The National Front (''Fronte Nazionale'', FN) is an Italian
far-right political party.
The FN had its roots in the
Tricolour Flame
The Social Movement Tricolour Flame ( it, Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore, MSFT), commonly known as Tricolour Flame (''Fiamma Tricolore''), is a neo-fascist political party in Italy.
History
The party was started by the more radical members ...
when two leading radicals,
Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia and
Adriano Tilgher, were expelled from the party in 1997. As a response Tilgher formed his own group in September of that year, calling it ''National Front'' (a name already used twice before on the Italian far right) and basing it on the French
National Front of
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015.
Le Pen graduated fro ...
. The party, which initially confined its operations largely to
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, gained 18,000 votes in that city in the local elections of 1998.
The party began to expand in early 2000, seeking to work with other minor groups on the
far right to form a united alternative to the
National Alliance. The group reconstituted under the FSN name after a merger with further dissident elements within the Fiamma Tricolore. In March 2003 supporters of the new group protested outside the
Swiss embassy against the jailing of
Gaston-Armand Amaudruz.
For the
2004 European election the party joined with ''
Social Action
In sociology, social action, also known as Weberian social action, is an act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals (or ' agents'). According to Max Weber, "Action is 'social' insofar as its subjective meaning takes ...
'' and
New Force in the
Alessandra Mussolini
Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of men''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro.
Alessandra may refer to:
* Alessandra Ambrosio (bo ...
-led coalition ''
Social Alternative
Social Alternative ( it, Alternativa Sociale) was a coalition of far-right political parties in Italy.
History
The coalition grew from Social Action, which was founded by Benito Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra Mussolini after she left t ...
'', which captured a single seat in the
European Parliament
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. They remained part of this coalition until its dissolution following poor results in the
2006 general election.
In 2008 Tilgher joined with
Francesco Storace
Francesco Storace (born 25 January 1959 in Cassino, Lazio) is an Italian politician and journalist.
Biography
He began his career at the right-wing newspaper ''Il Secolo d'Italia'', until entering the ranks of the neo-fascist party Italian Socia ...
's group ''
The Right'', and the FSN disbanded.
However, in 2013 the party comes out from The Right and regains its autonomy.
Destra, il fascista Tilgher: Un Fronte Nazionale per essere padroni a casa nostra
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References
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1997 establishments in Italy
Far-right politics in Italy
Nationalist parties in Italy
Neo-fascist organisations in Italy
Neo-fascist parties
Eurosceptic parties in Italy
Third Position
Political parties established in 1997