National Bloc of Freedom
The National Bloc of Freedom (Blocco Nazionale della Libertà) was a short-lived Italian political coalition of monarchist parties, most of which participated to the foundation of the National Monarchist Party.[1] Its symbol was a star.
National Bloc of Freedom Blocco Nazionale della Libertà | |
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| Chairman | Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1947 |
| Merged into | National Monarchist Party |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Savoy blue |
It contested the Italian elections of 1946, where it received a 3% of votes and elected 16 deputies,[2] and lost the contemporaneous referendum about between republic or monarchy.[3]
Immediately after the election, the coalition collapsed between populist, monarchist and liberal approaches. Only 10 deputies joined the parliamentary group. In January 1947 the coalition definitely disappeared between the Common Man's Front (6 deputies), the Monarchist National Party (7 deputies) and the Italian Liberal Party (3 deputies).
References
- Membership of former Bloc deputies into republican parliaments, .
- Colby, etc all; Frank Moore Colby; Allen Leon Churchill; Herbert Treadwell Wade; Frank H. Vizetelly (1947). The New international year book. University of California: Dodd, Mead and Co. p. 317.
- The Republic won 54% of the electorate.
