The Labour and Freedom List (''Lista Lavoro e Libertà'', 3L) was a

political party in Italy This article contains a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861. Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy, and since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern ...

led by

Giulio Tremonti Giulio Tremonti () (born 18 August 1947) is an Italian politician. He served in the government of Italy as Minister of Economy and Finance under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2004, from 2005 to 2006, and from 20 ...

History

In a press conference, on 3 October 2012, Tremonti explained that the party might also be called Forward Together (''Avanti Insieme''). The words "forward" and "together" were, respectively, tributes to the

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tradition (''

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'' was the newspaper of the

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, PSI) and the

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one, the two wings upon which the new party was founded. The party defined itself as being neither

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nor

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: the former was criticised for supporting

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and neglecting social rights, the latter for rejecting traditions and being too liberal on immigration and ethical issues. At the party's founding convention, on 6–7 October 2012, speakers included Rino Formica, a former minister of Finance, of whom Tremonti was a ''protégé'' within the PSI. Tremonti, who had been four times minister of Economy and Finance (1994–1995, 2001–2004, 2005–2006, 2008–2012) under

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

and vice president of

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

(2005–2009), was thus leaving

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

, the party of which he had been among the leading founding member in 2009. On 5 December Tremonti signed a political pact with

Roberto Maroni Roberto Ernesto Maroni (; 15 March 1955 – 22 November 2022) was an Italian politician from Varese and a past President of Lombardy. He was the leader of the Northern League, a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padan ...

, leader of

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

(LN). This led to an electoral pact for the 2013 general election, under which Tremonti and his followers were included in Lega Nord's lists. Tremonti stood as candidate for the

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and headed the list in most southern regions. He and

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were thus elected, but soon distanced from Lega Nord. Also, soon after the election, 3L ceased to be active as a party.

Electoral results

References

External links

Official website
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