The Clover
The Clover () was a centrist coalition of Italian political parties.

It was launched on 27 October 1999 and led by Francesco Cossiga, who supported the D'Alema I Cabinet since its formation via his Democratic Union for the Republic (UDR). The idea of The Clover was to unify those political forces within the majority which felt marginalised. The coalition was composed of three parties:
*the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI, social-democratic, leader: Enrico Boselli)
*the Union for the Republic (UpR, Christian-democratic and liberal, leader: Francesco Cossiga)
*the Italian Republican Party (PRI, liberal, leader: Giorgio La Malfa)

The coalition was responsible of bringing down the D'Alema I Cabinet (Massimo D'Alema resigned on 18 December) and decided not to enter into the D'Alema II Cabinet. At that point The Clover had 18 deputies, eight senators and two ministers: Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (UpR, Defence) and Angelo Piazza (SDI, Public Administration).

On 8 February 2000, after Cossiga had hinted at the possibility of making an alliance with the centre-right Pole of Freedoms, SDI left the coalition, while some of its members, including Claudio Martelli and Bobo Craxi, formed the Socialist League, which replaced SDI as third component of The Clover.

Since then, the coalition was loosened and each party started to take autonomous decisions, but by the 2001 general election all the three groups had joined the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi in different ways: the Socialist League took part to the foundation of the New Italian Socialist Party, PRI signed an electoral pact with Forza Italia and UpR merged into that party.
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centrist
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Italian political parties
UNK
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Francesco Cossiga
PER
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D'Alema I Cabinet
EVE
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Democratic Union for the Republic
ORG
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Italian Democratic Socialists
ORG
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social-democratic
Concept
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Enrico Boselli
PER
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Union for the Republic
ORG
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Christian-democratic
Concept
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liberal
Concept
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Francesco Cossiga
PER
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Italian Republican Party
ORG
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liberal
Concept
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Giorgio La Malfa
PER
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Massimo D'Alema
PER
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D'Alema II Cabinet
EVE
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deputies
LOC
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senators
MEDIA
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Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini
PER
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Angelo Piazza
UNK
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Pole of Freedoms
ORG
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Claudio Martelli
PER
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Bobo Craxi
PER
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Socialist League
ORG
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2001 general election
Concept
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House of Freedoms
ORG
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Silvio Berlusconi
PER
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New Italian Socialist Party
ORG
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Forza Italia
ORG
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The Clover
ORG
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The Clover
ORG
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The Clover
ORG
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The Clover
ORG
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8 February 2000
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