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| logo = Federation of Liberals’ Logo.pngItalian Liberal PartyLUCIANO BARDICHAPTER=THE ITALIAN PARTY SYSTEM: THE EFFECTIVE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKEEDITOR2=COLETTE YSMALCHAPTER-URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=DJUJGAT1S8AC&PG=PA102PUBLISHER=GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUPPAGE=102, | foundation = 6 February 1994YEAR=2021PUBLISHER=BOOKS ON DEMAND, 9783754355848, | leader1_title = Leaders| leader1_name = Raffaello MorelliValerio Zanone| newspaper = | membership_year = | membership = | headquarters = Via Laurina 20 - 00187 Rome| ideology = LiberalismSocial liberalism| position = Centre-left| international = | european = | europarl = | website = }}The Federation of Liberals (, FdL) was a minor liberal political party in Italy.The party was founded on 6 February 1994 as the legal successor of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI):WEB,ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/07/anche-il-pli-si-scioglie.html, ANCHE IL PLI SI SCIOGLIE – la Repubblica.it, it, Ricerca.repubblica.it, 1994-02-07, 2014-07-16, Alfredo Biondi, incumbent president of the PLI, was elected president and Raffaello Morelli coordinator.WEB,ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/07/24/pli-congresso-non-solo.html?ref=search, Pli A Congresso ‘ Non C’ E’ Solo Forza Italia ... ‘ – La Repubblica.It, it, Ricerca.repubblica.it, 1994-07-24, 2014-07-16, WEB,ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/07/25/il-nuovo-partito-liberale-morelli-eletto-segretario.html, Il Nuovo Partito Liberale Morelli Eletto Segretario – La Repubblica.It, it, Ricerca.repubblica.it, 1994-07-25, 2014-07-16, In the 1994 general election most FdL members supported Patto Segni, while Biondi (and some of the Liberals gathered in the Union of the Centre) were elected with Forza Italia. The FdL failed to file lists for the subsequent European Parliament election.In 1995 the party was joined by the Liberal Democratic Union,WEB,www.europe-politique.eu/wiki/Unione_Liberaldemocratica_%28ULD%29, Unione Liberaldemocratica (ULD) – Europe Politique, fr, Europe-politique.eu, 2014-07-16, whose leader Valerio Zanone was elected president,WEB,ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/02/06/liberali-stanno-con-romano.html?ref=search, ‘ I LIBERALI STANNO CON ROMANO’ – la Repubblica.it, it, Ricerca.repubblica.it, 1995-02-06, 2014-07-16, replacing Antonio Baslini.WEB,archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/marzo/27/Addio_Baslini_padre_del_divorzio_co_0_95032714119.shtml, Addio a Baslini, ” padre ” del divorzio, Archiviostorico.corriere.it, 2014-07-16, In the 1996 general election Zanone and Morelli sided the FdL with The Olive Tree and, more specifically, with Democratic Union.WEB,ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/03/03/liberali-si-dividono-ancora.html?ref=search, I LIBERALI SI DIVIDONO ANCORA – la Repubblica.it, it, Ricerca.repubblica.it, 1996-03-03, 2014-07-16, In the 1999 European Parliament election the party formed a joint list with the Italian Republican Party.WEB,archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/aprile/21/Malfa_Zanone_coppia_alla_consultazione_co_0_990421359.shtml, La Malfa e Zanone in coppia alla consultazione del 13 giugno, Archiviostorico.corriere.it, 2014-07-16, In both cases no Liberals were elected.In the 2001 general election the FdL sided with Democracy is Freedom (DL). Zanone, a keen supporter of that alliance, joined DL’s national board in 2002WEB,web.tiscali.it/leonforte/org_marg.htm, ‘+’, Web.tiscali.it, 2014-07-16, WEB,www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/valerio-zanone/, Valerio Zanone nell’Enciclopedia Treccani, Treccani.it, 2014-07-16, and was elected to the Senate in the 2006 general election,WEB,archiviostorico.corriere.it/2006/febbraio/19/Zanone_Rutelli_Stato_non_etico_co_9_060219042.shtml, Zanone a Rutelli: lo Stato non è etico, deve essere laico, Archiviostorico.corriere.it, 2014-07-16, WEB,www.senato.it/leg/15/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00002548.htm, Scheda di attività di Valerio ZANONE – XV Legislatura, senato.it, 2014-07-16, while Morelli was more critical. The majority of the party sided with the latter, but the final fracture with Zanone happened only in 2005. In the meantime, in the 2004 European Parliament election the FdL had formed joint lists with the Federation of Liberal Democrats.After that, the party, which is still active and more recently took part in European Choice for the 2014 European Parliament election,WEB,www.formiche.net/2014/03/04/verhofstadt-liberali-alde-prodi-monti/, Ecco la lista arcobaleno degli ultra liberal-europeisti che (con Prodi e montiani doc) sfidano Popolari e Socialisti, 4 March 2014, Formiche, 2014-07-16, WEB,www.termometropolitico.it/110027_esclusiva-enrico-ali-europee-sostegno-scelta-civica.html, ESCLUSIVA Enrico (Ali): “Europee, sostegno a Scelta civica se si rappresentano i liberali”, 25 March 2014, has suffered a steady decline.

Leadership

• President: Alfredo Biondi (1994), Antonio Baslini (1994–1995), Valerio Zanone (1995–2004), Raffaello Morelli (2005–c.2014)
• Coordinator/Secretary: Raffello Morelli (1994–2005)

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External links

• www.partitodelleliberta.it/liberali/" title="web.archive.org/web/20140502195057www.partitodelleliberta.it/liberali/">Official website
• www.liberali.it/" title="web.archive.org/web/20080113141441www.liberali.it/">Former official website

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