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The Right (Italy)

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This article is about an Italian political party. For other uses, seeRight (disambiguation).
"La Destra" redirects here. For other uses, seeDestra (disambiguation).
The Right
La Destra
SecretaryFrancesco Storace
Vice SecretaryNello Musumeci
Founded14 July 2007
Dissolved18 February 2017
Split fromNational Alliance
Merged intoNational Movement for Sovereignty
HeadquartersVia Sebastiano Conca 6,Rome
NewspaperIl Giornale d'Italia(online)
Youth wingItalian Youth
IdeologyRight-wing populism[1]
Neofascism[2][3]
National conservatism[4]
Political positionFar-right[5]
ReligionRoman Catholicism
European Parliament groupUnion for Europe of the Nations
Website
http:// ladestra

The Right(Italian:La Destra) was aneofascistandnational-conservative[4]political party in Italy.Its founder and leader wasFrancesco Storace.

History

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Foundation

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On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation fromNational Alliance(AN) in a letter posted on his website, claiming that AN had become toocentristand moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the party, and on 27 July he announced the formation of a new party.

On 10 November the party was founded in a constituent congress inRome.On that occasion theSicilian AllianceofNello Musumecimerged into The Right, andDaniela Santanchè,a leading female member of AN, left the party to join The Right,[6]broadening its appeal, as she was close to theItalian Liberal Party(PLI) and never joined theItalian Social Movement(MSI). In January 2008Unitalia,a minor party inSouth Tyrol,and Taverna List, a minor party in the province ofTrentino,merged into The Right.

As the party was organised as a federal structure, Unitalia and Taverna List became the provincial sections of the party in the Provinces ofSouth Tyroland Trento, respectively, as Sicilian Alliance had become the regional section of the party inSicily.[7]

2008 general election

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On 27 February 2008 it was announced that The Right would contest the2008 general electionin alliance withTricolour Flame,outsideThe People of Freedom-ledcentre-right coalition,in a joint list known asThe Right–Tricolour Flame.[4]Daniela Santanchè was the candidate forPrime Minister of Italy,and leader of the joint list between the two parties.

On 18 January 2008Giancarlo Pagliarinijoined the party. Pagliarini is alibertarianand keenfiscal federalistwho was a leading member of Lega Nord from 1991 to 2007 and was close to the independentist wing of the party.[8]He headed the coalition list inLombardyfor the Senate.

Despite several well-known candidates, the party gained only 2.4% and thus failed to surpass the 4% threshold for entering the Chamber of Deputies. Also Storace, who topped the list in his home-regionLazio,failed re-election, as the coalition stopped at 3.2%, five points below the 8% regional threshold.[9]

Out of Parliament

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On 20 July 2008, during a party convention, Storace resigned from party leadership, opening way for a national congress and a leadership election.[10]This election would also decide the party's electoral strategy, choosing either to continue an independent path or to joinThe People of Freedom(PdL) ofSilvio Berlusconi.Storace favoured the first option, while Santanchè favoured an alliance with Berlusconi.[11]Storace would continue to be party secretary at least until the November congress and after if party members decided so.[12]

On 22 August 2008 Santanchè presented her candidacy for the party leadership, competing against Storace, who would stand again as candidate.[13]However, on 28 September, Santanché resigned as spokesperson and from the party, opening the possibility for a more consensual congress.[14]On 9 November Storace was re-elected secretary during a party congress. On that occasion he remarked that he did not exclude a future alliance with PdL.[15]

In October 2008 the party suffered another split led byStefano Morselli,who launchedFederal Right,[16]andPaolo Casolari,journalist, one of the founders and head of the party in Emilia-Romagna. In November Santanchè launched herMovement for Italy.[17]Both parties were expected to join PdL, while a third party resulting from the split,Libertarian Rightled byLuciano Buonocore,joined it.[18]

In the2009 European Parliament electionthe party ran as part ofThe Autonomy,an alliance including theMovement for the Autonomies,thePensioners' Partyand theAlliance of the Centre,[19][20]gaining 2.2% of the vote, resulting in no seats in the European Parliament. For the 2010 regional elections Storace signed a national pact with the PdL under which The Right supported PdL orLega Nordcandidates for President in all 13 regions where an election took place.[21]

In the2012 Sicilian regional election,Nello Musumeciran for President for thecentre-right coalition,but lost toRosario Crocettaof theDemocratic Party.[22]

In the2013 general election,held in February 2013, the party obtained 0.7% of the vote, gaining no seats.[23]

European Parliament election of 2014

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On the occasion of the2014 European Parliament electionThe Right supported the candidates ofForza Italia.[24]

Adhesion to National Movement for Sovereignty

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On 18 February 2017 the Right, together withNational Action,merged into the new party calledNational Movement for Sovereignty.[25]

Ideology

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The party defined itself the party of the "social, national and popular right" and promoting patriotism,Catholicvalues and national cohesion. Among other things, The Right was strongly supportive ofdirect democracyand ofpresidentialism.Its economic policy was a mixture ofstatism,such the strong support for thewelfare stateand the introduction of the so-called "social loan" (mutuo sociale) for young people to enable them to purchase a house, and oflibertarianproposals, such as the introduction of theflat taxandfiscal federalism.

Party leaderFrancesco Storacemaintained that his party had nothing to do with the far right and instead he says to take inspiration fromIndro Montanelli,a conservative-liberal journalist and editor ofIl Giornalewho declared "I am a right-winger, but this is not the right-wing I dreamt of". Although the party distanced itself fromThe People of Freedom,it also rejected any alliance with the parties of the far right, such asNew ForceandTricolour Flame,with which it had formed a joint list for the2008 general election.[26]

Members

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The party in 2007–2008 had 7 MPs: 4 deputies (Teodoro Buontempo,Antonio Pezzella,Roberto SalernoandDaniela Santanchè) and 3 senators (Stefano Losurdo,Stefano Morselliand Francesco Storace himself). Leading members of the new party includeNello Musumeci,MEP,Paolo DanieliandMichele Florino,both former senators,Alberto Arrighi,former editor ofArea(the journal ofSocial Right,a faction of AN),Paolo Agostinacchio,former mayor ofFoggia,andNuccio Carrara(former under-secretary for Reforms in Berlusconi's governments).

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The first opinion poll after the announcement of Storace put The Right at 3.2%.[27]According to this survey, The Right may steal votes both from National Alliance and fromSocial Action,Alessandra Mussolini's party. Other polls have placed the party around 5%.[28] After the fall ofRomano Prodigovernment, The Right was placed at 3.3%.[29]

However, in the2008 general election,the party was damaged by its choice to run alone and won only 2.4% of the vote. In that occasion the party was particularly strong inCentral Italy:3.6% inUmbria,3.4% inLazioand theMarche.[30]

Electoral results

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Italian Parliament

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Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
2008 884,961 (#7) 2.4
0 / 630
–
Daniela Santanchè
2013 219,816 (#11) 0.6
0 / 630
–
Francesco Storace
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
2008 686,926 (#7) 2.1
0 / 315
–
Daniela Santanchè
2013 221,112 (#10) 0.7
0 / 315
–
Francesco Storace

European Parliament

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Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
2009 681,290 (#9) 2.2
0 / 72
–
Francesco Storace

Leadership

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References

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