The National Front ( Fronte Nazionale , FN) is an Italian far-right political party.
19-741: The FN had its roots in the Tricolour Flame when two leading radicals, Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia and Adriano Tilgher , were expelled from the party in 1997. As a response Tilgher formed his own group in September of that year, calling it National Front (a name already used twice before on the Italian far right) and basing it on the French National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen . The party, which initially confined its operations largely to Rome , gained 18,000 votes in that city in
38-595: A fairly strong anti-capitalist stance, and it can be thought to be the Italian party closest to third positionist ideology along with the New Force and CasaPound parties. Recently Tricolour Flame has been peculiar, among Italian neo-fascist organizations, in actively trying to attract the young masses and renewing its political practices and communication techniques in a more modern, innovative fashion. Political manifests often tend towards attractive, modern graphics and clear-cut, even humorous slogans. Tricolour Flame
57-550: A sign of this legacy, the party, for example, guarantees free membership for ex-RSI military. A press release from the Rome section of the party states: Tricolour Flame is a movement born just to remark its own ideal proximity to the Social Republic and its fighters. A Republic on which side we would surely have fought, if only the fate would have let us born these years. And we should have surely fought to win, because for us
76-514: Is also very close to youth far-right organizations and initiatives, of which the most relevant is CasaPound , a social centre in Rome . The party is against the regionalism promoted by the Northern League for an independent " Padania ", instead favoring a united Italy. Among the more controversial members of Tricolur Flame are Pietro Puschiavo and Maurizio Boccacci. In 1985 Puschiavo
95-543: The 2004 European election the party joined with Social Action and New Force in the Alessandra Mussolini -led coalition Social Alternative , which captured a single seat in the European Parliament . They remained part of this coalition until its dissolution following poor results in the 2006 general election . In 2008 Tilgher joined with Francesco Storace 's group The Right , and
114-434: The 2008 general election , Tricolour Flame formed a joint list called The Right–Tricolour Flame with The Right of Francesco Storace , a splinter group of National Alliance, in support of the candidacy of Daniela Santanchè for Prime Minister. On 8 November 2013, Luca Romagnoli, secretary of Tricolour Flame, together with the secretary of The Right Francesco Storace , the regent of Future and Freedom Roberto Menia ,
133-774: The 2014 European Parliament election , despite opposition from the Movement for National Alliance, as well as the former members of AN who had joined FI including senators Maurizio Gasparri and Altero Matteoli . In the 2014 Piedmontese regional election and 2014 Local elections in Foggia, Biella, Vercelli and Reggio Calabria , the FLI ran together with The Right, I the South and the Social Right as "United Right" ( Destre Unite ), but don't win any seats. elections. Menia, declared
152-538: The Tricolour Flame , after he joined together with other parties to found the Movement for National Alliance without having preventively sought the opinion of the Central Committee. In December 2013, the "National Alliance Foundation", the association in charge of administering the assets of the defunct party, authorised the Brothers of Italy (FdI), supported by Alemanno and Urso, to use the logo of AN in
171-495: The Central Committee of Tricolour Flame distrusted Luca Romagnoli, because he joined this initiative without having preventively sought the opinion of the same Committee, and Attilio Carelli became regent Secretary of the party. After the expulsion Romagnoli founded instead his new political movement, Social Right . On 13 and 14 December 2014, the VII National Congress officially appointed Carelli as Secretary of
190-658: The FSN disbanded. However, in 2013 the party comes out from The Right and regains its autonomy. Tricolour Flame The Social Movement Tricolour Flame ( Italian : Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore , MSFT ), commonly known as Tricolour Flame ( Fiamma Tricolore ), is a neo-fascist political party in Italy . The party was started by the more radical members of the Fascist Italian Social Movement , led by Pino Rauti , who refused to join
209-484: The association Il Popolo della Vita and Roberto Buonasorte , editor of the online newspaper Il Giornale d'Italia , founded the Movement for National Alliance , a federation of right-wing movements inspired by National Alliance (AN), a party which had merged with Forza Italia to form The People of Freedom in 2009. The Social Right was formed on the 16 December 2013 following the expulsion of Luca Romagnoli from
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#1732779471539228-511: The leader of I the South Adriana Poli Bortone , Domenico Nania of the association New Alliance , Oreste Tofani of the association Nazione Sovrana , Antonio Buonfiglio of the association Il Popolo della Vita and Roberto Buonasorte , editor of the online newspaper Il Giornale d'Italia , founded the Movement for National Alliance , a federation of right movements inspired to National Alliance . On 9 December 2013
247-626: The local elections of 1998. The party began to expand in early 2000, seeking to work with other minor groups on the far right to form a united alternative to the National Alliance . The group reconstituted under the FSN name after a merger with further dissident elements within the Fiamma Tricolore. In March 2003 supporters of the new group protested outside the Swiss embassy against the jailing of Gaston-Armand Amaudruz . For
266-515: The mainstream conservative party National Alliance . Rauti was later succeeded by Luca Romagnoli , who took over leadership. In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election the party gained enough votes in the Southern constituency to elect Luca Romagnoli to the European Parliament . The party was then a member of the House of Freedoms coalition for the 2006 general election . In the coming of
285-614: The mandate of Regent Secretary to Giuseppe Manoli . On 15 and 16 January 2022, the IX National Congress took place entirely on the Zoom platform, on this occasion Daniele Cerbella was elected as National Secretary. Tricolour Flame is the party of the Italian far-right most closely tied to the legacy of Italian Social Republic (RSI). The RSI is usually seen by the party as the example of what fascism should have been, in particular as an example of true welfare state. As
304-607: The party. For the 2018 general election , it formed the Italy for the Italians coalition along with the New Force party. At 2019 European Parliamentary Election the party decides not to participate. On 12 September 2021, the Central Committee of the party declared the Secretary Carelli officially lapsed due to the failure to present the budget for the year 2020. The same Central Committee, on 6 October 2021 conferred
323-462: The political synthesis originated from the thought of Benito Mussolini is for us the only political, economical and spiritual system able to bring the freedom and social justice that are today denied to Italians and all other world populations. ... [We] relaunch our battle for a better tomorrow, embodying the ideals of the Black Shirts of Alessandro Pavolini . Tricolour Flame maintains
342-727: Was a founding member of the Veneto Skinheads Front, a far-right skinhead group based in Veneto and connected to Blood and Honour . Boccacci is the former leader of the Western Political Movement, a far-right skinhead organization based in Rome. Movement for National Alliance The Movement for the National Alliance ( Italian : Movimento per Alleanza Nazionale ) was a coalition of right-wing political parties in Italy , which
361-432: Was an unsuccessful attempt to refound the National Alliance . On 8 November 2013, Luca Romagnoli, secretary of Tricolour Flame, together with the secretary of The Right Francesco Storace , the regent of Future and Freedom Roberto Menia , the leader of I the South Adriana Poli Bortone , Domenico Nania of the association Nuova Alleanza , Oreste Tofani of the association Nazione Sovrana , Antonio Buonfiglio of
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