House of Freedoms
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| House of Freedoms | |
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| La Casa delle Libertà | |
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| Italian National Coalition | |
| Leader | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Political ideology | center-right coalition |
| Website | [www.casadelleliberta.net] |
| See also | Politics of Italy |
- Forza Italia
- National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)
- Northern League (Lega Nord) - Movement for Autonomy (Movimento per l'Autonomia)
- Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC)
- Socialist Party New PSI (Nuovo PSI)
- Italian Republican Party
- Liberal Reformers
- Christian Democracy for the Autonomies
After a 5-year left-wing government, Berlusconi managed to keep at bay some of the most uncompromising Northern League's policies and won the elections again (2001), 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 left-wing Olive Tree (Uniti nell'Ulivo) alliance.
In 2003 Cdl 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, Cdl was severely routed in regional elections, losing 6 (of 8) 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.
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).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. [link], as claimed by political opposers, while Chairman Silvio Berlusconi definitely ruled out this possibility.[link]
Berlusconi confirmed negotiating with Alessandra Mussolini (Benito Mussolini's granddaughter), but claimed he would request her not to include people like Tilgher and Fiore. [link]. 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. [link]
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. [link]
Results in the 2006 Senate election
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | Areas contested | ||||||
| Election Symbol: | Party name: | Italy: | Abroad: | Italy: | Abroad: | Areas contested: | Italy: | Abroad: | Italy: | Abroad: |
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| Forza Italia | 8,201,688 | 185,438 | 23.56 | 21.07 | ? | 78 | 1 |
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| National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | 4,234,693 | 12.17 | ? | 41 |
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| 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 |
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| Northern League - Movement for Autonomy (Lega Nord - Movimento per l'Autonomia) | 1,531,939 | 18,455 | 4.40 | 2.10 | ? | 13 | 0 |
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| Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) | 219,707 | 8,433 | 0.63 | 0.96 | ? | 0 | 0 |
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| Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) | 215,668 | 0.62 | ? | 0 |
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| Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI) | 190,724 | 0.55 | ? | 0 |
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| United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) | 61,824 | 0.18 | ? | 0 |
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| Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano) | 45,133 | 0.13 | ? | 0 |
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| Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista - Ecologisti Democratici) | 37,656 | 0.11 | ? | 0 |
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| New Sicily (Nuova Sicilia) | 33,437 | 0.10 | ? | 0 |
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| No Euro Movement (No Euro) | 30,515 | 0.09 | ? | 0 |
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| Pact for Sicily (Patto per la Sicilia) | 20,833 | 0.06 | ? | 0 |
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| Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) | 15,762 | 0.05 | ? | 0 |
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| Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) | 11,505 | 0.03 | ? | 0 |
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| Christian Extended Pact (Patto Cristiano Esteso) | 9,730 | 0.03 | ? | 0 |
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| Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali) | 7,668 | 0.02 | ? | 0 |
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| S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) | 4,963 | 0.01 | ? | 0 |
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| For Italy in the World (Per Italia nel Mondo) | 63.474 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 0 |
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| House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) | 175,137 | 0.50 | ? | 2 |
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| Total: | 17,359,754 | 333,000 | 49.87 | 37.84 | ? | 155 | 1 | |||
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