Party of Socialists and Democrats
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Party of Socialists and Democrats
Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici |
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| Leader | Paride Andreoli |
| Founded | 18 February 2005 |
| Merger of | PSS and PdD |
| Headquarters | Via Ordelaffi, 46 – Borgo Maggiore |
| Youth wing | Socialist Youth Area of San Marino |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Socialist international |
| Colours | Red |
| Grand and General Council |
3 / 60
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| Italian counterparts |
Democratic Party, Italian Socialist Party |
| Website | |
| www.psd.sm | |
The Party of Socialists and Democrats (Italian: Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International and its current-day Italian counterpart is the Democratic Party.
The PSD was formed in 2005 by a merger of the Sammarinese Socialist Party (PSS), the oldest political party in the country, and the Party of Democrats (PD). At the party's formation it had 27 of 60 seats in the Grand and General Council, which was reduced to 20 in the 2006 general election. The PSS long governed as the junior partner in a coalition with the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party, while PD had its origins in the Sammarinese Communist Party.
The merger of the two parties provoked the exit of the centrist wing of PSS, which launched the New Socialist Party and of the socialist wing of PD, which formed the Left Party and joined the Sammarinese Communist Refoundation into forming the United Left, while 2 other splinters, led by Fabio Berardi and Nadia Ottaviani, both members of the Grand and General Council, who considered the PSD to be too left-wing, split in September 2008 to form the Arengo and Freedom party. Another split in 2009 in Borgo Maggiore formed the Sammarinese Reformist Socialist Party.
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