New Force
Forza Nuova |
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National Secretary | Roberto Fiore |
Founded | September 29, 1997 |
Newspaper | Il Megafono |
Youth wing | Lotta Studentesca |
Paramilitary wing |
Camicie Bianche (Whiteshirts) |
Ideology | Ultranationalism Social conservatism Fascism Euroscepticism |
Political position | Far-right |
European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
European Parliament group | no MEPs |
Colors | Black |
Chamber of Deputies |
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Senate |
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European Parliament |
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Website | |
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New Force (Forza Nuova, FN) is an Italian far-right political party. It was founded by Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello. The party is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of the Social Alternative from 2003 to 2006. The party has often been strongly criticized for its radical positions and for acts of violence involving some militants. It was also the protagonist of political campaigns opposed to same-sex marriage and immigration to Italy.
New Force was formed within the Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) and then began the process that led it to become a party. Its founders and financiers were two well-known names from the years of militancy in the lead for the movements of the Roman radical right, and for their neo-fascist political beliefs. The split occurred when Tricolour Flame of Pino Rauti began to oppose the distribution among its members of the bulletin of Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello.
In 1980, Fiore and Morsello escaped to London as fugitives after arrest warrants aimed at shedding light on the facts of the massacre at the Bologna railway station. The two were considered unrelated to the massacre, although they belonged, according to the judiciary, to the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari. They both stayed in England during the first government led by Margaret Thatcher with the status of political refugees for 20 years.