The Freedom Party of South Tyrol (German: Freiheitliche Partei Südtirols, FPS) was a regionalist national-liberal[1] political party in South Tyrol.
It was launched in 1988 as the continuation of the Party of Independents by Gerold Meraner.
[2][3] In December 1992 a group of dissidents from the South Tyrolean People's Party led by Christian Waldner founded Die Freiheitlichen.
They were joined by some former members of the FPS around Martin Wenter who left the Union for South Tyrol after internal conflicts in 1993.
[2] Gerold Meraner later identified Die Freiheitlichen as the legitimate heir of the FPS.