National Area
Encyclopedia
National Area is a faction within Future and Freedom
(FLI), a political party in Italy.
Founded by Roberto Menia and Silvano Moffa (who was also a leading member of Open Space
), it represents the right-wing of the so-called arcipelago finiano, that is to say the area around Gianfranco Fini
. Most members of the group, whose acronym is identical to that of National Alliance
(AN), the party Fini founded from the Italian Social Movement
(MSI) in 1995 and finally led into the PdL in 2009, are members of Generation Italy
too.
In July 2010 virtually all National Area members left the PdL groups in the Chamber and the Senate in order to join FLI, the new parliamentary party animated by GI. Menia and Moffa became coordinators of the political platform and the parliamentary groups of FLI, respectively.
In December 2010 Moffa left FLI, which had become too against Silvio Berlusconi
, to return into the PdL's orbit, while Menia remained firmly behind Fini.
Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom , whose complete name is Future and Freedom for Italy is a centre-right political party in Italy....
(FLI), a political party in Italy.
Founded by Roberto Menia and Silvano Moffa (who was also a leading member of Open Space
Open Space (faction)
Open Space was a faction within The People of Freedom , a political party in Italy.Led by Andrea Augello and Silvano Moffa, it was one of the factions of the so-called arcipelago finiano, that is to say the area around Gianfranco Fini. Open Space represented the more conciliatory wing of Finiani,...
), it represents the right-wing of the so-called arcipelago finiano, that is to say the area around Gianfranco Fini
Gianfranco Fini
Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, leader of the center-right Future and Freedom party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance and the post-fascist Italian Social Movement...
. Most members of the group, whose acronym is identical to that of National Alliance
National Alliance (Italy)
National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...
(AN), the party Fini founded from the Italian Social Movement
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...
(MSI) in 1995 and finally led into the PdL in 2009, are members of Generation Italy
Generation Italy
Generation Italy is a faction within Future and Freedom , a political party in Italy.Although most of its members come from the conservative National Alliance and were earlier members of the Italian Social Movement , the foundation was considered the cradle of social liberalism within The People...
too.
In July 2010 virtually all National Area members left the PdL groups in the Chamber and the Senate in order to join FLI, the new parliamentary party animated by GI. Menia and Moffa became coordinators of the political platform and the parliamentary groups of FLI, respectively.
In December 2010 Moffa left FLI, which had become too against Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
, to return into the PdL's orbit, while Menia remained firmly behind Fini.