The Popular Alliance ( it, Alleanza Popolare, AP) was a
liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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centrist
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political party in
San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...
.
The party formed a coalition with the
Union for the Republic for the
2016 Sammarinese general election, and following their electoral success the two parties created a new party,
Future Republic
Future Republic (Italian: ''Repubblica Futura'', RF) is a centrist political party in San Marino and one of the five current governing parties in San Marino with Democratic Socialist Left and Civic 10.
The party was formed on the 24th and 25 Fe ...
.
History
AP was born as an anti-establishment party in 1993, in parallel with the rise of
Lega Nord in Italy, of which it has been long considered the Sanmarinese counterpart, but has since then become a stable political force in San Marino, participating in government coalitions with the centrist
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party
The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino.
The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...
(PDCS), as well as with the centre-left
Party of Socialists and Democrats
The Party of Socialists and Democrats ( it, Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer member of the P ...
(PSD) since 2002.
In the
2006 Sammarinese general election the party won 12.1% of the vote and 7 out of 60 seats in the
Grand and General Council
The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term.
History
From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...
, making it the third-largest party of the country. In 2008 after the breaking-up of the governing coalition, due to the rising clashes between AP and
United Left, under the new electoral system, the party decided to join PDCS in the centrist
Pact for San Marino
Pact for San Marino ( it, Patto per San Marino) was a centrist coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino.
It was composed of four lists for a total of eight parties:
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coalition for the
2008 general election, gaining 11.5% of votes and 7 seats out of the 35 of the coalition gained and 11.52% of the national vote.
Assunta Meloni
Assunta "Tina" Meloni (born 21 April 1951) is a politician of San Marino. She was Captain Regent of San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic o ...
became one of the two
Joint Captains Regent of San Marino.
After the political crisis of 2011, AP confirmed its alliance with PDCS, creating the new alliance
San Marino Common Good
San Marino Common Good ( it, San Marino Bene Comune) is a centrist political and electoral alliance in San Marino, formed to contest the 2012 general election. It comprises2012 Sammarinese general election
General elections were held in San Marino on 11 November 2012. The 60 seats in the Grand and General Council were up for grabs. The elections were held using the majority bonus system. The previous election, held in 2008, provided the Sammarinese ...
, even though AP itself lost three seats.
For the
2016 Sammarinese general election, AP broke its alliance with PDCS and formed the
Future Republic
Future Republic (Italian: ''Repubblica Futura'', RF) is a centrist political party in San Marino and one of the five current governing parties in San Marino with Democratic Socialist Left and Civic 10.
The party was formed on the 24th and 25 Fe ...
electoral list with
Union for the Republic, which was a part of the ''Adesso.sm'' coalition. The list won eleven seats in the election's second round run-off.
On 24 February 2017, AP and UpR officially merged and formed Future Republic as a political party.
See also
*
Liberalism by country
*
List of political parties in San Marino
San Marino has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The parties
Parties with official representation
Pa ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
1993 establishments in San Marino
2017 disestablishments in San Marino
Centrist parties in Europe
Defunct liberal political parties
Defunct political parties in San Marino
Liberal parties in San Marino
Political parties disestablished in 2017
Political parties established in 1993