Alleanza Democratica
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Democratic Alliance
Alleanza Democratica |
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| Leader | Willer Bordon |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Dissolved | 1996 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Union |
| Ideology | Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
Alliance of Progressives (1994) The Olive Tree (1996) |
The Democratic Alliance (Italian: Alleanza Democratica, AD) was a social-liberalpolitical party in Italy.
AD was founded in 1992 with the intent of becoming the container of an alliance of centre-left forces, uniting both the centrists of the Segni Pact and the post-communist Democratic Party of the Left in a single bloc, a "Democratic Party" modelled on the Democratic Party of the United States. The project did not succeed, thus AD acted as a minor social-liberal party, proposing economic liberalism, criticism of the Italian left's statism, and a shake-up of the political system.
AD members were mainly former Republicans and former Socialists, while its founder and leader, Willer Bordon, was a former member of the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left.
The party ran in the 1994 general election within the Alliance of Progressives and obtained a mere 1.2% of the vote, due to the uneasy alliance with the traditional left and the competition by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, which embraced most of AD's policies. In the 1995 regional elections AD was part of the Pact of Democrats electoral alliance with the Segni Pact and Italian Socialists. Most AD members continued to be part of the centre-left, with the notable exceptions of Ferdinando Adornato and Giulio Tremonti, who would eventually join Forza Italia.
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