Political party in South Tyrol]
Die Freiheitlichen (German: [diː ˈfʁaɪhaɪtlɪçn̩] ), abbreviated dF ) is a regionalist ,[2] separatist ,[3] and national-conservative political party in South Tyrol .[3] The party, which is part of the South Tyrolean independence movement , seeks to represent the German-speaking majority and Ladin-speaking minority in the province and to separate it from Italy.[4]
Broadly speaking, the party's ideology is similar to that of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ),[2] and the two parties maintain close contacts.[5] The party was long led by Pius Leitner , who led it to become the second-largest party after the dominant South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) in the 2013 provincial elections , the party's best result so far. The party's name is variously translated into English as "The Freedomites",[6] [7] a term frequently used for FPÖ's members by English media,[8] [9] [10] [11] and by the FPÖ itself,[12] "The Libertarians",[13] [14] [15] and "The Liberals".[4] [16]
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^ Massetti, Emanuele (October 2009), Political Strategy and Ideological Adaptation in Regionalist Parties in Western Europe: A Comparative Study of the Northern League, Plaid Cymru, the South Tyrolese People's Party and the Scottish National Party (PDF) (DPhil dissertation), University of Sussex, pp. 154, 168–169
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