Italian Radicals

The Italian Radicals (Italian: Radicali Italiani, RI) is a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy.

Italian Radicals
Radicali Italiani
SecretaryMatteo Hallissey
PresidentPatrizia De Grazia
Founded14 July 2001 (2001-07-14)
Preceded byRadical Party (not legal predecessor)
HeadquartersVia Angelo Bargoni 32–36, 00153 Rome
NewspaperNotizie Radicali
Quaderni Radicali
Membership (2007)1,841
IdeologyLiberalism
Libertarianism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCentre-left coalition (2004–2013, 2017–present)

More Europe (2017–2022)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours  Yellow
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 400
Senate
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional
Councils
3 / 897
Website
radicali.it

Established on 14 July 2001 with Daniele Capezzone as its first secretary, the party describes itself as "liberale, liberista [and] libertario", where liberale refers to political liberalism, liberista is an Italian term for economic liberalism, and libertario denotes a form of cultural liberalism concerning moral and social issues. According to its constitution, the party "as such and with its symbol does not take part in elections". The party draws inspiration form 19th-century classical radicalism and the Radical Party.

From 2001 to 2017, the party intended to be the Italian section of the Transnational Radical Party (TRP) as the continuation of the Radical Party founded in 1955 by the left wing of the Italian Liberal Party and re-launched in the 1960s by Marco Pannella. As the Radical Party had become a transnational non-governmental organization working mainly at the United Nations level, which by statute could not participate in national elections, its Italian members organised themselves into the Pannella List between 1992 and 1999 and the Bonino List until 2001, when they established the RI. In 2017, the TRP broke with the RI. Quaderni Radicali and Notizie Radicali are the party's newspapers. Radio Radicale is the official radio station of the party; in December 2008, it was awarded by Italia Oggi as the "best specialized radio broadcaster".

The RI are a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, along with its former associate party More Europe, and was previously a full member of the Liberal International.

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