 But the crunch point arrived on 20 July 1999, when a Group called "TGI" ("TDI" in French, from ""technique des deputes indépendants"") was formed.The Group consisted of the spectacularly unlikely partnership of the far-right French Front National, the regionalist-separatist Lega Nord of Italy, and liberal Italian Bonino List.Further, the 19 July letter ("constituent declaration") setting up the Group emphasised the political "independence" of the Group members from each other