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The identity of the National Alliance, the new Right party in Italy, is examined with respect to its relationship with the legacy of Benito Mussolini's fascism. The National Alliance evolved out of the Italian Social Movement, which had fascist ties, & thus has been the subject of numerous critiques from Center & Left ideological views. While the ideology of the National Alliance & its predecessor have fascist overtones, the political record of the Italian far Right shows that it has always been in favor of conservative law & order policies. The National Alliance has committed itself to democratic means of political contestation, made itself open to coalition partnership, & campaigned on a platform aimed at the petite bourgeoisie, with Christian social doctrine & a foreign policy of national prestige. Although the future of the party depends on economic conditions, there is no reason to think it will tend toward the illiberalism & xenophobia exhibited by rightist parties in other European countries. H. von Rautenfeld