Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy

"Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia" redirects here. For other uses, see Liberal Democrats (disambiguation).
Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy
Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia
AbbreviationALI
LeaderFlavio Pasotti
Founded26 November 2013 (2013-11-26)
Split fromAct to Stop the Decline
IdeologyLiberalism
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationEuropean Liberal Democrats
Colours  Navy blue
Website
www.alleanzaliberaldemocratica.it

The Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy (Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia, ALI)[1] is a liberal political party in Italy.

ALI was launched in November 2013 by some leading members of Act to Stop the Decline (FFD), who disagreed with the political line traced by Michele Boldrin, FFD's new leader. These included Oscar Giannino (who led FFD in the 2013 general election), Alessandro De Nicola and Silvia Enrico.[2][3] ALI's founders aimed at joining the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party).

In November 2013 ALI and Civic Choice (SC) signed a pact of permanent consultation.[4] Also in November, the party's founding convention was attended by prominent members of SC, including Pietro Ichino and Enrico Zanetti, and endorsed by Graham Watson, ALDE Party president.[5] In March 2014 Ichino, who had since left SC, was elected president of ALI[6] and Enrico secretary. Leading members of SC and the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) joined ALI's national council.[7] In the 2014 European Parliament election ALI supported the European Choice list,[8][9] which obtained 0.7% of the vote.

In the 2018 general election ALI joined forces with 10 Times Better,[10] which obtained a mere 0.1% of the vote.

In March 2021 Carlo Cottarelli, a former director of the International Monetary Fund, was chosen by ALI, Carlo Calenda's Action (A), Emma Bonino's More Europe (+E), the Italian Republican Party (PRI) and The Liberals to head of a scientific committee designed to elaborate of a joint political program.[11][12][13] Throughout 2021 the parties held joint meetings[14] and in February 2022 ALI took part to Action's first congress.[15]

  1. ^ In Italian language ali means "wings".
  2. ^ "Giannino mette le Ali per tornare in politica". Formiche.net. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. ^ "Ecco chi vuole Fare senza Boldrin". Formiche.net. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  4. ^ "ALI e Scelta Civica: consultazione permanente". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Perché Giannino e Alfano vanno seguiti con attenzione". Formiche.net. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  6. ^ "Pietro Ichino: sulle Ali di Oscar Giannino - Open Politix - espresso-openpolitix". Temi.repubblica.it. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  7. ^ "ALI | Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia". Ali2.it. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  8. ^ "ESCLUSIVA Enrico (Ali): "Europee, sostegno a Scelta civica se si rappresentano i liberali" - Termometro Politico". Termometropolitico.it. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  9. ^ Guarini, Bruno (2014-05-26). "Perché Scelta Europea ha toppato. Parla Silvia Enrico (Ali)". Formiche.net. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  10. ^ "ALI | Alleanza Liberaldemocratica per l'Italia".
  11. ^ "Calenda, Bonino e Cottarelli: "La politica non finisce con Draghi"". lastampa.it. March 10, 2021.
  12. ^ "Programma per l'Italia | Cosa farà il comitato di Cottarelli che mette insieme (quasi) tutti i partiti liberaldemocratici". Linkiesta.it. March 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "Le forze Libdem insieme per il "Programma per l'Italia": il comitato presieduto da Cottarelli". +Europa. March 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Una nuova giustizia per l'Italia. Un programma per l'Italia. Idee per un futuro di opportunità | Cartalibera". 11 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Primo congresso di Azione, Calenda: "Non dialogo con M5S e FdI"".