Italian Radicals

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File:Marco Pannella 1992.jpg, historical Radical Party leader]]

The Radical Party was long a left-libertarian movement in Italy, often proposing itself as the most extreme opposition to the Italian political establishment. When Silvio Berlusconi entered the political arena in 1994, the Radicals, who were then organised mostly into the Pannella List and were attracted by Berlusconi's proposed economic liberalism, supported him, albeit critically and without becoming directly involved in his centre-right first government (1994–1995), in the hope of a "liberal revolution" as opposed to the conservative and statist political establishment represented by traditional parties.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

The relationship between the Radicals and Berlusconi, whose allies included socially conservative groups at odds with the Radicals' cultural liberalism, soon ended. In the 1999 European Parliament election, the Bonino List obtained 8.7% of the vote and seven MEPs, including Emma Bonino, Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato and Benedetto Della Vedova. However, the Radicals were not able to convert that electoral success into a more stable political influence, as subsequent elections would show.

Shortly after the 1999 election, they deserted Berlusconi's proposal of welcoming them back into the centre-right fold and instead formed the Committee of Radicals for the Liberal Revolution and the United States of Europe, led by Cappato. In the run-up of the 2000 regional elections, the opposite happened: Berlusconi's conservative allies posed a veto on the Radicals, who wanted to re-compose the alliance. Consequently, they ran independent bids in most regions, obtaining elects only in Piedmont and Lombardy.

In 2001, after a defeat in the general election (only 2.3% of the vote and no seats), they re-organised themselves as Italian Radicals and elected 28-year-old Daniele Capezzone as secretary and Della Vedova, Rita Bernardini and Luca Coscioni as joint presidents.

In the run-up of the 2005 regional elections, the Radicals understood that their isolation was no longer sustainable and took the unprecedented step of contextually asking to join either the centre-right House of Freedoms or the centre-left The Union, regardless of their respective political platforms. The request was turned down by both coalitions, but the effort opened the way for the party's re-positionment in the Italian party system.

File:Bonino Rnp.jpg in 2006 (in the center, from left to right: Enrico Boselli, Emma Bonino and Daniele Capezzone)]]

In November 2005, the Radicals formed an alliance with the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI),{{cite book|author=André Krouwel|title=Party Transformations in European Democracies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4DMRL66gOIC&pg=PA326|year=2012|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-4483-3|page=326}} becoming de facto members of The Union coalition for the 2006 general election. The "rose in the fist", the symbol of the Socialist International (which included the SDI) which the Radical Party bought from the French Socialist Party, was chosen for the joint list that was thus named Rose in the Fist (RnP). This decision led those Radicals who were more keen on an alliance with the centre-right to split: this group, led by Della Vedova, launched the Liberal Reformers and joined the House of Freedoms, eventually merging into Berlusconi's Forza Italia.

In the election, the list won a mere 2.6% of the vote, much less than the combined support for the two parties before the alliance (the Radicals alone got 2.3% in the 2004 European Parliament election). The Radicals lost voters in their strongholds in the North to Forza Italia, while the Socialists lost ground in their southern heartlands to The Olive Tree parties (see electoral results of the RnP). After the election, Bonino was sworn in as Minister of European Affairs and International Trade in the Prodi II Cabinet.

In November 2006, after a row with Pannella, Capezzone was forced not to run again for secretary and was replaced by rank-and-file Bernardini. Since then, although not officially leaving, Capezzone became very critical of the government and formed his own political association named Decide!, closer to the centre-right than the centre-left. Later on, Capezzone entered Forza Italia and became the party's spokesman.

In November 2007, the RnP was disbanded as the SDI merged with minor Socialist parties to form the modern-day Italian Socialist Party. The Radicals were at a new turning-point of their history. In the run-up of the 2007 congress, Pannella declared that the party should "give absolute priority to economic, liberal and libertarian reforms rather than the civil struggle to Vatican power, prepotency and arrogance", which had been central in 2006.[http://www.ilriformista.it/news/rif_lay_notizia_01.php?id_cat=4&id_news=3003 http://www.ilriformista.it/news/rif_lay_notizia_01.php?id_cat=4&id_news=3003 "Soccorso azzurro per il gruppo di Dini"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011123616/http://www.ilriformista.it/news/rif_lay_notizia_01.php?id_cat=4&id_news=3003|date=11 October 2007}}{{cite web |author=vasco_pirri_ardizzone |url=http://blog.panorama.it/italia/2007/11/02/radicali-a-congresso-di-qua-o-di-la-la-priorita-sono-le-riforme-economiche/ |title=Radicali a congresso: di qua o di là, la priorità sono le riforme economiche |publisher=Blog.panorama.it |access-date=2011-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207164039/http://blog.panorama.it/italia/2007/11/02/radicali-a-congresso-di-qua-o-di-la-la-priorita-sono-le-riforme-economiche/ |archive-date=7 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} This did not mean a reconciliation with the centre-right.

