People of Freedom

…new party known as the People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà; PdL)—clinched a third term as prime minister.

…new party known as the People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà; PdL)—won a third term as prime minister. He and his centre-right cabinet took office in May.

…to create the new center-right People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà; PdL) party. AN leader Gianfranco Fini withdrew from the alliance in 2010 to form the rival center-right Future and Freedom for Italy (Futuro e libertà per l’Italia; FLI) party.

…lost the support of Berlusconi’s People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà) party during two otherwise successful parliamentary confidence votes. He resigned from office shortly thereafter, remaining in a caretaker role until a new government could be formed. In early elections held in February 2013, Monti led an alliance of centrist…

…new centre-right political grouping, the People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà; PdL); PdL’s success in the 2008 parliamentary elections returned Berlusconi to power. The National Alliance formally merged with the Forza Italia in 2009, when the PdL became an official political party. In 2010, however, disagreements between Fini and Berlusconi…