Pact for Italy

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History

The alliance was composed of the Italian People's Party (PPI), the main successor party to Christian Democracy, the Segni Pact,[3] the Liberal Democratic Union of Valerio Zanone and remnants of the Italian Republican Party (PRI), alongside a certain number of independent politicians coming from the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.[4]

Originally Lega Nord was to also join the alliance, but Lega Nord leader Umberto Bossi decided to join Silvio Berlusconi's Pole of Freedoms instead.[5][6]

The alliance finished third place in the 1994 general election, behind the centre-right Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government and the left-wing Alliance of Progressives. The alliance returned 33 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[7]

After the election, the alliance was disbanded. The PPI suffered a split of those who wanted to join Berlusconi's centre-right coalition (breaking from the PPI and forming the United Christian Democrats of Rocco Buttiglione) and those who wanted to ally with the left-wing Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).[8] The remaining PPI joined the PDS in the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree led by Romano Prodi.[8] Segni Pact become a minor force and formed the Pact of Democrats joint electoral list with Italian Renewal and the Italian Socialists for the 1996 general election in support of The Olive Tree.[9] The Italian Republican Party and the Liberal Democratic Union joined PPI's list Populars for Prodi, also in support for The Olive Tree.[10]

Composition

It was composed of the following political parties:

Party Ideology Leader
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Italian People's Party (PPI) Christian democracy Mino Martinazzoli
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Segni Pact (PS) Centrism Mariotto Segni
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Italian Republican Party (PRI) Liberalism Giorgio La Malfa
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Liberal Democratic Union (ULD) Liberalism Valerio Zanone

The Pact was also joined by a number of former members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), now running as independents, such as Giuliano Amato[11] and Giulio Tremonti.[12]

Electoral results

Election Leader Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
Votes % Seats Position Votes % Seats Position
1994 Mario Segni 6,019,038 15.63 Template:Composition bar 3rd 5,519,090 16.69 Template:Composition bar 3rd

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