Democratic Left (Italy)
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Democratic Left
Sinistra Democratica |
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| Coordinator | Claudio Fava |
| President | Fabio Mussi |
| Founded | 5 May 2007 |
| Dissolved | 22–24 October 2010 |
| Split from | Democrats of the Left |
| Merged into | Left Ecology Freedom |
| Headquarters | Via Palermo, 12 00184 Rome |
| Newspaper | Aprile per la Sinistra |
| Membership | unknown |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Green politics |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation |
Rainbow Left (2008) Left Ecology Freedom (2009-10) |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | Party of European Socialists (2007–09) |
| Website | |
| http://www.sinistra-democratica.it | |
Democratic Left (Italian: Sinistra Democratica, SD), whose complete name was Democratic Left. For European Socialism (Sinistra Democratica. Per il Socialismo Europeo), was a democratic-socialist political party in Italy.
SD was founded on 5 May 2007 by splinters of the Democrats of the Left (DS) led by Fabio Mussi and Gavino Angius, who opposed the merger of the DS with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy to form the Democratic Party. According to its leading members at its foundation, Democratic Left was to be not a party, but a "movement" with the goal to unite the entire Italian left, from Communist Refoundation Party to the Italian Democratic Socialists.
On 22–24 October 2010 SD was merged into Left Ecology Freedom.
In April 2007 the Democrats of the Left (DS) held in Florence their last congress in order to ratify the move towards the foundation of the Democratic Party, along with the centrists of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. In opposition to Piero Fassino's majority resolution, two resolutions were tabled by supporters of the factions led by Fabio Mussi and Gavino Angius (who formed Socialists and Europeans together with Mauro Zani): the first opposed in any form the foundation of the PD, whilst the second was favourable only in the event that the new party was to join the Party of European Socialists and thus represented a more "wait and see" attitude. These resolutions managed to garner around 25% of the vote.
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