Our Right (''La Nostra Destra'') was a short-lived
national-conservative
National conservatism is a nationalism, nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding National identity, national and cultural identity, communitarianism and the public role of religion. It shares aspects of traditionalist c ...
faction within
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
political party in Italy.
Founded on 3 May 2010 by
Ignazio La Russa
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), president of the Senate of the Republic since 2022 President of the Italian Senate election, 13 Octob ...
on the ashes of
Protagonist Right, a major faction within
National Alliance (merged into PdL in 2009), Our Right was active primarily in
Lombardy
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, where La Russa and his brother
Romano had their power base, despite hailing from
Sicily
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. The faction was launched as a response to
Generation Italy, the minority faction around
Gianfranco Fini which opposed
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...
and eventually left the party in order to launch
Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom (), whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy (''Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia'', abbreviated to FLI), was a list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, comprising both liberal conservatism, liberal an ...
.
Soon after the establishment of the faction, La Russa joined forces with his long-time faction-mate
Maurizio Gasparri
Maurizio Gasparri (born 18 July 1956) is an Italian politician.
Career
Gasparri was born in Rome to parents of Campania, Campanian origins. He was educated at the Liceo Torquato Tasso in the city. In his civilian life he worked as a journalist ...
within
Protagonist Italy.
References
External links
Unofficial website{{Clear
The People of Freedom factions