress Fiuggi in the National Alliance. The reorganization was initially just a staged packaging change: The party names, symbols and rhetoric were replaced without shake the core of the ideology; the old party symbol, the flame with the colors of the Italian flag and the signature MSI, but was not completely discarded, it was incorporated into the new party logo; Moreover, 95 percent of AT - MPs were formerly part of the MSI Group. This external change was followed by a gradual adaptation of the personnel structure, the occurrence and programmatic statements. In the further course of the 1990s, it has then converted to a right-wing conservative party.

Party leader Gianfranco Fini sat down especially for the change of direction of Fiuggi a (it. svolta di Fiuggi ). He insisted several times turning away from fascist totalitarianism and racism. Especially sharply condemned the racial laws against the Jews and called on a visit to Israel fascism with reference to the racial laws and the Holocaust as a " part of the absolute evil."

Ideology

The party was in particular an for the family, for the preservation of Italian identity, the fight against crime and illegal immigration, for a social market economy (where she emphasizes the social more). Another important point in the program of the party was the preservation of national unity, which led to conflicts with the Lega Nord.

Spin-offs

The conversion of a neo-fascist towards a conservative party led to several spin-offs:

• Pino Rauti founded immediately after the founding congress in Fiuggi Fiamma Tricolore which, the confessed his fascist legacy of Mussolini.
• Donato Seppi founded in 1996 after the Congress of Fiuggi, the Italian national Unitalia, which is active only in South Tyrol. In Bolzano's parliament, the party is represented by Seppi since 1998.
• Alessandra Mussolini left the party after Fini had described fascism as " part of the absolute evil," founded the Azione Sociale and moved into the European Parliament.
• Francesco Storace was Finis course too moderate. He founded in 2007 the movement La Destra.

Election results

The collapse of the Christian Democrats made ​​it possible for the National Alliance to unite, especially in central and southern Italy many voters votes.

Despite numerous spin-offs they reached in all elections at the national level over 10 % of the vote. In the Italian parliamentary elections on April 9th and 10th, 2006, AN was 12.3%. Your best election result they achieved in 1996, when the party came to 15.7 % of the vote.

At the municipal level, the alliance was also successful, especially in the center and south of the country. The Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, until the dissolution of the party was a member of AN.

Government participation

In the first (1994) and the second Berlusconi government (2001 to 2006), the AN was more important coalition partner, and together with various parties, including Forza Italia, the Northern League and Centro Cristiano Democratico the center-right party alliance Casa delle Libertà. Gianfranco Fini was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy.

After April 2008, the ON state as part of the PDL Group again in government. In addition, Gianfranco Fini has held the office of President of the Chamber of Deputies, the third highest in the state.

Resolution

In the parliamentary elections on April 13 and 14, 2008, TO participated as part of the party alliance Popolo della Libertà. On 22 March 2009, the party was dissolved and went a week later in the Popolo della Libertà finally on. All members of the National Alliance have joined the PDL.