Protagonist Right was a liberal-conservative

Liberal conservatism

Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...

 faction within National Alliance

National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...

, a political party in Italy.

It was founded in July 1999 by the followers of Giuseppe Tatarella, who had died in February of that year. The faction was very close to Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

, leader of Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

 and the People of Freedom/House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

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 coalition, and it was somewhat critical to Gianfranco Fini

Gianfranco Fini

Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, leader of the center-right Future and Freedom party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance and the post-fascist Italian Social Movement...

, leader of National Alliance, instead. Its main members included Ignazio La Russa

Ignazio La Russa

Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician . He became Minister of Defence in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi on 8 May 2008...

, Maurizio Gasparri

Maurizio Gasparri

Maurizio Gasparri is an Italian politician.After a period as Member of the Italian Parliament for the Movimento Sociale Italiano, Gasparri served as an Alleanza Nazionale member. During the course of his career he has served as Minister of Communications...

, Mario Landolfi, Salvatore Tatarella

Salvatore Tatarella

Salvatore Tatarella is an Italian politician andMember of the European Parliamentfor Southern electoral districtwith People of Freedom , part of the Group of the European People's Party and...

 and Italo Bocchino

Italo Bocchino

Italo Bocchino is an Italian politician and journalist.-Biography:Bocchino was born at Naples, and in his youth he was a members of the Italian Social Movement and worked as a spokesman for the member of parliament Giuseppe Tatarella, and subsequently as a journalist for Il Secolo d'Italia.In...

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Protagonist Right was the party's largest faction and in the 2002 party had more than 40% of the delegates.

Since National Alliance's merger into The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

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, most members of the faction conclusively distanced from Fini and became one of the staunchest bunch of supporters of Berlusconi. Only a minority, led by Bocchino and Tatarella, joined Fini's Generation Italy

Generation Italy

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. Gasparri launched Protagonist Italy

Protagonist Italy

Protagonist Italy is a liberal-conservative faction and think tank within The People of Freedom , a political party in Italy....

 as a successor of the old faction, while La Russa started to strengthen its power base especially in the North through Our Right

Our Right

Our Right is a liberal-conservative faction within The People of Freedom , a political party in Italy.Founded on 3 May 2010 by Ignazio La Russa on the ashes of Protagonist Right, a major faction within National Alliance , Our Right is active primarily in Lombardy, where La Russa and his brother...

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