Segni Pact
The Segni Pact, also called the Pact of National Rebirth, was a Christian-democratic, centrist and liberal political party in Italy, named after Mario Segni.History
The party was founded in 1993 by the Populars for Reform, a split from Christian Democracy in 1992 whose basic goal was electoral reform from proportional representation to plurality voting, and splinters from the Democratic Alliance.
The party contested the 1994 general election within the Pact for Italy coalition, along with the Italian People's Party, and the Pact leader Mario Segni was "candidate for Prime Minister". The Pact included in its lists Republicans, Liberals, Socialists, Democratic Socialists, and several former Christian Democrats.
The party obtained 4.7% of the vote and 13 deputies. However soon after the election suffered several splits. The group around Michelini and Tremonti, for instance, founded the Liberal Democratic Foundation and decided to support the Berlusconi I Cabinet and would later join Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.
In the 1995 regional elections, the Pact formed a list named Pact of Democrats, along with the Italian Socialists and AD.
In the 1996 general election the party joined The Olive Tree coalition as part of Italian Renewal, winning eight seats at the Chamber of Deputies and one seat at the Senate of the Republic.
In 1999, after having contributed to the foundation of the Democratic Union for the Republic, the Pact attracted some former Radicals from FI, but at the same time several members left to join The Democrats. In the 1999 European Parliament election the party formed a joint list with National Alliance which received 10.3% of the vote, and Segni was re-elected MEP.
The Pact decided not to present lists for the 2001 general election, but Cossa, member of the Sardinian Reformers, the regional section of the party in Sardinia, was elected deputy in a single-seat constituency of Cagliari for the House of Freedoms centre-right coalition.
In 2003 the party was finally transformed into the Pact of Liberal Democrats.Electoral results