In the 2008 general election, the Radicals stood for re-election in list with the Democratic Party (PD). Under an agreement with PD's leader Walter Veltroni, six deputies and three senators were elected. After the election, Bonino was appointed Vice President of the Senate and the Radicals joined the PD's parliamentary groups. In June, Bernardini, Maria Antonietta Coscioni and Elisabetta Zamparutti (all three elected MPs) were replaced by Antonella Casu, Bruno Mellano and Michele De Lucia as secretary, president and treasurer, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://archivio.agi.it/articolo/cd7716ad2b483065b5a5db1e0aca028f_20080629_radicali-italiani-antonella-casu-nuovo-segretario/|title=Ultime Notizie Online - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - AGI|first=AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica|last=Italia|website=Agi|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202947/http://archivio.agi.it/articolo/cd7716ad2b483065b5a5db1e0aca028f_20080629_radicali-italiani-antonella-casu-nuovo-segretario/|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=dead}} In November, the new leadership was confirmed by the national congress.{{cite web|url=http://www.clandestinoweb.com/number-news/03/11/2008/7-congresso-radicale-radicali-scintille-a-congresso-ma-casu-resta-segre-2.html |title=7° Congresso Radicale: scintille a congresso, ma Casu resta segretaria |publisher=Clandestinoweb |access-date=2011-02-24}}

In the 2009 European Parliament election, the Radicals ran separately from the PD under the banner of Bonino-Pannella List. Having obtained 2.4% of the vote, they failed to return any MEPs and were excluded from the assembly for the first time in 30 years. In November, Mario Staderini replaced Casu as secretary.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2009/11/sezioni/politica/segretario-radicali/segretario-radicali/segretario-radicali.html |title=Radicali italiani a congresso Staderini nuovo segretario - Politica |publisher=Repubblica.it |date=2009-11-15 |access-date=2011-02-24}}

Bonino ran for President of Lazio for the centre-left coalition in the 2010 regional election, but was defeated by Renata Polverini.

File:Emma Bonino 2017 crop.jpg, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current leader]]

In January 2013, the party announced that it would contest the upcoming general election on a stand-alone electoral list called Amnesty, Justice and Freedom (Aministia, Giustizia, e Libertà).{{Cite web|url=http://www.clandestinoweb.com/number-news/93246-elezioni-marco-pannella-presenta-il-simbolo-della-lista-amnistia-giustizia-e-liberta-foto/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107023641/http://www.clandestinoweb.com/number-news/93246-elezioni-marco-pannella-presenta-il-simbolo-della-lista-amnistia-giustizia-e-liberta-foto/|url-status=dead|title=Elezioni, Marco Pannella presenta il simbolo della lista Amnistia, Giustizia e Libertà|archive-date=January 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/politica/liste_simboli_presentati_viminale_record/notizie/244111.shtml|title=Pagina non Trovata|website=ilmessaggero.it|access-date=2013-01-15|archive-date=2013-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117144056/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/politica/liste_simboli_presentati_viminale_record/notizie/244111.shtml|url-status=dead}} In the election, the party received 0.2% of the vote, returning no deputies and senators.{{cite web|url=http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C000000000.htm|title=Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali|website=elezioni.interno.it|access-date=2013-03-10|archive-date=2013-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226102138/http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C000000000.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/scrutini/20130224/S000000000.htm|title=Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali|website=elezioni.interno.it|access-date=2013-03-10|archive-date=2013-04-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413040932/http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/scrutini/20130224/S000000000.htm|url-status=dead}} However, in April and after two months of failed attempts at forming a new government, thanks to her international standing and Pannella's lobbying efforts, Bonino was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Letta Cabinet. The cabinet lasted until 22 February 2014, when it was replaced by the Renzi Cabinet, which did not include Bonino.

In November 2013, the party elected a new leadership: Bernardini secretary, Laura Arconti president and Valerio Federico treasurer.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicali.it/20131108/xii-congresso-radicali-italiani-riconquistare-giustizia-democrazia-legalit-quali-lotte-qual|title=XII Congresso di Radicali italiani – "Riconquistare giustizia, democrazia, legalità. Quali lotte, quali mezzi, quale soggetto politico?" - Radicali Italiani|date=8 November 2013|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225536/http://www.radicali.it/20131108/xii-congresso-radicali-italiani-riconquistare-giustizia-democrazia-legalit-quali-lotte-qual|url-status=dead}} The party did not take part in the 2014 European Parliament election, partly due to lack of funds.

During the annual party congress in November 2015, Riccardo Magi was elected secretary and Cappato president. Pannella, who did not speak at the congress, opposed the change, while Bonino, who was no longer in good terms with the old leader, did not even take part in the congress.{{cite web |url=http://www.corrierequotidiano.it/28532-politica/news/radicali-congresso-elegge-riccardo-magi-nuovo-segretario |title=Radicali, Congresso elegge Riccardo Magi nuovo segretario | Corriere Quotidiano |access-date=2015-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065056/http://www.corrierequotidiano.it/28532-politica/news/radicali-congresso-elegge-riccardo-magi-nuovo-segretario |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/02/radicali-magi-eletto-nuovo-segretario-alle-prossime-amministrative-ci-saremo-1.1474615|title=Radicali, Magi eletto nuovo segretario "Alle prossime amministrative ci saremo"|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306090449/http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/02/radicali-magi-eletto-nuovo-segretario-alle-prossime-amministrative-ci-saremo-1.1474615|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://ilmanifesto.it/login|title=il manifesto|website=il manifesto}}{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2015/11/03/se-pannella-non-convince-radicali/|title=Se Pannella non convince i Radicali - Formiche.net|date=3 November 2015}} However, in the following months Bonino decided to side with Magi and Cappato, who launched "Radical" lists for the 2016 municipal elections in Rome and Milan, in a move opposed by the leadership of the TRP, especially Maurizio Turco.{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/16_aprile_01/radicali-campo-roma-milano-nuovo-simbolo-senza-pannella-e735e8b8-f7f8-11e5-b848-7bd2f7c41e07.shtml|title=Radicali in campo a Roma e Milanocon nuovo simbolo (e senza Pannella)|date=April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2016/04/04/cosa-succede-davvero-tra-radicali-vista-delle-comunali/|title=Cosa succede tra i Radicali su Roberto Giachetti e Marco Cappato - Formiche.net|date=4 April 2016}} The lists obtained 1.2%{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/roma.html#risultati|title=Comune di Roma - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016}} and 1.9%,{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/milano.html#risultati|title=Comune di Milano - Lombardia - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016}} respectively, and in both cases they supported the candidates put forward by the PD, either in the first or the second round, opening the way for the party's rapprochement with the centre-left at country-level.

