The Pole of Good Government ( it, Polo del Buon Governo) was a

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, and later political alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by

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. Its counterpart in Northern Italy was the

Pole of Freedoms The Pole of Freedoms ( it, Polo delle Libertà) was a centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi. Its counterpart in central and southern Italy was the Pole of Good Govern ...

History

The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia (FI) and the National Alliance (AN), but also included the

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(CCD), Union of the Centre (UdC) and Liberal Democratic Pole (PLD). The Pole of Good Government was present only in most of Southern Italy, while the

, composed of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, without the National Alliance, was present in Northern Italy. However, the term "Pole of Good Government" (as that of "Pole of Freedoms") had no official character: the logo that identified the coalition included just the symbols of the lists that were part of the alliance (furthermore, this symbol was only present for the election of the Senate). After the fall of the

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because of disagreements with the Lega Nord, the alliance ended. In its place, Forza Italia, the National Alliance and Christian Democratic Centre formed another coalition, the

Pole for Freedoms The Pole for Freedoms ( it, Polo per le Libertà) was a centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, which was active from 1996 to 2000. It included Forza Italia (FI), the National Alliance (AN), Union of the Centre (UdC), Christian De ...

, which in 2000, after the re-entry of Lega Nord, was renamed House of Freedoms.

Composition

It was initially composed of the following political parties:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pole of Good Government Political parties established in 1994 Defunct political party alliances in Italy 1994 establishments in Italy fr:Pôle des libertés - Pôle du bon gouvernement