European Republicans Movement

The European Republicans Movement (Italian: Movimento Repubblicani Europei, MRE) is a minor social-liberal[2] political party in Italy.

The MRE was also a member of the pan-European European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR),[3] and its long-standing leader was Luciana Sbarbati.

In 2001 the Italian Republican Party (PRI), after five years within the centre-left coalition, decided to join the centre-right House of Freedoms instead.

The list won 220 out of 630 deputies (including two Republicans, Luciana Sbarbati and Adriano Musi) as part of The Union.

During the 2009 congress of the MRE the two parties signed a joint declaration, under which - despite their different coalition allegiances - they pledged to join forces on key issues, especially those concerning civil liberties and freedom of research.

2009 Congress of the European Republicans Movement