History
The background of the party is in 1955 as a progressive liberal faction of the Italian Liberal Party which formed the Radical Party (Partito Radicale). In 1988, the party was transformed into the Transnational Radical Party. In 1992, the party was re-organized at the Italian-level as Pannella List (Lista Pannella), as its most senior figure was Marco Pannella. In 1999, it used the electoral label Bonino List (Lista Bonino), after Emma Bonino. In 2001, the party in Italy named itself Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani), using the name Transnational Radical Party for its international arm. In 2005, the Italian Radicals joined Italian Democratic Socialists and founded the Rose in the Fist electoral coalition.
In May 2003 Olivier Dupuis resigned from his office as Secretary of the party, because of serious political differences with TRP leader Marco Pannella. The party is presently run by a provisional committee, known as "the Senate" (Senato), led by Marco Pannella himself along with other members of the party.
The party often advocates for the international use of the language Esperanto in its literature. It has produced instructional material on Esperanto.
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