Die Freiheitlichen
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Die Freiheitlichen
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| Leader | Pius Leitner |
| Honorary President | Pius Leitner |
| President | Walter Blaas |
| Secretary | Simon Auer |
| Founded | 7 December 1992 |
| Headquarters | via della Chiesa 62 Terlan (BZ) |
| Ideology | German minority interests Separatism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
0 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Provincial Council |
6 / 35
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| Website | |
| die-freiheitlichen.com | |
Die Freiheitlichen (dF) is a right-wing separatist political party active in the Italian province of South Tyrol.
The party seeks to represent the German-speaking majority and Ladin-speaking minority of the province's population and to secede South Tyrol from Italy and, broadly speaking, its ideology is similar to that of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), especially under the leadership of Jörg Haider. The long-time leader and honorary president of dF is Pius Leitner. In the 2013 provincial election the party came distant second to the dominant South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP).
The party's name approximately translates to "The Liberals", but possible translations include "The Freedomites", which is frequently used for FPÖ's members by English media and by the FPÖ itself, and "The Libertarians".
In 1992, a group of young right-wingers led by the so-called "gang of four", including Christian Waldner, former leader of the Junge Generation (the youth section of the South Tyrolean People's Party, SVP), Peter Paul Reiner, Pius Leitner and Stephan Gutweniger, left SVP. They were soon joined by disgruntled former members of the Freedom Party of South Tyrol (FPS), who were marginalized after the merger in the Union for South Tyrol (UfS).
They launched the new party on 7 December 1992. In doing this, they were strongly encouraged by Jörg Haider, at the time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, which is colloquially known as Die Freiheitlichen.Gerold Meraner, former leader of FPS who had been a founding member of UfS, considered the new party as the legitimate heir of his FPS.
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