Liberal Reformers

The Liberal Reformers (Italian: Riformatori Liberali, RL) was a minor liberal, liberist (Italy's economic liberal tradition), and right-libertarian political party in Italy led by Benedetto Della Vedova, a former president of the Italian Radicals (RI). Founded as a split from the RI in 2005, Della Vedova represented the right wing of the more left-libertarian RI, which was influenced by social democracy and came to represent Keynesian, post-Keynesian, and social liberal positions. In contrast, the RL represented positions close to Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of economics, with influences from Austrian School economist Friedrich Hayek and conservative (Anglo-Saxon liberals) politicians Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

As a result of its more right-leaning views, the RL were allies of the House of Freedoms (CdL, the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi) in 2006. Although the centre-right coalition was narrowly defeated by The Union (Unione), Della Vedova was elected to the Italian Parliament. In 2008, the RL was part of the newly founded The People of Freedom (PdL), an alliance between Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) and the National Alliance (AN) led by Gianfranco Fini, which won the snap election, with two RL deputies elected. Within the PdL, the RL led by Della Vedova began to distance himself from Berlusconi and became closer to Fini.

The RL was formally disbanded in 2009 and RL members like Della Vedova joined Fini's new party Future and Freedom (FeL) in 2010, supported Mario Monti, or rejoined the RI through the More Europe (+Eu) project, which became part of the centre-left coalition. Della Vedova became the secretary of +Eu in 2018.