New Pole for Italy

New Pole for Italy Nuovo Polo per l'Italia
Leader	Pier Ferdinando Casini (UDC), Gianfranco Fini (FLI), Francesco Rutelli (API), Raffaele Lombardo (MPA)
Founded	15 December 2010
Political position	Centre-right
Chamber of Deputies	80 / 630
Senate	24 / 315
European Parliament	9 / 72
Website
http://www.ilterzopolo.net/
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The New Pole for Italy (Nuovo Polo per l'Italia, NPI), referred also either as the Third Pole (Terzo Polo) or Pole of the Nation (Polo della Nazione), is a centre-right coalition of parties in Italy.

It was founded on 15 December 2010 both as an alternative to the centre-right political alliance between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord led by Silvio Berlusconi and to the centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party.^[1][2] The NPI includes a majority of former supporters of Berlusconi and a relevant group of disillusioned Democrats. Its main leaders are Pier Ferdinando Casini, Gianfranco Fini and Francesco Rutelli.

Composition

The coalition includes:

• Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro, UdC)
  • ideology: Christian democracy, social conservatism
  • leader: Pier Ferdinando Casini
  • 38 deputies, 5 senators and 4 MEPs
• Future and Freedom (Futuro e Libertà, FLI)
  • ideology: Liberal conservatism, national conservatism
  • leader: Gianfranco Fini
  • 26 deputies, 7 senators and 3 MEPs
• Alliance for Italy (Alleanza per l'Italia, ApI)
  • ideology: Centrism, social liberalism
  • leader: Francesco Rutelli
  • 6 deputies, 6 senators and 1 MEP
• Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI)
  • ideology: Liberalism, Centrism
  • leader: Stefano De Luca
  • 5 deputies and 1 senator
• Movement for Autonomies (Movimento per le Autonomie, MpA)
  • ideology: Regionalism, Christian democracy
  • leader: Raffaele Lombardo
  • 4 deputies and 2 senators
• some independents:
  • Giorgio La Malfa (independent, ex-PRI), deputy
  • Maurizio Fistarol (Toward North, ex-PCI/PDS/Dem/DL/PD), senator
  • Nicola Rossi (independent, ex-DS/PD), senator
  • Luciana Sbarbati (PRI, ex-PRI/MRE/PD), senator

References

1. ^ Berlusconi punta ai «delusi» Fini-Casini: nasce il Polo della Nazione
2. ^ Fini: dimissioni? Opzione che non esiste E Bossi invita ad «abbassare i toni»