The Social Movement Tricolour Flame (, MSFT), commonly known as Tricolour Flame (''Fiamma Tricolore''), is a
neo-fascist political party in Italy.
History
The party was started by the more radical members of the
Fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement (, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national conservatism. In 1972, the Itali ...
, led by
Pino Rauti, who refused to join the mainstream
conservative
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party
National Alliance. Rauti was later succeeded by
Luca Romagnoli
Luca Romagnoli (born 12 September 1961 in Rome) is an Politics of Italy, Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for European Parliament Election, 2004 (Italy)#Southern, Southern Italy with the neo-fascism, neo-fascist par ...
, 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
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. The party was then a member of the
House of Freedoms coalition for the
2006 general election.
In the coming of 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
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 ...
Roberto Menia, 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 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 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 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.
Ideology

Tricolour Flame is the party of the Italian
far-right
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most closely tied to the legacy of
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic (, ; RSI; , ), known prior to December 1943 as the National Republican State of Italy (; SNRI), but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò (, ), was a List of World War II puppet states#Germany, German puppe ...
(RSI). The RSI is usually seen by the party as the example of what
fascism
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hie ...
should have been, in particular as an example of true welfare state. As 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 maintains a fairly strong
anti-capitalist
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and Political movement, movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists seek to combat the worst effects of capitalism and to eventually replace capitalism ...
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 is also very close to youth far-right organizations and initiatives, of which the most relevant is
CasaPound, a
social centre in
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
.
The party is against the regionalism promoted by the
Northern League for an independent "
Padania
Padania ( , , ) is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy, derived from the name of the Po River (Latin ''Padus''), whose basin includes much of the region, centered on the Po Valley (), the major plain of ...
", instead favoring a united Italy.
Organization
Leadership
* Secretary:
Pino Rauti (1995–2002),
Luca Romagnoli
Luca Romagnoli (born 12 September 1961 in Rome) is an Politics of Italy, Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for European Parliament Election, 2004 (Italy)#Southern, Southern Italy with the neo-fascism, neo-fascist par ...
(2002–2013),
Attilio Carelli (2013–2021),
Giuseppe Manoli (2021–2022),
Daniele Cerbella (2022–present).
* President:
Romolo Sabatini (1995–2000),
Stelvio Dal Piaz (2000–2002),
Pino Rauti (2002–2004),
Rocco Tauro (2004–2013),
Attilio Carelli (2013–2014),
Francesco Condorelli Caff (2014–present).
* Honorary President:
Manlio Sargenti (1995–2001),
Alessandro Bordoni (2013–2018),
Carlo Morganti (2018–present).
Membership
Among the more controversial members of Tricolur Flame are Pietro Puschiavo and Maurizio Boccacci. In 1985 Puschiavo was a founding member of the Veneto Skinheads Front, a
far-right skinhead group based in
Veneto
Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
and connected to
Blood and Honour. Boccacci is the former leader of the Western Political Movement, a far-right skinhead organization based in Rome.
Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism And Racism
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
European Parliament
See also
* New Force
References
External links
*
Footage of a Tricolur Flame rally in Rome
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