Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left Partito Democratico della Sinistra | |
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The Democratic Party of the Left (
post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party,[1][2][3] the party was the largest in the Alliance of Progressives and The Olive Tree coalitions. In February 1998, the party merged with minor parties to form Democrats of the Left. At its peak in 1991, the party had a membership of 989,708; by 1998, it was reduced to 613,412.[4]
History
The PDS evolved from the
Marxist–Leninist party. With this in mind, the PCI dissolved itself and refounded itself as the PDS in 1991,[5] reforming its ideology to adopt acceptance of a multi-party system and the mixed economy.[6]
The party's first leader was
European United Left to the PES group in the European Parliament.[9] In 1996, the PDS explored the possibility of adopting the fist and rose emblem of the Socialist International but was prevented to do it by the Transnational Radical Party, which had obtained the right to use it in Italy in the 1970s.[10]
In the
Tangentopoli and the end of the First Republic, when the dominant Christian Democracy and four other establishment parties collapsed and were replaced by new political formations during 1992–1994.[12]
In the following
Italian Minister of the Interior
.
In 1997, D'Alema called for the party to become a full-fledged European social-democratic party. In accordance with this call, the PDS merged in 1998 with the
Reformists for Europe (mostly former members of the Italian Socialist Party), and the Democratic Federation (a Sardinian party formed by the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, along with former Republicans and Socialists) to form the Democrats of the Left (DS). On that occasion, the DS decided to replace the hammer and sickle of its logo with the red rose
of European social democracy.
Popular support
The electoral results of PDS in general (Chamber of Deputies) and European Parliament elections from 1992 to 1996 are shown in the chart below.
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Electoral results
Italian Parliament
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,321,084 (2nd) | 16.1 | 107 / 630
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| 1994 | 7,881,646 (2nd) | 20.4 | 116 / 630
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 9 |
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| 1996 | 7,894,118 (1st) | 21.1 | 172 / 630
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56 |
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| Senate of the Republic | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,663,976 (2nd) | 17.0 | 66 / 315
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–
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| 1994 | with AdP | – | 76 / 315
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10 |
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| 1996 | with Olive Tree | – | 98 / 315
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26 |
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European Parliament
| European Parliament | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6,281,354 (2nd) | 19.1 | 16 / 87
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Leadership
- Secretary: Achille Occhetto (1991–1994), Massimo D'Alema (1994–1998)
- Coordinator: Massimo D'Alema (1991–1993), Davide Visani (1993–1994), Mauro Zani (1994–1996), Marco Minniti (1996–1998)
- Organizational Secretary: Piero Fassino (1991–1992), Mauro Zani (1992–1994), Marco Minniti (1994–1996), Pietro Folena (1996–1998)
- President: Stefano Rodotà (1991–1992), Giglia Tedesco Tatò (1993–1998)
- Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Giulio Quercini (1991–1992), Massimo D'Alema (1992–1994), Luigi Berlinguer (1994–1996), Fabio Mussi (1996–1998)
- Party Leader in the Senate: Ugo Pecchioli (1991–1992), Giuseppe Chiarante (1992–1994), Cesare Salvi (1994–1998)
- Party Leader in the European Parliament: Luigi Alberto Colajanni (1991–1994), Renzo Imbeni (1994–1998)
References
- ISBN 978-0-415-12162-0. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7619-5862-8. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-8982-2. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Gli iscritti ai principali partiti politici italiani della Prima Repubblica dal 1945 al 1991". Cattaneo Institute. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 10 November 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-139-48677-4.
- ISBN 978-0-275-97734-4. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7425-1827-8. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-415-69374-5. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-230-62255-5.
- ISSN 2279-7238. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Pds e Verdi abbandonano Ciampi. Fuori i ministri". Italia Oggi. No. 100. 30 April 1993. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ Carol Diane St Louis (2011). Negotiating Change: Approaches to and the Distributional Implications of Social Welfare and Economic Reform. Stanford University. p. 119. STANFORD:RW793BX2256. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
Further reading
- Bull, Martin J. (1996). The Great Failure? The Democratic Party of the Left in Italy's Transition. The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi. Routledge. pp. 159–172.
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