Republicans, Liberals, Reformers

Republicans, Liberals, Reformers (Repubblicani, Liberali, Riformatori) was a federation of parties in Italy.

It was formed on March 18, 2007 by the Italian Republican Party (PRI) and the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), both tiny liberal parties in the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition, due to their common reference to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (of which PRI is member and PLI a would-be member). The federation is aimed principally at uniting the Republican and the Liberal traditions, but also at forming joint-list for the next elections and especially for the 2009 European Parliament election.

The two Republican members of the Chamber of Deputies (Giorgio La Malfa and Francesco Nucara, both elected on Forza Italia's list) formed a component in the Mixed Group named "Republicans, Liberals, Reformers" along with Giovanni Ricevuto, a former member of the New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI).

The federation between PRI and PLI, approved by the PRI's congress on 1 April 2007 and by PLI's congress on 24 June 2007, is open to the entry of other parties, movements and associations. Some members of the Liberal Reformers, led by Ernesto Caccavale (ex-PLI, ex-FI and ex-PL) left the group of Benedetto Della Vedova and formed the Italian Reformers, in order to start a collaboration with "Republicans, Liberals, Reformers". Also some former Liberals, Republicans, Radicals, Socialists and Social Democrats now members of Forza Italia could join the new political group.

As of November 2007 the PRI-PLI federation was trying to reinforce collaboration with Liberal Reformers and Decide! with the final goal of ultimately creating a new liberal party. As PRI joined the People of Freedom in early 2008, however, the federation was effectively dissolved.

The federation was almost disbanded in early 2008, when PRI and PLI decided to run the next general election separately: within the People of Freedom and as a stand-alone list respectively.

Historical political parties in Italy

Communist

Communist Party of Italy Italian Communist Party Proletarian Unity Party Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Movement for the Left

Socialist and social-democratic

Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party
Italian Labour Party
Italian Socialist Party
Independent Socialist Party
Italian Reform Socialist Party
United Socialist Party (1922)
Labour Democratic Party
Social Christian Party
United Socialist Party (1949)
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Unified PSI–PSDI
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
Socialist Rebirth
Reformists for Europe
Reform Socialist Party
Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
Socialist Party (1996)
Socialist League
Liberal Socialists
Italian Socialists
Italian Democratic Socialists
Labour Federation
The Italian Socialists
Democratic Left

Green

Green Lists Rainbow Greens

Social-liberal

Radical Party (1877)
Constitutional Democratic Party
Democratic Liberal Party
Reform Democratic Party
Italian Social Democratic Party
Italian Republican Party
Party of Italian Peasants
Action Party
Republican Democratic Concentration
Popular Unity
Community Movement
Radical Party (1955)
Radical Federative Movement
Democratic Alliance
Democratic Union
Movement for Democracy – The Net
The Democrats
Democratic Republicans
Radicals of the Left
European Republicans Movement

Centrist

Patto Segni Italian Renewal United Consumers Southern Democratic Party Italian Democratic Movement Middle-of-the-Road Italy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy

Christian-democratic

Italian People's Party (1919) Christian Democracy Italian People's Party (1994) Christian Democratic Centre United Christian Democrats Christian Democrats for the Republic Democratic Union for the Republic European Democracy Italy of the Centre White Rose

Conservative-liberal

Italian Liberal Party Italian Unionist Movement National Democratic Alliance Union of the Centre Forza Italia Liberal Party Liberal Reformers Italian Liberal Right

Conservative

Party of Combatants Economic Party Common Man's Front National Union Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance

Fascist

National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement National Front National Social Front National Vanguard Italian Nationalist Association

Regionalist and Federalist

Sicilian Independence Movement Federalist Party Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalist Italian League

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives Together with the Union The Left – The Rainbow Anticapitalist List

Centre-left coalitions	Socialist Unity The Olive Tree The Sunflower Socialists United for Europe The Union Rose in the Fist

Centrist coalitions	Pact for Italy Pact of Democrats

Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Whiteflower House of Freedoms Republicans, Liberals, Reformers Pole of Autonomy New Pole for Italy

Rightist coalitions	National Bloc of Freedom Social Alternative

Politics of Italy
List of political parties in Italy
Current parties

Famous quotes containing the word reformers:

“... every woman’s organization recognizes that reformers are far more common than feminists, that the passion to look after your fellow man, and especially woman, to do good to her in your way is far more common than the desire to put into every one’s hand the power to look after themselves.”
—Crystal Eastman (1881–1928)