New Italian Socialist Party
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New Italian Socialist Party
Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano (Nuovo PSI) |
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| Secretary | vacant |
| President | Stefano Caldoro |
| Founded | 20 January 2001 |
| Merger of |
Socialist League Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Via di Torre Argentina, 47 00186 Rome |
| Newspaper | È ora |
| Membership (2006) | 40,000 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation |
House of Freedoms (2001–08) The People of Freedom (2008–13) Forza Italia (2013–2015) |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
1 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Website | |
| www.nuovopsionline.it | |
The New Italian Socialist Party (Italian: Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano, NPSI, whose official name is Nuovo PSI), is a small political party in Italy which professes a social-democratic ideology and claims to be the successor to the historical Italian Socialist Party, which was disbanded after the judiciary tempest of the early 1990s (see Mani pulite).
The party, which was long aligned with the centre-right Forza Italia/The People of Freedom/Forza Italia party, was founded in 2001 as Socialist Party – New PSI (Partito Socialista – Nuovo PSI), but, after the split of the Socialist Party in 2007, it assumed the current name. Most of the party's members are former followers of Bettino Craxi, whom they often portray as a victim of political persecution, notwithstanding the many convictions that Craxi received on corruption charges. The party has been an ally of the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition for most of its history, as the centre-left has been dominated by former Communists alas the main opponents of the Socialists (most of whom had earlier joined Forza Italia).
The main leader of the party was Gianni De Michelis, who however left the party in 2007, being replaced by Stefano Caldoro. In 2007 several members left to join the centre-left Socialist Party, while what remained of the NPSI was merged into the centre-right PdL. From 2010 to 2015 party leader Caldoro served as President of Campania for the PdL.
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