The Pole of Freedoms ( it, Polo delle Libertà) was a

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and

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, launched at the 1994 general election by

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. Its counterpart in central and southern Italy was the Pole of Good Government. Differently from the other coalition in the Italian history, it was simply a political, and not an

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alliance, so contributing to its failure.

History

The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, but also included

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and the Union of the Centre, the latter represented in Forza Italia's electoral lists. The Pole of Freedoms was present only in Northern Italy, while the Pole of Good Government, composed of Forza Italia and the National Alliance, was present in most of Southern Italy. The National Alliance ran individually in the North as a rightist coalition in opposition to the Pole. The Pannella List also ran against the Pole, since the League saw the List as contrary to its liberal and federalist ideas. However, the term "Pole of Freedoms" (as that of "Pole of Good Government") had no official character: the logo that identified the coalition included just the symbols of the lists that were part of the alliance (furthermore, this symbol was only present for the election of the Senate). Even if this alliance, differently from the Pole of Good Government, had the explicit goal to run for the

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, it was not extended to the local level, where the parties composing it ran individually. The Pole had good results between the young people, with three percentage points of difference between the House and the age-restricted Senate.22.8% for the Pole of Freedoms, House of Deputies19.9% for the Pole of Freedoms, Senate
After the fall of the

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because of disagreements with the Lega Nord, the alliance ended. Afterwards Forza Italia, the National Alliance and Christian Democratic Centre formed another coalition, the

Pole for Freedoms The Pole for Freedoms ( it, Polo per le Libertà) was a centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, which was active from 1996 to 2000. It included Forza Italia (FI), the National Alliance (AN), Union of the Centre (UdC), Christian De ...

, which in 2000, after the re-entry of Lega Nord, was renamed the House of Freedoms.

Composition

The Pole was composed of the following political parties:

Election results of the Pole

Italian Parliament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pole Of Freedoms Political parties established in 1994 Defunct political party alliances in Italy 1994 establishments in Italy