Arengo and Freedom ( it, Arengo e Libertà, AL) was a

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and

social liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

political party in

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

. It was founded in September 2008 by two splinters from the

Party of Socialists and Democrats The Party of Socialists and Democrats ( it, Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer member of the P ...

Fabio Berardi Fabio Berardi (born 26 May 1959 in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino) is a Sammarinese politician. He served as a Captain Regent of San Marino from April 2001 until October 2001 and from October 2016 to April 2017. From October 2001 until December 200 ...

and Nadia Ottaviani, both members of the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

, who considered the party to be too leftist. The group is linked to the Italian Clubs of Freedom. For the 2008 general election, the sole elections Arengo and Freedom have competed in, the party was part of the

Pact for San Marino Pact for San Marino ( it, Patto per San Marino) was a centrist coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino. It was composed of four lists for a total of eight parties: {, class=wikitable style=text-align:left , - !colspan=2 ...

coalition and had its candidates in the list of the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...

(PDCS). The electoral coalition won 35 seats out of 60 in the

in the

Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008 Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ...

gaining 54.22% of the national vote and a governmental majority of 5. After the Sammarinese political crisis of 2011, and looking to the elections of 2012, the party collapsed, their members joining many different parties.

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