In May 2016, Pannella, who had long suffered from cancer, died and Italian politicians from across the entire political spectrum paid tribute to him.{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/16_maggio_19/morto-marco-pannella-leader-radicale-si-spento-86-anni-bdb944fc-1dba-11e6-8d1a-6eb7d9c593f0.shtml|title=Morto Marco Pannella, il leader radicale si è spento a 86 anniRenzi: "Addio a leone della libertà"Il webreportage-A casa di Marco: foto|date=19 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/05/19/news/morto_marco_pannella-140143111/|title=E' morto Marco Pannella. Aveva 86 anni. Bonino: "Non ha mai avuto i riconoscimenti adeguati"|date=19 May 2016}}

In the event, the party found itself increasingly divided in two factions: on one side Magi, Cappato and Staderini (who were backed by Bonino), on the other Turco, Bernardini and most of the staff of Radio Radicale (who were closer to the late Pannella). The former focused more on Italian politics and elections, while the latter were more interested in the activity of the Transnational Radical Party (TRP) and no longer in playing an active role in elections (as suggested by Pannella).{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2016/04/26/come-discutono-e-si-dividono-radicali/|title=Come discutono e si dividono i Radicali - Formiche.net|date=26 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2016/04/26/e-i-radicali-rischiano-la-scissione-1.1533050|title=E i Radicali rischiano la scissione|access-date=2016-05-24|archive-date=2016-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427113931/http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2016/04/26/e-i-radicali-rischiano-la-scissione-1.1533050|url-status=dead}}

The fracture was evident in September 2016 at the congress of the TRP, during which the faction of Turco and Bernardini soundly beat the other wing.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/mozione-generale-del-40esimo-congresso-straordinario-del-partito-radicale-nonviolento-transn|title=Mozione generale del 40esimo congresso straordinario del Partito Radicale Nonviolento, Transnazionale e Transpartito}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/i-furbetti-del-partitino-consulenza-i-compagni-espulsi-o-di-espulsione|title=I furbetti del partitino (consulenza per i compagni espulsi o in via di espulsione)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/09/03/news/radicali_al_congresso_vince_la_mozione_ortodossa_-147121871/?refresh_ce|title=Radicali, al congresso vincono gli 'ortodossi'. Turco: "Tremila tesserati nel 2017 o il partito va in liquidazione"|date=3 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/congresso-partito-radicale-vincono-ultr-pannelliani-1302647.html|title=Congresso Partito radicale, vincono gli ultrà pannelliani|date=3 September 2016}} At the November 2016 congress, in turn the RI confirmed Magi as secretary, while electing Antonella Soldo as president.{{cite web |url=http://radicali.it/comunicati/20161101/chiuso-xv-congresso-radicali-italiani-magi-confermato-segretario-capano-tesorier |title=Concluso il XV Congresso di Radicali Italiani. Magi confermato segretario, Capano tesoriere, Soldo presidente |access-date=2016-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104210751/http://radicali.it/comunicati/20161101/chiuso-xv-congresso-radicali-italiani-magi-confermato-segretario-capano-tesorier |archive-date=2016-11-04 }}{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2016/11/02/congresso-radicali-italiani/|title=Cosa si è detto davvero al congresso dei Radicali Italiani - Formiche.net|date=2 November 2016}}

In February 2017, the TRP severed its ties with the RI (who were accused of boycotting the TRP) and the latter were forced out of the Radical headquarters.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/i-mezzi-prefigurano-i-fini-alle-iscritte-ed-iscritti-chi-gi-stato-iscritto-e-chi-si-iscriver|title=I mezzi prefigurano i fini. Alle iscritte ed iscritti, a chi è già stato iscritto e a chi si iscriverà al Partito Radicale Nonviolento Transnazionale Transpartito del 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_febbraio_10/radicali-rottura-definitiva-f1fc7f96-efd2-11e6-ba75-096146c2df58.shtml|title=Radicali, la rottura definitiva Bonino e Magi cacciati dalla sede|first=Alessandro|last=Trocino|date=2 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/02/12/italia/politica/lite-con-sfratto-tra-radicali-bonino-resta-casa-mia-contesa-economica-dietro-le-divergenze-VFUVfMQq6BOOaAH0U1FVGM/pagina.html|title=Lite con sfratto tra Radicali, Bonino: "Resta casa mia". Contesa economica dietro le divergenze|date=12 February 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/02/11/news/radicali_ultima_faida_pannelliani_boniniani-158050074/|title=I radicali sfrattano Bonino, l'ultima faida del dopo Pannella|date=11 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/02/11/partito-radicale-bonino_n_14687640.html|title=Il Partito radicale sfratta l'associazione di Emma Bonino: via dalla sede del partito|date=11 February 2017}}

