It was formed on March 18, 2007 by the Italian Republican Party (PRI) and the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), both tiny liberal parties in the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition, due to their common reference to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (of which PRI is member and PLI a would-be member).
The Italian Republican Party (PRI) and the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), both small liberal parties in the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition, united on March 18, 2007 due to their shared membership with the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (of which PRI is a member and PLI aspires to be).