Federalist Party Partito Federalista | |
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| Leader | Gianfranco Miglio |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Merged into | Movement for Autonomy |
| Ideology | Federalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Pole for Freedoms |
The Federalist Party (Italian: Partito Federalista) was a federalist and regionalist political party in Italy. It was funded by Gianfranco Miglio and Umberto Giovine on 1 June 1994 as the Federalist Union (Italian: Unione Federalista). The party was strengthened in July 1995 by eleven Lega Nord (Northern League) deputies. Vittorio Sgarbi joined the party in December 1995 and became its vice-president, while Miglio and Giovine served as president and secretary, respectively.
Close to Silvio Berlusconi's party Forza Italia, it was affiliated with his Pole for Freedoms as part of Italy's centre-right coalition, and was renamed as the Federalist Party in December 1995. After Miglio's death in 2001, the party was almost disbanded; it continued to exist and to be active as the Federalist Movement (Italian: Movimento Federalista) under the leadership of Umberto Giovine until 2008, when it was merged into the Movement for Autonomy.