In the 1996 general election the party was part of Italian Renewal and got eight seats at the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (Diego Masi, Giuseppe Bicocchi, Elisa Pozza Tasca, Gianni Rivera, Antonino Mangiacavallo, Gianantonio Mazzocchin, Bonaventura Lamacchia, Paolo Manca) and one seat at the Senate of the Italian Republic (Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini).
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The group around Alberto Michelini and Giulio Tremonti, for instance, founded the Liberal Democratic Foundation and decided to support the Berlusconi I Cabinet (Tremonti even became Finance Minister); by the 1996 they had joined Forza Italia.
Patto | Mike Patto | Mario Segni | Giovanni dei Conti di Segni | Antonio Segni |