Tremontiani referred to thefaction aroundGiulio Tremonti, a leading member ofThe People of Freedom (PdL), apolitical party in Italy.
Close to Tremonti isResPublica, a liberal think tank led byEugenio Belloni.[1][2] The scientific committee of the foundation includes former leading liberal figures of the PdL, such asGiuliano Urbani,Vittorio Mathieu andLuigi Compagna, and international scholars, such asJames M. Buchanan andJames Heckman.[3]
In October 2012 Tremonti left the PdL in order to launch theLabour and Freedom List, which would form an alliance withLega Nord for the2013 general election.