The Movement of National Responsibility (''Movimento di Responsabilità Nazionale'', MRN) was a small

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led by Domenico Scilipoti.

Background

The party was founded on 9 December 2010 by three deputies coming from

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led by

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(ex- PD and ex-

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(ex-PD and ex-ApI) and Domenico Scilipoti (ex- IdV). On 14 December the three deputies voted in favour of Berlusconi in a close vote of confidence. In October 2011 the party had its first congress: Scilipoti was confirmed secretary and Cesario president. On 20 January 2011 the MRN was a founding component of

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, a

group in the

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. In October 2012, the balance of accounts of the People of Freedom showed that the Movement of National Responsibility had received €49,000 of financial support from PdL for posters advertising the MRN's founding congress. In 2013 the party joined

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Scilipotism

Scilipotism is a neologism that appeared in the spoken language in December 2010, after Domenico Scilipoti, elected in an opposition party (

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) left the party and started supporting the Berlusconi Government coalition. The neologism seems to describe such a sudden transformation of political ideas and, particularly, of Parliament position (in Italy known as ''il salto della quaglia'' – the jump of the quail) for uncertain personal reasons but, certainly, for the advantage of the new political side. A group of "scilipotists" made the Berlusconi Government surviving for about one more year. As per the ''

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'', '"Everybody says that I am crazy, but I don't care. They said the same to Ezra Pound," said Scilipoti during the seminar. Pound was confined to a U.S. mental hospital after the war.'

Leadership

*Secretary: Domenico Scilipoti (2010–2013) *President:

(2010–2013)

References

External links

Official website
{{Historical Italian political parties Defunct political parties in Italy