In November 2017, the RI formed, along with Della Vedova's Forza Europa (FE) and some members of the Civics and Innovators (CI), More Europe (+E), a pro-Europeanist list for the 2018 general election, led by Bonino.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/11/23/italia/politica/i-radicali-alle-elezioni-da-soli-la-nuova-lista-si-chiamer-europa-9vVPiGh2xoYXqExCOow4cP/pagina.html|title=I radicali alle elezioni da soli: la nuova lista si chiamerà "+ Europa"|date=23 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/11/23/bonino-vara-europa-e-lascia-la-porta-aperta-al-pd-ma-sulle-firme-e-missione-impossibile_a_23286375|title=Bonino vara +Europa e lascia la porta aperta al Pd. Ma sulle firme è "missione impossibile" (di C. Paudice)|date=23 November 2017|access-date=5 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204145425/http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/11/23/bonino-vara-europa-e-lascia-la-porta-aperta-al-pd-ma-sulle-firme-e-missione-impossibile_a_23286375/?|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/mondo/2017-12-05/centro-sinistra-duello-priorita-065021.shtml|title=Centro-sinistra, il duello sulle priorità}} +E was part of the centre-left coalition led by Matteo Renzi and the PD.

The list won 2.6% of the vote in the election, falling short of the 3% threshold, but Bonino was elected to the Senate in a single-seat constituency in Rome, Magi to the Chamber also from Rome and Alessandro Fusacchia from the European constituency of Italians abroad. Contextually, the list obtained 2.1% and one regional councillor in the Lombard regional election and 2.1% and one regional councillor also in the 2018 regional election.

In July 2018, +E started to organise itself as a full-fledged party. It was decided that a committee, presided by Gianfranco Spadaccia (a long-time Radical), would lead +E until the founding congress, scheduled for January 2019. The newly formed committee appointed Della Vedova as coordinator.{{Cite web|url=http://www.forzaeuropa.it/europa-e-ripartita/|title=+Europa è ripartita!|date=July 14, 2018|access-date=December 29, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128223135/https://www.forzaeuropa.it/europa-e-ripartita/|url-status=dead}} In November, following his election to Parliament, Magi was replaced by Silvja Manzi as secretary; at the same congress Barbara Bonvicini was elected president and Antonella Soldo treasurer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/11/03/radicali-italiani-manzi-eletta-segretaria-nella-dirigenza-anche-bonvicini-e-soldo/4740795/|title=Radicali Italiani, Manzi eletta segretaria Nella dirigenza anche Bonvicini e Soldo|date=November 3, 2018|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/11/04/news/manzi_nuova_segretaria_di_radicali_italiani_pochi_ma_pronti_a_grandi_battaglie_per_l_europa_-210782247/|title=Manzi nuova segretaria di Radicali Italiani. "Pronti ad aprirci per grandi battaglie per l'Europa"|date=November 4, 2018|website=la Repubblica}} One year later, Manzi, Bonvicini and Soldo were respectively replaced by Massimiliano Iervolino, Igor Boni and Giulia Crivellini.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radicali.it/20191103/xviii-congresso-iervolino-nuovo-segretario-tesoriera-giulia-crivellini-e-igor-boni-presidente/|title=XVIII Congresso: Iervolino nuovo segretario, tesoriera Giulia Crivellini e Igor Boni presidente|date=November 3, 2019|website=Radicali Italiani|access-date=December 29, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124222238/https://www.radicali.it/20191103/xviii-congresso-iervolino-nuovo-segretario-tesoriera-giulia-crivellini-e-igor-boni-presidente/|url-status=dead}}

In August 2019, tensions grew within the coalition supporting the Conte government, leading to the issuing of a motion of no-confidence by the League.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/world/europe/italy-pm-giuseppe-conte-resign.html|title=Italy's Government Collapses, Turning Chaos Into Crisis|first=Jason|last=Horowitz|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 August 2019}} During the following government crisis, the M5S and the PD agreed to form a new cabinet together, under outgoing Prime Minister Conte.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/conte-wins-crucial-support-for-new-italian-govt-coalition/2019/08/28/a85203c4-c99c-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html|title=Conte wins crucial support for new Italian govt coalition|newspaper=Washington Post}} In September, +E decided not to support the newly formed Conte II Cabinet, despite opposition by Tabacci, Magi and Fusacchia.{{Cite web|url=https://piueuropa.eu/2019/09/02/direzione-piu-europa-opposizione-costruttiva-al-conte-bis/|title=Direzione Più Europa: "Opposizione costruttiva europeista al Conte bis"|date=2 September 2019|website=+Europa|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128185229/https://piueuropa.eu/2019/09/02/direzione-piu-europa-opposizione-costruttiva-al-conte-bis/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/politica/2019/09/03/europa-spacca-sul-conte-bis_cK3DNegXoTURihzX3giL1N.html|title=+Europa si spacca sul Conte bis|website=Adnkronos|date=14 December 2020 }} The three voted in favour of the government in the Chamber, while Bonino voted against it in the Senate.{{Cite web|url=https://piueuropa.eu/2019/09/11/gli-interventi-dei-parlamentari-di-piu-europa-in-occasione-della-fiducia-al-conte-bis/|title=Gli interventi dei deputati di Più Europa in occasione della fiducia al Conte Bis|date=11 September 2019|website=+Europa|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128185232/https://piueuropa.eu/2019/09/11/gli-interventi-dei-parlamentari-di-piu-europa-in-occasione-della-fiducia-al-conte-bis/|url-status=dead}} In October, Fusacchia announced he was leaving +E.{{cite news |title=+Europa, via un altro deputato. Fusacchia lascia e attacca: "Abbiamo perso l'80% degli iscritti. E il no al Conte bis è stato un errore" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2019/10/12/news/alessandro_fusacchia_camera_europa_radicali-238293173 |access-date=16 October 2019 |work=Repubblica.it |date=11 October 2019 |language=it}}

