Founded 1919 (1919) Preceded by Liberal Union | Dissolved 1921 (1921) Headquarters Rome, Italy | |
Leader Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Succeeded by Democratic Liberal Party | ||
The Liberals–Democrats–Radicals (Italian: Liberali–Demoratici–Radicali) was a social-liberal political alliance, active in Italy in the first decades of the 20th century.
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History
It was formed for the 1919 general election, arriving third after the Socialist Party and the People's Party, with 15.9% and 96 seats, doing particularly well in Piedmont and Southern Italy, especially in Sicily, the home-region of party's leader and former Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.
Ideology
The Liberals–Democrats–Radicals were the expression of the Italian liberalism and the upper-middle class, like cities' bourgeoisie, business owners and artisans. In the alliance there were also a main group of radicals. The LDR also supported a right to vote and the public school for all children.