Force of the South (Italian: Forza del Sud, FdS) was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy based in Sicily.
[4] The party was officially launched during a convention in Palermo on 30 October 2010, which was attended also by Stefania Prestigiacomo, who, although very supportive of Micciché, chose to stay in the PdL.
[5] Finally only ten have managed to do so: they include seven deputies (Giuseppe Fallica, Ugo Grimaldi, Maurizio Iapicca, Gianfranco Micciché, Antonino Minardo, Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres and Giacomo Terranova) and three senators (Roberto Centaro, Mario Ferrara and Salvo Fleres), all elected in Sicily.
In May 2011 the party had promising results in Naples (5.2%[9]) and Reggio Calabria (4.7%[10]), while in October it gained 6.5% of the vote in a regional election in Molise.
[7][14][15] In October 2012, the balance of accounts of the People of Freedom showed that the Force of the South had received €300,000 of financial support from PdL.