ing ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁T osi ▁List ▁for ▁Ven eto ▁in ▁the ▁Regional ▁Council , ▁and ▁finally ▁chose ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁joint ▁centre - right ▁candidate ▁for ▁mayor , ▁Feder ico ▁S bo arina . ▁Bis in ella ▁was ▁instead ▁chosen ▁as ▁the ▁party ' s ▁official ▁candidate ▁for ▁mayor . ▁ ▁Context ually , ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁level , ▁T osi ▁was ▁planning ▁a ▁new ▁liberal ▁party ▁with ▁C iv ic ▁Cho ice ▁( SC ), ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁F ond azione ▁Luigi ▁E ina udi ▁and ▁the ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁Guy ▁Ver hof stadt ▁( le ader ▁of ▁the ▁AL DE ▁Group ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ), ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁a ▁broad ▁cent rist ▁front , ▁composed ▁also ▁by ▁Popular ▁Altern ative ▁( AP ), ▁the ▁Cent rist s ▁for ▁Europe ▁( C p E ) ▁and ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Popular ▁Alliance ▁( AL A ). ▁In ▁May ▁the ▁liberal ▁and ▁pro - E U ▁" Free ▁Italy " ▁was ▁launched ▁during ▁a ▁convention . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Cas ali ▁and ▁Bass i ▁finally ▁left ▁Act ! ▁and ▁formed ▁a ▁separate ▁group ▁from ▁L TV ' s ▁in ▁the ▁Regional ▁Council , ▁the ▁Ven et ian ▁Centre - Right . ▁In ▁doing ▁this , ▁they ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁a ▁third ▁coun c ill or , ▁Fab iano ▁Bar bis an ▁of ▁Liga ▁Ven eta ▁( but ▁elected ▁with ▁the ▁Za ia ▁List ), ▁for ▁technical ▁reasons . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1