Democratic Party of Italy
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Democratic Party
Partito Democratico |
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| Secretary | vacant (2017 leadership election) |
| President | Matteo Orfini |
| Prime Minister of Italy | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Founded | 14 October 2007 |
| Merger of |
Democrats of the Left Democracy is Freedom minor parties |
| Headquarters |
Via S. Andrea delle Fratte 16 (Largo del Nazareno) 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 |
14 / 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 acting leader is Matteo Orfini, who replaced Matteo Renzi after his resignation in February 2017 (see leaders' list). By the summer of 2017, the party will hold a leadership election and Renzi is running for a second term.
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 fourteen regional governments out of twenty and function as coalition partner in Tuscany and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
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