Leading members included Gabriele Pagliuzzi, Giuseppe Basini, Luciano Magnalbò and Saverio Porcari Lidestri.

Eugenio Riccio (former member of the Italian Social Movement and later of AN) joined Pagliuzzi in a convention on the future of the party.

[6] In 2019 Basini, Anna Cinzia Bonfrisco and Arturo Diaconale re-launched DLI as an internal faction and/or associate party of Lega.

[7][8][9] DLI is a conservative-liberal party expousing a vigorous patriotism and a strong support for economic liberalism.

[4] In the latest political program, possibly due to the alliance with the federalist Lega, these proposals are not included.