Following months of discussions between the Radical Party and residents of the building, the Radical Party leader will be honoured with a commemorative plaque on Palazzo Braschi, the site of so many of his battles. Gualtieri: “A well-deserved tribute”

Partly thanks to a campaign that set a precedent, it achieved the most extraordinary electoral performance in the entire history of the Radical Party in the 1999 European elections, with a resounding 8.4 per cent. In addition to its traditional electorate, it made inroads into the left, the centre and the right.