New Force Forza Nuova | |
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| Abbreviation | FN |
| National Secretary | Roberto Fiore |
| Founded | 29 September 1997; 28 years ago (1997-09-29) |
| Split from | Tricolour Flame |
| Headquarters | Via Sansovino 1,Verona |
| Newspaper | Ordine Futuro |
| Youth wing | Lotta Studentesca Azione Frontale |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right[10] |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
| International affiliation | World National-Conservative Movement (2015) International Sovereigntist League (since 2025) |
| Colors | Black |
| Anthem | "Fronte al sole" |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 400 |
| Senate | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Regional Councils | 0 / 896 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| forzanuova1997.it | |
New Force (Italian:Forza Nuova,FN) is aneo-fascist[11][12][13]political party in Italy. It was founded byRoberto Fiore andMassimo Morsello. The party is a member of theAlliance for Peace and Freedom and was a part of theSocial Alternative from 2003 to 2006. The party has often been strongly criticized for its radical positions and for acts of violence involving some militants. It also supported political campaigns opposed tosame-sex marriage andimmigration to Italy.
New Force was formed within theTricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) and then began the process that led it to become a party. Its founders and financiers were two well-known names from the years of militancy in the lead for the movements of theRomanradical right, and for theirneo-fascist political beliefs. The split occurred when Tricolour Flame ofPino Rauti began to oppose the distribution among its members of the bulletin ofRoberto Fiore andMassimo Morsello.[14]
In 1980, Fiore and Morsello escaped to London as fugitives after arrest warrants aimed at shedding light on the facts of themassacre at the Bologna railway station. The two were considered unrelated to the massacre, although they belonged, according to the judiciary, to theNuclei Armati Rivoluzionari.[15] They both stayed inEngland during the first government led byMargaret Thatcher with the status ofpolitical refugees for 20 years.[16][17]
New Force was founded on 29 September 1997 at a meeting inCave, in the province ofLazio, organized by Francesco Pallottino, leader of aNazi rock group. It was not a random date because it is the one dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, a symbol among other things of the RomanianIron Guard, to which Forza Nuova historically refers. The founders Fiore and Morsello were still fugitives inLondon and did not return until 1999. Fiore was sentenced by a court to 66 months in prison. Morsello was sentenced to 98 months, although he did not serve them as he was dying from cancer (he died in March 2001).[citation needed]
The national launch of the group was inLatina with a conference in April 1998. Forza Nuova was placed on the political scene with the goal at the local level, to broaden their contacts on concrete campaigns againstimmigration,abortion, crime, and to hold together the conservativeright-wing traditionalist with the social channel blocker.[citation needed]
On 25 March 1999,Massimo Morsello returned to Italy,[18][19] and so didRoberto Fiore on 21 April of the following year.[20] They were welcomed at the airport by deputies of theNational Alliance andForza Italia such asFrancesco Storace, Enzo Fragalà, Alberto Simeone,Carlo Taormina, Ernesto Caccavale andTeodoro Buontempo.[21] In early 2001, the movement could count on 2500 members and forty sections scattered across Italy.[22]
In2001 general election, New Force gained 13,622 votes at theChamber of Deputies.In2008 general election, the party won 0.30% in the Chamber[23] and 0.26% in the Senate.[24] It has not been elected a parliamentary presented himself in the lists of the party. Following the resignation of mandatoryAlessandra Mussolini, elected to the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fiore becameMEP.[25]
In2013 general election, New Force got 89,812 votes (0.26%) in the Chamber of Deputies and 81,521 votes in the Senate,[26] failing to elect any candidate but becoming the largestfar-right party in Italy.[citation needed]
In 2016, New Force was featured in an episode ofHuang's World on the television channel Viceland. In the episode, the members went out to eat with Eddie Huang, the host, and an apparent local Sicilian walked by and happened to recognize the politicians and yelled at them for their far-right views. It ends with the host and camera crew going to jail because, they claimed, the New Force members had them arrested by the police.[27]
For the2018 general election New Force joined withTricolour Flame to form theItaly for the Italians coalition.[citation needed]
