Subsequently, Civic Choice, UdC, and FLI joined forces in the With Monti for Italy coalition.
The NPI was founded on 15 December 2010 both as an alternative to the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord led by Silvio Berlusconi, and to the centre-left coalition between the Democratic Party and Italy of Values led by Pier Luigi Bersani.
The NPI, which was never an electoral coalition, was disbanded sometime in 2012, after Casini announced that he was no longer interested in the project.
[6][7] In September 2012, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo announced that he would take part through his Future Italy association to the formation o a new "popular, reform and authentically liberal force", which would hegemonize the political centre of Italian politics, in dialogue with "responsible people" of the established parties.
[8] Casini and Fini responded by proposing a joint "List for Italy" without party symbols.