New Alliance was a liberal-conservative

Liberal conservatism

Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...

 faction within 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...

, a political party in Italy.

It was founded in December 2001 by Domenico Matteoli, Cristiana Muscardini

Cristiana Muscardini

Cristiana Muscardini is an Italian politician andMember of the European Parliamentfor North-Westwith People of Freedom ,...

, Adolfo Urso and Domenico Nania, who were at the time the stauchest supporters of the leadership of 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...

. New Alliance, which was the result of the merger of Right and Freedom (Matteoli, Urso) with Plural Right (Nania), was an early supporter of the party's entry into the European People's Party

European People's Party

The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

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In the 2002 party congress New Alliance was represented by the 25-30% of delegates.

Within The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....

, the large centre-right party into which National Alliance was merged in 2009, Matteoli launched Foundation of Freedom

Foundation of Freedom

Foundation of Freedom is a liberal-conservative think tank/faction within The People of Freedom , a political party in Italy....

, distancing from Fini, while Urso became one of the most vocal figures of Fini's 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...

 and the secretary-general of FareFuturo

FareFuturo

FareFuturo is a liberal-conservative think tank close to Future and Freedom, a political party in Italy. FF was inspired by Gianfranco Fini, who served as its first president, while Adolfo Urso was its first secretary-general and serves now as president.-Leadership:*President: Gianfranco Fini ,...

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