Open Space (''Spazio Aperto'') was an association connected to

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom (, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list, including and National Alliance, on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election. The list was later t ...

(PdL), a

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. Led by

Andrea Augello Andrea Augello (24 February 1961 – 28 April 2023) was an Italian politician. Political career Born in Novara, as a teenager Augello was a member of Youth Front. He later became a General Labour Union trade unionist, and in 1991 he co-founde ...

and

Silvano Moffa Silvano Moffa (born 21 April 1951 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Moffa joined the Italian Social Movement in 1970 and in 1973 he was elected municipal councilor in Colleferro. In 1975 he became journalist of ...

, it was one of the factions of the so-called ''arcipelago finiano'', that is to say the area around

Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini (born 3 January 1952) is a retired Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian ...

. Open Space represented the more conciliatory wing of ''Finiani'', especially if compared to

Generation Italy Generation Italy (''Generazione Italia'', GI) or ''Finiani'' was an association connected to Future and Freedom (FLI), a political party in Italy, and earlier to The People of Freedom (PdL). Although most of its members came from the conservative N ...

(GI). Its members included mainly former members of

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close to Fini (Augello, Moffa,

Pasquale Viespoli Pasquale Viespoli (born 19 January 1955) is an Italian politician who served as Mayor of Benevento (1993–2001), Deputy (2001–2006), Undersecretary of State (2001–2006, 2008–2010) and Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, ...

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, Marcello De Angelis,

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, Luca Bellotti,

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) and few ''Berlusconiani'' coming from

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(

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). Moffa was also a founding member of

National Area National Area (''Area Nazionale'', AN) was an association connected to Future and Freedom (FLI), a political party in Italy, and earlier to The People of Freedom. Founded by Roberto Menia and Silvano Moffa (who was also a leading member of Open Sp ...

and joined GI too, while the former refused to do so because of his disagreement with

Italo Bocchino Italo Bocchino (born 6 July 1967) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Bocchino was born in Naples, and in his youth, he was a member of the Italian Social Movement (a post-fascist formation) and worked as a spokesman for the me ...

. In fact most members of Open Space (Augello, Viespoli, Cursi, Tofani, De Angelis, Foti and, of course, the four ''Berlusconiani'') did not join GI. In July 2010 only a third of Open Space members left the PdL groups in the Chamber and the Senate in order to join

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(FLI), the new parliamentary party animated by GI. Moffa, Viespoli, Valditara, Saia and Bellotti joined FLI, while Augello, Cursi, Tofani, De Angelis, Foti, Bergamini, Comincioli, Saro and Musso remained in the PdL. Musso, a committed liberal, left the PdL in November, while Moffa left FLI to return into the PdL's orbit in December. In that occasion he was followed also by

Giampiero Catone Giampiero Catone (born 1 June 1956 in Naples, Campania) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Giampiero Catone was born on 1 June 1956 in Naples. He graduated in Political Sciences at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara ...

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and

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References

External links

Andrea Augello's official websiteSilvano Moffa's official website
{{clear Organisations associated with The People of Freedom