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| website = | colorcode = #0059AA| country = Italy}}Federation of Freedom (, FdL) was a centre-right parliamentary group in the Italian Senate.The group was formed in May 2017WEB,weblink senato.it – Composizione del Gruppo Federazione della Libertà (Idea-Popolo e Libertà, PLI) nella XVII Legislatura, www.senato.it, by five defectors from the Great Autonomies and Freedom (GAL) group, including four of Identity and Action (IdeA) and one of the Moderates (Mod); two splinters from Popular Alternative (AP); two senators from the Mixed Group, including the one of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI); and one senator of Forza Italia (FI), the main successor of The People of Freedom (PdL). Eight of ten FdL members had been elected with the PdL in the 2013 general election.WEB,weblink senato.it – Senato della Repubblica senato.it – Variazioni nei Gruppi parlamentari, www.senato.it, Since its formation, with the only exception of the Moderates (affiliated to the centre-left Democratic Party, PD), the FdL aimed at strengthening its members' ties both with GAL and FI, and being part of the centre-right coalition with Lega Nord (LN) and Brothers of Italy (FdI) in the 2018 general election.WEB,weblink Al Senato nasce il gruppo anti-Rosatellum, May 18, 2017, L'HuffPost, WEB,weblink Senato: nasce gruppo Federazione libertà – Ultima Ora, May 18, 2017, ANSA.it, Additionally, the FdL was seen as the embryo of the centre-right's "fourth leg" in the election, other than the LN, FI and Brothers of Italy (FdI).WEB,weblink Berlusconi accoglie i centristi. Pronto il nome: "Italia Civica" – La Stampa, July 21, 2017, lastampa.it, WEB,weblink E Berlusconi ordinò: "Fermate l’esodo o cade l’esecutivo", Il Fatto Quotidiano, WEB,weblink TRA QUARTE GAMBE E BAD COMPANY, VIAGGIO NELLA GALASSIA CENTRISTA IMPLOSA PER L'ANSIA DA SEGGIO, July 20, 2017, L'HuffPost, WEB,weblink Centrodestra: Costa, con UDC-FARE-PLI per la collaborazione con FI, July 27, 2017, August 7, 2017, June 20, 2018,weblink dead, The group was dissolved at the end of the parliamentary term, after the 2018 general election. In the election group leader Gaetano Quagliariello (IdeA) was re-elected with FI, while Cinzia Bonfrisco (PLI) with the LN.

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!colspan=2|Party!Main ideology!MPs 2017!MPs 2018| Identity and Action| Christian democracy 4 4Popular Alternative| Liberal conservatism 2 –Forza Italia (2013)>Forza Italia| Liberal conservatism 1 1Italian Liberal Party (1997)>Italian Liberal Party| Liberalism 1 1Moderates (Italy)>Moderates| Centrism 1 1 Other parties, non-party independents – 2 Total 10 10

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