Federation of Liberals
Federation of Liberals Federazione dei Liberali | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Raffaello Morelli Valerio Zanone |
| Founded | 6 February 1994 |
| Dissolved | c. 2014 |
| Preceded by | Italian Liberal Party |
| Headquarters | Via Laurina 20 00187 Rome |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | ULD (1995) Ulivo (1995–1996) PRI (1999) DL (2001–2004) FdLD (2004) Unione (2004–2006) SE (2014) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colors | Blue |
The Federation of Liberals (Italian: Federazione dei Liberali, FdL) was a minor liberal political party in Italy founded on 6 February 1994 after the dissolution of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI). The FdL soon found itself divided among which political alliance join in the nascent Second Italian Republic but ultimately sided with the centre-left coalition in 1996, while many other members of the PLI had joined the Silvio Berlusconi-led centre-right coalition in 1994.
The FdL promoted liberal, social liberal, liberal-democratic, and pro-European positions, representing the centrist wing of the centre-left coalition. It was never able to replicate the success of the PLI, failing to join the Italian Parliament in 1996 and the European Parliament in 1999, 2004, and 2014, and was quietly dissolved.