The Olive Tree (political coalition)
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The Olive Tree
L'Ulivo |
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| Leader |
Romano Prodi (1995–1998, 2004–2007) Massimo D'Alema (1998–2000) Francesco Rutelli (2000–2004) |
| Founded | 6 March 1995 |
| Dissolved | 14 October 2007 |
| Merged into | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | via S. Andrea delle Fratte, 16 00186 Rome |
| Newspaper | none |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
Ulivo–PRC (1996–98) The Union (2005–07) |
| Website | |
| www.ulivo.it | |
The Olive Tree (Italian: L'Ulivo) was a denomination used for several successive centre-left political and electoral alliances of Italian political parties from 1995 to 2007.
The historical leader and ideologue of these coalitions was Romano Prodi, Professor of Economics and former leftist Christian Democrat, who invented the name and the symbol of The Olive Tree with Arturo Parisi in 1995. For the 2006 general election The Olive Tree was largely supplanted by a wider Prodi-led alliance called The Union (L'Unione), while The Olive Tree remained a smaller federation of parties which merged to form the Democratic Party in October 2007.
On 21 April 1996, The Olive Tree won 1996 general election in alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), making Romano Prodi the Prime Minister of Italy. It was the first time since 1946 that the Communists, now gathered in the Democratic Party of the Left, took part in the government of the country and one of their leaders, Walter Veltroni, who ran in ticket with Prodi in a long electoral campaign, was Deputy Prime Minister.
In 1996 the coalition was formed by six parties:
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