The Right
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| The Right | |
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| Secretary | Francesco Storace |
| President | Teodoro Buontempo |
| Spokeswoman | Daniela Santanchè |
| Founded | 14 July 2007 |
| Headquarters | Via Sebastiano Conca, 6 00197 Rome |
| Newspaper | LaDestraNews |
| Membership | unknown |
| Ideology | National conservatism, Conservatism, Libertarianism |
| Coalition | The Right–Tricolour Flame |
| International | none |
| European party | none |
| European Parliament Group | Union for Europe of the Nations |
| Website | http://www.la-destra.it |
The Right (La Destra) is a national-conservative Italian political party.
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[edit] History
On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the party, and on 27 July he presented the new party.
On 10 November the party was officially founded in a constituent congress in Rome. In that occasion Sicilian Alliance of Nello Musumeci merged into The Right and Daniela Santanchè, leading woman member of AN, left the party to join the party[1], broadening its appeal, as she was close to the Italian Liberal Party and never joined the Italian Social Movement. In this perspective Storace is also wooing Gabriele Pagliuzzi to merge his Liberal Right – Liberals for Italy into The Right.[2]
On 15 February 2008 it was announced that The Right will run the 2008 general election in alliance with far right Tricolour Flame, outside the People of Freedom-led coalition. Daniela Santanchè will be the candidate for Prime Minister and leader of the joint list between the two parties. The joint list is known as The Right–Tricolour Flame.
On 18 January 2008 Giancarlo Pagliarini, a libertarian and keen fiscal federalist who was a leading member of Lega Nord from 1991 to 2007 (he was even close to the independentist wing of the party), joined the party[3] and will head the coalition list in Lombardy in the 2008 general election.
[edit] Ideology
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The party defines itself the party of the "social, national and popular right" and promotes patriotism, Catholic values and national cohesion. Among other things, The Right is strongly supportive of direct democracy and of presidentialism. Its economic policy is a mixture of statism, such the strong support for the welfare state and the introduction of the so-called "social loan" (mutuo sociale) for young people in order to enable them to purchase a house, and of libertarian proposals, such as the introduction of the flat tax and fiscal federalism.
[edit] Members
The party has 7 MPs: 4 deputies (Teodoro Buontempo, Antonio Pezzella, Roberto Salerno and Daniela Santanchè) and 3 senators (Stefano Losurdo, Stefano Morselli and Francesco Storace himself). Leading members of the new party include Nello Musumeci, MEP, Paolo Danieli and Michele Florino, both former Senators, Alberto Arrighi, former editor of Area (the journal of Social Right, a faction of AN), Paolo Agostinacchio, former mayor of Foggia, and Nuccio Carrara (former under-secretary for Reforms in Berlusconi's governments).
[edit] Popular support
The first opinion poll after the announcement of Storace put The Right at 3.2%[4]. According to this survey, The Right may steal votes both from National Alliance and from Social Action, Alessandra Mussolini's party. Other polls have placed the party around 5%[5]. After the fall of Romano Prodi government, The Right was placed at 3,3%[6].
[edit] Leadership
- Secretary: Francesco Storace (2007–...)
- Spokeswoman: Daniela Santanchè (2007–...)
- Administrative Secretary: Giulio La Starza (2007–2008)
- Organizational Secretary: Stefano Morselli (2007–...)
- President: Teodoro Buontempo (2007–...)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.corriere.it/politica/07_novembre_10/santanche_destra_storace_an.shtml
- ^ http://www.liberaliperlitalia.it/pagina.phtml?_id_articolo=1251
- ^ http://www.aldorossi.org/la_destra_fed_roma/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=453
- ^ http://www.sondaggipoliticoelettorali.it/asp/visualizza_sondaggio.asp?idsondaggio=2436
- ^ http://www.storace.it/Storace/page.asp?I=0&VisImg=S&Art=1256&Cat=2&IdTipo=1
- ^ Intenzioni di voto - 21/22 gennaio 2008 - la tavola - Clandestinoweb: sondaggi politici, elettorali. Il sondaggio politico elettorale che fa opinione
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Party manifesto
- LaDestraNews – News from The Right
- Official website of Francesco Storace
