The National Front (''Fronte Nazionale'', FN) was a

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. It was founded in 1990 by

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and adopted a policy against "

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" and immigration, whilst also opposing

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, what it called 'cosmo-politics', and the influence of the

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and international finance. The group published an economic journal ''L'antibancor'', as well as ''Rubric'', a members' bulletin. It became moribund after the 1995 conviction of Freda and 49 other members of the party under the Scelba Law which banned the refoundation of the

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.Italy December 1999
F.G.Freda , ''I lupi azzurri. Documenti del Fronte Nazionale'' , Edizioni di Ar, 2001

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