In May 2020 an internal party split takes place, dozens of offices throughout Italy leave the party giving life to a new entity calledNational Movement – The Network of the Patriots in controversy with the management of Fiore and Castellino considered not very transparent and too close toMatteo Salvini as well as aiming exclusively at obtaining media hype.[28][29][30][31] The new political entity is officially founded on 10 October 2020.[32]
On 9 October 2021 New Force militants attacked theItalian General Confederation of Labour's headquarters during a protest march againstvaccine passports. Party founder and national secretaryRoberto Fiore, the chief of the Roman chapter of the partyGiuliano Castellino, the formerNARterrorist Luigi Aronica and other party members were arrested in the aftermath of the attack.[33][34][35]
On 11 October 2021 the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Rome imposed a block on the party's website.[36]
Forza Nuova has longstanding ties to other European far-right organization, including theBritish National Party.[37] Forza Nuova leader Roberto Fiore was once closely allied with the Ukrainian far-rightSvoboda party, but following the beginning of theRusso-Ukrainian War, Forza Nuova and Fiore "made a considerable shift to the pro-Russian camp."[37] According to the Political Capital Institute, a Hungarian think tank, Forza Nuova is one of a number of Russian-backed radical right political parties in Europe.[38]
In 2016, a Forza Nuova affiliate continued attempts to recruit members in the United States.[39] The group established Forza Nuova—USA chapters inNew Jersey (Forza Nuova—USA's headquarters) andPhoenix, Arizona.[40]
In 2018, Forza Nuova joined forces with Polish ultra-right organizationNational Radical Camp to "patrol" the beaches of Italian Romagna Riviera.[41]
The political movement claims to aim for "national reconstruction" by achieving eleven objectives:
New Force is also characterized byEuroscepticism; Roberto Fiore, FN leader, stated that he wanted to oppose "with all possible legal means" the entry into force of theLisbon Treaty. As theRusso-Ukrainian War began, the party started supporting Russia, although it had previously enjoyed relations with Ukrainian far-right groups. This has created a disunity withCasaPound, which is pro-Ukraine.[42] According to the Italian edition of theHuffPost, members of New Force went to fight in Ukraine for Russia, among them Andrea Palmeri, enlisted in theseparatist forces in Donbas.[43]
Regarding theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict, New Force is pro-Palestine and are accused of supporting extremist groups likeHamas (views that are shared among theItalian neo-fascist groups). After theOctober 7 attacks, New Force led by Roberto Fiore organized demonstrations in support of "Palestinian resistance".[44][45]
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | intoSouthern Action League | 0 / 630 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2006 | intoSocial Alternative | 0 / 630 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2008 | 108,837 | 0.30 | 0 / 630 | – | Roberto Fiore |
| 2013 | 89,811 | 0.26 (#16) | 0 / 630 | – | Roberto Fiore |
| 2018 | intoItaly for the Italians | 0 / 630 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| Senate of the Republic | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | intoSouthern Action League | 0 / 315 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2006 | intoSocial Alternative | 0 / 315 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2008 | 85,630 | 0.26 | 0 / 315 | – | Roberto Fiore |
| 2013 | 81,521 | 0.26 (#16) | 0 / 315 | – | Roberto Fiore |
| 2018 | intoItaly for the Italians | 0 / 315 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| European Parliament | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | intoSouthern Action League | 0 / 87 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2004 | intoSocial Alternative | 0 / 78 | – | Roberto Fiore | |
| 2009 | 146,619 | 0.47 | 0 / 72 | – | Roberto Fiore |
| 2019 | 41,077 | 0.15 | 0 / 73 | – | Roberto Fiore |
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New logo introduced in 2021, depicting aswallow, refers to the logo ofAla Littoria, national airline from 1934 to 1945.
During 2014anti-immigration demonstrations, the party members wore white shirts. According to Italian journalist Fabio Spaterna, the use of white shirts symbolizes their "anti-immigrant instances". In addition to this distinctive clothing theforzanovisti (lit. 'new forcists') have flown theflag of the Russian Federation. New Force leader Roberto Fiore justified the Russian flag presence by affirming: "Irony of history,Putin is the only one who represents our values today".[46]
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