National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance (Italian: Alleanza Nazionale, often shortened to AN) is a right-wing Italian political party. It was formed by current secretary Gianfranco Fini from the Italian Social Movement (MSI), which was declared dissolved in January 1995, and conservative elements of the former Christian Democracy, which had disbanded in 1994 after two years of scandals and various splits due to corruption at its hightest levels, exposed by the Mani Pulite investigation. Former MSI members were however still the bulk of the new party.

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Italian - Italian - Gianfranco Fini - Italian Social Movement - January - 1995 - Christian Democracy - 1994 - Corruption - Mani Pulite

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The logo follows a template very similar to the Democratic Party of the Left, with the previous logo in a small circle (as a means of legally preventing others from using it), and the name is likely inspired by Alleanza Democratica, a short-lived project of a lay centre-left coalition whose founder was Ferdinando Adornato.

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Logo - Democratic Party of the Left - Alleanza Democratica - Ferdinando Adornato

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Its electorate is mainly in the central-southern regions, but it also competes in the north-east with the Lega Nord, its ally in the ruling right center coalition Casa delle Libertà. The relationship of AN with the Northern League can be tense at times, especially about issues of national unity, but the two parties share views on other issues such as immigration; AN's view is normally more moderate than Lega Nord's.

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Lega Nord - Casa delle Libertà - Immigration

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