In November 2020, Magi and Bonino formed joint sub-groups in the Mixed Groups of the Chamber and the Senate respectively, together with the deputies and senators affiliated with Action, a political party led by Carlo Calenda. The sub-group in the Chamber continued to include "Italian Radicals" in its name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2020/11/17/nasce-gruppo-parlamentare-comune-piu-europa-azione_e5f8298d-df8e-4a17-a94f-9e4ba50419dd.html|title=Nasce gruppo parlamentare comune Più Europa-Azione - Ultima Ora|date=November 17, 2020|website=Agenzia ANSA}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2020/11/18/news/azione-e-piu-europa-centro-di-questi-giorni-1445634/|title=Azione e Più Europa, centro di questi giorni|website=www.ilfoglio.it}}

The party supported the centre-left coalition in the 2022 general election,{{cite web | url=https://radicali.it/2022/08/le-abbiamo-provate-tutte-non-e-bastato-radicali-italiani-sosterra-la-coalizione-di-centrosinistra-ma-senza-indicazioni-di-lista-ora-priorita-alle-lotte-e-alle-persone | title=Le abbiamo provate tutte, non è bastato.Radicali Italiani sosterrà la coalizione di centrosinistra, ma senza indicazioni di lista.Ora priorità alle lotte e alle persone. - Radicali Italiani | date=20 August 2022 }} with no candidates and elects.

The 2023 annual party congress was due in December, but was suspended due to irregularities.{{cite web | url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2023/12/04/news/lassalto_ai_radicali_la_denuncia_del_partito_hanno_tentato_di_sabotare_il_congresso_con_false_iscrizioni-13909267/ | title=L'Assalto ai Radicali, la denuncia del partito: "Hanno tentato di sabotare il congresso con false iscrizioni" | date=4 December 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2023/12/09/radicali-sospendono-congresso-persone-iscritte-voto-online-non-sanno-chi-siamo/7378688 | title=I Radicali sospendono il congresso: "Persone iscritte al voto online ma non sanno chi siamo" | date=9 December 2023 }} The congress was thus rescheduled in January 2024: internal elections were deserted by the party's old guard and, as a result, 20-year-old Matteo Hallissey was elected secretary, 25-year-old Patrizia De Grazia president and 23-year-old Filippo Blengino treasurer.{{cite web | url=https://radicali.it/2024/01/congresso-matteo-hallissey-segretario | title=Congresso Radicali Italiani: Matteo Hallissey nuovo Segretario - radicali.it | date=28 January 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/01/28/news/radicali_italiani_hallissey_nuovo_segretario_20_anni-421999224 | title=Radicali Italiani, Hallissey è il nuovo segretario: 20 anni, il più giovane di un partito in Italia | date=28 January 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2024/01/28/news/radicali_italiani_matteo_hallissey_e_il_nuovo_segretario_ha_20_anni_ed_e_il_piu_giovane_di_un_partito_politico_in_italia-14028145 | title=Radicali Italiani, Matteo Hallissey è il nuovo segretario. Ha 20 anni ed è il più giovane di un partito politico in Italia | date=28 January 2024 }}

In March 2024, in the run-up of the 2024 European Parliament election, the party was a founding member of a broad, liberal and pro-Europeanist list named "United States of Europe", along with More Europe, Italia Viva, the Italian Socialist Party and the European Liberal Democrats, in order to overcome the 4% electoral threshold.{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/03/elezioni-europee-italia-viva-e--europa-uniti-al-centro-nasce-la-lista-stati-uniti-deuropa-9d21a509-6d20-45e5-8f67-eb7f0df15694.html|title=Elezioni europee, Italia Viva e + Europa uniti al centro, nascerà la lista "Stati Uniti d'Europa"|publisher=RaiNews|date=27 March 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/24_marzo_27/italia-viva-europa-c-simbolo-stati-uniti-d-europa-siamo-lista-scopo-28cea254-ec71-11ee-add4-970da8b7bf13.shtml|title=Italia viva e +Europa, c'è il simbolo: Stati Uniti d'Europa.|publisher=Il Corriere della Sera|date=27 March 2024}} In late April the list was joined also by L'Italia c'è.{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/lazio/articoli/2024/04/europee-dell8-e-9-giugno-stati-uniti-deuropa-presenta-i-capilista-d6e7af43-c364-4fa0-960e-1949d9652e8b.html|title=Europee dell'8 e 9 giugno, "Stati Uniti D'Europa" presenta i capilista|publisher=Rainews|date=20 April 2024}}

