The Federalist Union was founded on 1 June 1994 by Miglio, an influent member of Italy's
Senate of the Republic and political scientist who left the Northern League in May 1994 over disagreements with
Umberto Bossi, and Giovine, a former
Italian Socialist Party member who was at the time member of Berlusconi's Forza Italia. In July 1995, the group was strengthened by the joining of eleven members of Italy's
Chamber of Deputies, all former members of the Northern League who had previously joined the
Federalist Italian League and the
Federalists and Liberal Democrats; among the major exponents of the Federalist Italian League were Enrico Hüllweck, who was elected
mayor of Vicenza in 1998 for Forza Italia, and
Giorgio Vido, who became a leader of the Marco Polo Front and the
Liga Veneta Repubblica. This made possible the establishment of a sub-group within the
Mixed Group in the Chamber of Deputies. The party was almost disbanded after the death of Miglio in 2001 but continued to exist and to be active as the Federalist Movement under the leadership of Giovine. In 2008, the party was merged into the
Movement for Autonomy. == Leadership ==