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faction within

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, a

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. The group was basically composed of those Liberals (former members of the

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, PLI) who formed the Union of the Centre in 1993, after the PLI's dissolution, took part to the

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coalition and finally joined

in 1999, continuing its activity through the association Liberal Union of the Centre (''Unione Liberale di Centro'', ULdC). The LP faction was founded in 2003 by six Forza Italia's MPs: three former Liberals (

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and Valter Zanetta) and three former

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with a liberal streak ( Roberto Rosso, Renzo Patria and Benedetto Nicotra) and had circles all around

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, especially in

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Leadership

*Secretary:

*President:

References

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External links

Official website
Forza Italia factions