Pole for Freedoms

Pole for Freedoms
Polo per le Libertà
LeaderSilvio Berlusconi
Other leaders
Founded
  • 1995 (de facto)
  • 1996 (de jure)
Dissolved2000
Preceded by
Succeeded byHouse of Freedoms
Political positionCentre-right[1][2]

The Pole for Freedoms (Italian: Polo per le Libertà) was a centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, which was active from 1996 to 2000. It included Forza Italia (FI), the National Alliance (AN), Union of the Centre (UdC), Christian Democratic Centre (CCD), United Christian Democrats (CDD),[3] and Pannella–Sgarbi List.[4]

  1. ^ Mario B. Mignone (2008). Italy Today: Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium. Peter Lang. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4331-0187-8. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ Vittorio Vandelli (2014). 1994-2014 Berlusconi's new ventennio. Vittorio Vandelli. p. 189. ISBN 978-605-03-2890-5.
  3. ^ Bernard Grofman; Daniela Giannetti (2011). "Introduction: Long-Run Consequences of Electoral Rules Change: Comparing Italy and Japan". In Daniela Giannetti; Bernard Grofman (eds.). A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4419-7228-6.
  4. ^ Stefan Köppl (2007). Das politische System Italiens: Eine Einführung. Springer-Verlag. p. 98. ISBN 978-3-531-14068-1.