New Alliance (''Nuova Alleanza'') was a

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faction within National Alliance, a

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. The faction was founded in December 2001 by

Altero Matteoli Altero Matteoli (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician. Political career Born in Cecina, he has been a member of the Italian Social Movement and National Alliance. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 19 ...

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Adolfo Urso Adolfo Urso (born 12 July 1957 in Padua, Veneto) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Son of Sicily, Sicilian parents, after studying in Acireale and Catania, Urso graduated in sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome, "La Sa ...

and

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, who were at the time the staunchest supporters of the leadership of

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. New Alliance, which was the result of the merger of Right and Freedom (Matteoli, Urso) with Plural Right (Nania), was an early supporter of the party's entry into the

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and represented the most vocal wing of the party in favour of

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. In the 2002 party congress New Alliance was represented by the 25-30% of delegates. Within

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, the broad centre-right party into which National Alliance was merged in 2009, Matteoli launched

Foundation of Freedom Foundation of Freedom (''Fondazione della Libertà'') was a liberal-conservative think tank connected to The People of Freedom, a political party in Italy. Founded in 2010 by Altero Matteoli, it can be seen as a continuation of New Alliance, a ma ...

, distancing from Fini, while Urso became one of the most staunchest supporters of Fini's

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and the secretary-general of '' FareFuturo''. When Fini and his followers (including Urso, at the time) left the party in order to launch

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, most former members of New Alliance remained in The People of Freedom.

External links

Official website

References

{{National Alliance factions National Alliance (Italy) factions