Is Brothers of Italy left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Brothers of Italy scores +05 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +08. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Brothers of Italy authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Brothers of Italy scores +03. Governs within constitutional constraints; has pursued constitutional reform to strengthen the premiership.

Atlas / Organisations / Brothers of Italy

Brothers of Italy

FdI · 2012– · Italy · National Conservative · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+05ECmarket

+08CUtraditional

+03AUmonist

+03SCcentral

+07IDascriptive

−03CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

God, fatherland and family; national sovereignty within, not against, NATO and the EU.

Economic model

Flat-tax ambitions, small-business friendly, higher defence spending, targeted welfare.

Organisation of powers

Governs within constitutional constraints; has pursued constitutional reform to strengthen the premiership.

Reading note

Descends organisationally from the postwar neo-fascist MSI, and has governed as a mainstream conservative party. Both facts belong in the record.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +05

Coded +5: flat-tax ambitions and business support alongside targeted welfare.

Documented act or statuteThe citizens' income was abolished in 2023 and replaced with a narrower conditional scheme.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +08

Coded +8: God, fatherland and family as the party's own formulation.

Documented act or statuteSurrogacy was criminalised including when performed abroad in 2024; registration of same-sex parents was restricted.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +03

Coded +3: fully constitutional in office, pursuing constitutional change by the prescribed route.

Documented act or statuteThe premiership reform is proceeding by constitutional amendment requiring referendum.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +03

Coded +3: national sovereignty within NATO and the EU rather than against them.

Documented act or statuteThe government maintained arms supply to Ukraine and EU budget commitments against expectation.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +07

Coded +7: the great replacement framing appears in the leadership's own speeches.

Documented act or statuteNaval NGO rescue operations were restricted by decree in 2023; a migrant processing agreement with Albania followed.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −03

Coded −3: an organisational descent from the postwar MSI combined with entirely electoral practice.

Documented act or statuteThe party's symbol retains the tricolour flame of the MSI.

Where it came from, and what came after

is a continuation ofItalian Fascism
Organisational descent through the Italian Social Movement founded by regime veterans in 1946, and the flame in its symbol.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Italy

Cite this page

Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Brothers of Italy. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/fdi/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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