Democratic Party (Italy)
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Democratic Party
Partito Democratico |
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| Secretary | Matteo Renzi |
| Deputy Secretary |
Lorenzo Guerini Debora Serracchiani |
| President | Matteo Orfini |
| Founded | 14 October 2007 |
| Merger of |
Democrats of the Left, The Daisy, minor parties |
| Headquarters |
Largo del Nazareno, Via S. Andrea delle Fratte 16 00186 Rome |
| Newspaper | L'Unità |
| Youth wing | Young Democrats |
| Membership (2015) | 385,320 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Christian left Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colors | Red Green |
| Chamber of Deputies |
303 / 630
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| Senate |
114 / 315
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| European Parliament |
29 / 73
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| Regional Government |
15 / 20
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| Website | |
| www.partitodemocratico.it | |
The Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico, PD) is a social-democraticpolitical party in Italy.
The party's leader is Matteo Renzi, who was elected as national secretary in the 2013 leadership election (see leaders' list).
The PD was founded on 14 October 2007 as a merger of various centre-left parties which had been part of The Union in the 2006 general election. At foundation the majority of the PD was formed by the Democrats of the Left (heirs of the Italian Communist Party) and the largely Catholic-inspired Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. Within the party, an important role is thus played by Christian leftists, who are direct heirs of the former Christian Democracy's left-wing.
Following the 2013 general election and the 2014 European Parliament election, the PD was the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and the European Parliament, respectively. As of 2015, other than the national government, Democrats head fifteen regional governments out of twenty and function as coalition partner in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
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