In December 2024, during the party's annual congress, Filippo Blengino was elected secretary and Hallissey president.{{Cite news|work=La Repubblica|title=Blengino eletto nuovo segretario di Radicali Italiani|date=8 December 2024|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/12/08/news/filippo_blengino_nuovo_segretario_radicali_italiani-423854100}} In February 2025, the latter presented a list at More Europe's fourth congress, obtaining around 11% of delegates, and was finally elected president with 69.5% of the vote, by defeating former More Europe secretary and former Italian Radicals president Della Vedova, who obtained 30.5%.{{Cite news|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|title=Più Europa, il giovane Hallissey batte a sorpresa Della Vedova e viene eletto presidente. Magi riconfermato segretario|date=9 February 2025|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/02/09/piu-europa-il-giovane-hallisey-batte-a-sorpresa-della-vedova-e-viene-eletto-presidente-magi-riconfermato-segretario/7870814/}}

According to the party statute,{{cite web|url=https://www.radicali.it/statuto/|title=Statuto|website=radicali.it|date=1 November 2017}} the RI is both a "liberal, liberist and libertarian" party, and a non-ideological, pragmatic, and open movement. The party is the only Italian political movement that consents to dual membership with other parties. The Italian Radicals has been described as representing "the most significant expression" of "libertarianism ... in the Italian context". Libertarianism in this sense is defined as follows: "In emphasising the importance of individual liberty and personal responsibility with respects to all matters, libertarians argued that the only thing that may legtimately be demanded of others is non-interference. Hence, libertarians oppose state intervention to help individuals achieve self-realization (e.g., through welfare measures) or to protect them from themselves (e.g., through legislation against the sale and use of drugs). And on the same grounds they staunchly support private property and unregulated markets."{{cite book|last=Newell|first=James L.|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJQP0WUt5Z0C|title=The Politics of Italy: Governance in a Normal Country|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=219|isbn=9780521840705|access-date=4 November 2021|via=Google Books}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2022}} According to Tom Lansford, the party is a mostly libertarian, middle-class political grouping standing for civil and human rights.

The RI claims the legacy of Risorgimento radical-republican figures such as Carlo Cattaneo,{{cite news|author=Lanfranco Palazzolo|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/503772/pannella-e-cattaneo-servizio-sulla-presentazione-di-interdizioni-israelitiche-di-carlo|title=Pannella e Cattaneo: servizio sulla presentazione di "Interdizioni israelitiche" di Carlo Cattaneo, interviste a Gianmarco Pondrano Altavilla e a Samuele Crosetti|agency=Radio Radicale|date=21 March 2017}} Giuseppe Mazzini,{{cite web|author=Pier Paolo Segneri|url=https://www.radicali.it/20120814/ripartire-da-mazzini-stati-uniti-d-europa/|title=Ripartire da Mazzini per gli Stati Uniti d'Europa|website=radicali.it|date=2012|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194901/https://www.radicali.it/20120814/ripartire-da-mazzini-stati-uniti-d-europa/|url-status=dead}} and Felice Cavallotti, and 19th-century liberal and socialist intellectuals as Gaetano Salvemini,{{cite web|author=Pier Paolo Segneri|url=https://www.radicali.it/20120622/del-perch-radicali-devono-tanto-salvemini/|title=Del perché i Radicali devono tanto a Salvemini|website=radicali.it|date=2012|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194846/https://www.radicali.it/20120622/del-perch-radicali-devono-tanto-salvemini/|url-status=dead}} the brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli, Benedetto Croce,{{cite news|author=Cristiana Pugliese|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/421620/il-prossimo-convegno-dei-radicali-su-benedetto-croce-ed-ignazio-silone-collegamento|title=Il prossimo convegno dei Radicali su Benedetto Croce ed Ignazio Silone: collegamento con Rita Bernardini|agency=Radio Radicale|date=22 September 2014}} and party ideologue Ernesto Rossi.{{cite news|author=Roberto Davide Papini|url=https://www.lanazione.it/firenze/politica/ernesto-rossi-bernardini-cimitero-1.2881467|title=Radicali, omaggio a Ernesto Rossi. Bernardini: "Il suo pensiero è sempre attuale"|newspaper=La Nazione|date=9 February 2017}} Internationally, the RI political though is influenced by ideas of Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Immanuel Kant and Karl Popper.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/gandhi-ml-king-popper-kant|title=Gandhi, M.L. King, Popper, Kant|website=radicalparty.org}}

