Italian Democratic Socialists
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Italian Democratic Socialists
Socialisti Democratici Italiani |
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| Secretary | Enrico Boselli |
| Founded | 10 May 1998 |
| Dissolved | 5 October 2007 |
| Merger of |
Italian Socialists Italian Democratic Socialist Party minor parties |
| Merged into | Italian Socialist Party (2007) |
| Newspaper |
Avanti! MondOperaio |
| Membership (2006) | 71,783 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
The Olive Tree (1998–2005) Rose in the Fist (2005–07) The Union (2005–07) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| European Parliament group | Party of European Socialists |
The Italian Democratic Socialists (Italian: Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) were a social-democraticpolitical party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socialist Party. Also the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the other long-time Italian social-democratic party, was merged into it.
The party's long-time leader was Enrico Boselli, a former President of Emilia-Romagna (1990–1993).
In 2007 the SDI were merged with other descendants of the PSI to form the modern-day Italian Socialist Party.
The SDI were founded in 1998 by the merger of the Italian Socialists (Enrico Boselli, Roberto Villetti and Ottaviano Del Turco), the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Gian Franco Schietroma and Giorgio Carta), a portion of the Labour Federation, a portion of the Socialist Party (Ugo Intini) and the Socialist League (Claudio Martelli and Bobo Craxi).
In their first appearance on the national stage, the 1999 European Parliament election, the SDI won 2.2% of the votes and two MEPs. In December 1999, the SDI formed a short-lived centrist alliance (The Clover) with the Union for the Republic and Italian Republican Party, which was responsible for the fall of the D'Alema I Cabinet in December 1999.
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