The Liberals (I Liberali) is a liberal political party in Italy.

The Liberals
I Liberali
PresidentEdoardo Croci
FoundedFebruary 2014
Split fromItalian Liberal Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre

The party was launched in February 2014 by a qualified group of liberals, including some splinters of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI). Renato Altissimo, Alfredo Biondi, Edoardo Croci (who was appointed president), Enrico Musso, Alessandro Ortis, Carlo Scognamiglio and Giuliano Urbani were among the most notable founding members.[1][2][3]

The Liberals, who presentend themselves to the public during a press conference in March, successfully sought to run in the 2014 European Parliament election within European Choice (SE), a joint list sponsored by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party.[4][5] The Liberals' Musso stood as candidate for the party within SE in the North-West Italy European Parliament constituency,[6] but was not elected[7] as the list received a mere 0.7% nationally.[8]

In March 2021 Carlo Cottarelli, a former director of the International Monetary Fund, was chosen by The Liberals, Carlo Calenda's Action (A), Emma Bonino's More Europe (+E), the Italian Republican Party (PRI) and the Liberal Democratic Alliance for Italy (ALI) to head of a scientific committee designed to elaborate a joint political program.[9][10][11]

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  1. ^ "Chi siamo | I liberali". www.i-liberali.it. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "LIBERALI: BIONDI ALTISSIMO SCOGNAMIGLIO e URBANI DANNO VITO a MOVIMENTO POLITICO - AgenParl - Agenzia Parlamentare per l'informazione politica ed economica". www.agenparl.it. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cefalunews.net - Notizie 24 ore su 24 da Cefalù, dalle Madonie e da Palermo".
  4. ^ "Partage et linking d'information numérique et digitale | agenparl.it". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18.
  5. ^ "Partage et linking d'information numérique et digitale | agenparl.it". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18.
  6. ^ "Croci: Sosteniamo la lista Scelta Europea e il nostro candidato Enrico Musso | I liberali". www.i-liberali.it. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ^ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/candidati.php?tpel=E&dtel=25/05/2014&tpa=I&tpe=I&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=1&levsut1=1&ne1=1&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S&ne=1&nlg=6&ts=C&ccp=11103
  8. ^ "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT".
  9. ^ "Calenda, Bonino e Cottarelli: "La politica non finisce con Draghi"". 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Programma per l'Italia | Cosa farà il comitato di Cottarelli che mette insieme (Quasi) tutti i partiti liberaldemocratici". 11 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Le forze Libdem insieme per il "Programma per l'Italia": Il comitato presieduto da Cottarelli". 9 March 2021.

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