The Radicals have long adopted referendums to bring political changes. Since 1974, the Radical Party and its successor RI had purposed more than 110 referendums and were successful 35 times.{{cite web|url=https://www.radicali.it/20100705/referendum-radicali/|title=L'unico programma politico sottoposto al voto dei cittadini|website=radicali.it|date=2005}} Other political methods have included Gandhi-inspired nonviolence, the Satyagraha, also adopting extreme tactics like hunger strike and, occasionally, thirst strike.{{cite news|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/politica/2016/05/19/marco-pannella-sciopero-fame-come-arma-politica-piu-lungo-nel_qHyz0iuXz9U2JWsVdnXcxN.html|title=Marco Pannella, sciopero fame come arma politica: il più lungo nel 2011|agency=adnkronos|date=19 May 2016}}{{cite news|author=Manuela Perrone|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2016-05-19/sciopero-fame-la-legge-divorzio-171738.shtml?uuid=ADxTnYL|title=Pannella, cinquant'anni di battaglie per i diritti|newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=19 May 2016}} Pannella became involved in nonviolence after a long-time association with Aldo Capitini, a pacifist activist nicknamed the "Italian Gandhi".{{cite news|title=Incontro con il "Gandhi" italiano|newspaper=La Stampa|date=22 June 1968}}

On fiscal issues, the RI is usually liberal, supporting non-interventionist and free-market policies, but in recent times accepted part of the welfare state system, especially on healthcare. The RI is divided in two wings, i.e., the Friedmanians, who are influenced by Milton Friedman and the Chicago School, and the Keynesians, who support neo-Keynesian or post-Keynesian economics.{{cite news|author=Claudio Landi|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/525899/la-figura-di-john-maynard-keynes-interviste-a-giorgio-la-malfa-e-natale-damico|title=La figura di John Maynard Keynes. Interviste a Giorgio La Malfa e Natale D'Amico|agency=Radio Radicale|date=20 November 2017}} This divide declined in the 2010s, when it adopted moderate liberal trends on economy.{{cite news|author=Guido Salerno Aletta|url=http://formiche.net/2016/05/marco-pannella-liberale-non-turbo-liberista/|title=Marco Pannella era un liberale e non un turbo liberista|newspaper=formiche.net|date=21 May 2016}}

On social issues, the RI appears as the most progressive party in Italy. The RI fully supports progressive stances including same-sex marriage, LGBT adoption, abortion, artificial insemination and euthanasia, vocally advocating for an advance healthcare directive (AHD).{{cite news|author=Federico Parodi|url=http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/09/28/news/testamento_biologico_i_radicali_rilanciano_notaio_gratuito_per_chi_vuole_autenticare_il_documento-176728695/|title=Testamento biologico, i Radicali rilanciano: notaio gratuito per chi vuole autenticare il documento|newspaper=la Repubblica|date=28 September 2017}} On healthcare, the RI support universal healthcare with possibility to choose between state-managed service and private insurances. The RI also calls for the legalization of prostitution{{cite web|author=Leonardo Monaco|url=https://www.radicali.it/rubriche/antiproibizionismo/prostituzione-legge-dei-lavoratori-altri/|title=Prostituzione: una legge per dei lavoratori come altri|website=radicali.it|date=31 May 2017|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=12 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212124801/https://www.radicali.it/rubriche/antiproibizionismo/prostituzione-legge-dei-lavoratori-altri/|url-status=dead}} and cannabis{{cite news|author=Patrizia De Rubertis|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/08/30/radicali-legalizzazione-delle-droghe-spiegata-in-cartone-animato/243131/|title=Radicali, la legalizzazione delle droghe leggere spiegata in cartone animato|newspaper=il Fatto Quotidiano|date=30 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/politica/cannabis_radicali_droghe_leggere-1684525.html|title=Droghe leggere, i radicali: al via le firme per la legalizzazione|newspaper=il Messaggero|date=21 April 2016}} while enforcing the fight against hard drugs like heroin with harm reduction methods. On immigration, the RI supports ius soli policy and faster legal integration of regular immigrants, granting them citizenship and the right to vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.radicali.it/campagne/immigrazione/|title=Ero straniero - L'umanità che fa bene|website=radicali.it|date=28 October 2017}}{{cite news|author=Susanna Turco|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/palazzo/2017/01/20/news/immigrazione-la-nuova-sfida-di-emma-bonino-e-mandare-al-macero-la-bossi-fini-1.293874|title=Immigrazione, la nuova sfida di Emma Bonino è mandare al macero la Bossi-Fini|newspaper=l'Espresso|date=20 January 2017}} The RI criticises sentiment against illegal immigrants, rejecting the "invasion" theory supported by far-rightists.{{cite web|url=https://www.radicali.it/bugie-sull-immigrazione/|title=configgere la grande bugia e cambiare il racconto sull'immigrazione|website=radicali.it|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194909/https://www.radicali.it/bugie-sull-immigrazione/|url-status=dead}} On religious affairs, the RI follows the historical Radical Party's position of anti-clericalism,{{cite book|author=Raphaël Kies|title=Promises and Limits of Web-deliberation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|year=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-10637-6|page=116}} calling for the abolition of Lateran Treaty (approved in 1929 and modified in 1984) and secularisation. The party is a strong critic of the Catholic-dominated politics, underlining the ghettoisation of religious minorities, including atheists and agnostics.{{cite news|author=Mario Standerini|url=http://old.radicali.it/newsletter/view.php?id=60966&numero=3217&title=NOTIZIE%20RADICALI|title=I mercanti nel Tempio|agency=Notizie Radicali|date=17 May 2006}}

