Italian Liberal Party
Italian Liberal Party Partito Liberale Italiano | |
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| Abbreviation | PLI |
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| Founded | 8 October 1922 |
| Dissolved | 6 February 1994 |
| Preceded by | Liberals |
| Succeeded by | Federation of Liberals (legal successor) Union of the Centre (split) |
| Newspaper | L'Opinione |
| Youth wing | Italian Liberal Youth |
| Membership (1958) | 173,722 (max) |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Italian) |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| National affiliation | National Bloc (1922–24) National List (1924–26) CLN (1943–47) UDN (1946–48) National Bloc (1948–49) Centrism (1947–58) Pentapartito (1980–91) Quadripartito (1991–94) |
| European affiliation | ELDR Party |
| European Parliament group | ELDR Group |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colours | Blue |
The Italian Liberal Party (Italian: Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was a liberal political party in Italy.
The PLI, which was heir to the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor party after World War II, but also a frequent junior party in government, especially after 1979. It originally represented the right-wing of the Italian liberal movement, while the Italian Republican Party the left-wing. The PLI disintegrated in 1994 following the fallout of the Tangentopoli corruption scandal and was succeeded by several minor parties. The party's most influential leaders were Giovanni Giolitti, Benedetto Croce and Giovanni Malagodi.