The Freedomites
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Die Freiheitlichen
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| Leader | Pius Leitner |
| Honorary President | Pius Leitner |
| President | Andreas Leiter Reber |
| Secretary | Florian von Ach |
| Founded | 7 December 1992 |
| Headquarters | via della Chiesa 62 Terlan (BZ) |
| Ideology |
German minority interests Separatism Right-wing populism National liberalism |
| 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 (German: [diː ˈfʁaɪhaɪtlɪçn̩]), abbreviated dF, is a right-wing separatist political party in South Tyrol, Italy.
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 is variously translated into English as "The Freedomites", a term frequently used for FPÖ's members by English media, and by the FPÖ itself, "The Libertarians", and "The Liberals".
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).
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