Italian Renewal

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The Italian Renewal (Rinnovamento Italiano, RI) was a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.

It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini (the outgoing Prime Minister) along with some former Liberals, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Republicans and Democratic Socialists. The party joined the The Olive Tree centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi

In the 1996 general election RI, that gave hospitality in its lists to the Italian Socialists and Patto Segni, won 4.3% of the vote. After the election Lamberto Dini became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tiziano Treu minister of Labour in Prodi I Cabinet.

In 2001–2002 the party joined Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL). RI members in DL formed a faction within the party, named simply Renewal, that consisted of around 10% of the party members. In 2007 several members of this association including Dini broke away from DL to form the Liberal Democrats.

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