On foreign affairs issues, the RI has been a keen supporter of European federalism,{{cite news|author=John Pinder|url=http://www.thefederalist.eu/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=416&lang=it|title=Il federalismo in Gran Bretagna e in Italia: i radicali e la tradizione liberale inglese|newspaper=The Federalist.eu|date=1989}}{{cite web|author=Valerio Federico|url=https://www.radicali.it/20161027/federalismo-federico-stati-nazione-fallito-serve-modello-federalismo-europeo-municipale/|title=Federalismo, Federico: Stati nazione hanno fallito, serve nuovo modello di federalismo europeo e municipale|newspaper=radicali.it|date=29 October 2017|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165951/https://www.radicali.it/20161027/federalismo-federico-stati-nazione-fallito-serve-modello-federalismo-europeo-municipale/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author=Nicola Barone|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2017-11-01/dai-radicali-si-lista-aperta-il-rilancio-federalismo-europeo-161310.shtml?uuid=AEv9HO1C|title=Dai Radicali sì a lista aperta per il rilancio del federalismo europeo|newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=1 November 2017}} non-interventionism, Atlanticism{{cite web|author=Luca Viscardi|url=http://notizie.radicali.it/node/7841|title=Pannella, Terzani, Eisenhower e la nonviolenza|website=radicali.it|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717003846/http://notizie.radicali.it/node/7841|url-status=dead}} and Zionism, while advocating a two-state solution.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/israele-pannella-%E2%80%9C-la-palestina-non-ci-vuole-un-nuovo-dittatore-occorre-la-democrazia-i-popo|title=Sintesi dell'intervento di Marco Pannella alla Conferenza stampa "Israele nell'Unione europea"|website=radicalparty.org|date=17 June 2002}}{{cite web|author=Rosario Scognamiglio|url=https://www.radicali.it/20140719/israele-palestina-una-guerra-metafisica/|title=Israele e Palestina: Una Guerra Metafisica|website=radicali.it|date=19 July 2014|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085822/https://www.radicali.it/20140719/israele-palestina-una-guerra-metafisica/|url-status=dead}} The party is also a strong supporter of enlargement of the European Union including towards Turkey, Morocco, Israel and Palestine{{cite web|author=Giulio Meotti|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2016/05/20/news/pannella-nella-frontiera-piu-estrema-d-europa-israele-96353/|title=Pannella nella frontiera più estrema d'europa: Israele|newspaper=Il Foglio|date=20 May 2016}}{{cite web|author=Simone Sapienza|url=https://www.radicali.it/20140716/se-palestinesi-israeliani-entrassero-europa/|title=E se palestinesi e israeliani entrassero in Europa?|website=radicali.it|date=16 July 2014|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717052453/https://www.radicali.it/20140716/se-palestinesi-israeliani-entrassero-europa/|url-status=dead}} and is a strong opponent of dictatorial-like states such as China, Russia and Syria. Despite their non-interventionism, the RI is not pacifist and supports war actions where civil rights are absent and minorities endangered, e.g., the Kosovo and Afghanistan wars. The RI had supported several cultural and social mobilisations in support of several persecuted ethnic and religious minorities including the Tibetans, the Uyghurs, the Degar and the Chechens.

• Secretary: Daniele Capezzone (2001–2006), Rita Bernardini (2006–2008), Antonella Casu (2008–2009), Mario Staderini (2009–2013), Rita Bernardini (2013–2015), Riccardo Magi (2015–2018), Silvja Manzi (2018–2019), Massimiliano Iervolino (2019–2024), Matteo Hallissey (2024), Filippo Blengino (2024–present)
• President: Benedetto Della Vedova, Rita Bernardini and Luca Coscioni (2001–2003), Luca Coscioni (2003–2006), Maria Antonietta Coscioni (2006–2008), Bruno Mellano (2008–2010), Silvio Viale (2010–2013), Laura Arconti (2013–2014), Riccardo Magi (2014–2015), Marco Cappato (2015–2016), Antonella Soldo (2016–2018), Barbara Bonvicini (2018–2019), Igor Boni (2019–2024), Patrizia de Grazia (2024), Matteo Hallissey (2024–present)
• Treasurer: Danilo Quinto (2001–2003), Rita Bernardini (2003–2006), Elisabetta Zamparutti (2006–2008), Michele De Lucia (2008–2013), Valerio Federico (2013–2016), Michele Capano (2016–2017), Silvja Manzi (2017–2018), Antonella Soldo (2018–2019), Giulia Crivellini (2019–2024), Filippo Blengino (2024), Patrizia de Grazia (2024–present)
• President of the National Committee: Werther Casali (2004–2010), Marco Revelli (2010–2011), Giulia Simi (2011–2013), Michele Capano (2013–2014), Silvio Viale (2014–2015), Antonella Soldo (2015–2016), Manuela Zambrano (2016–2017), Alessandro Massari (2017–2019), Silvio Viale (2020–2021), Dario Boilini (2021–2023), Matteo Giusti (2023–2025), Bruno Gambardella (2025–present)

File:Radicali Italiani.png|2001–2017

File:Rosa nel Pugno.png|2006 general election

File:Radicali Logo.jpg|2008 (not used in elections)

File:Amnistia Giustizia Libertà.jpg|2013 general election

File:Radicali Italiani logo.png|2017–present

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.radicali.it Official website]
• [http://www.radicalparty.org Transnational Radical Party]
• [http://www.lucacoscioni.it Associazione Luca Coscioni]
• [http://www.radioradicale.it Radio Radicale]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507152154/http://quaderniradicali.it/ Quaderni Radicali]

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