Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1949)
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Unitary Socialist Party Partito Socialista Unitario | |
|---|---|
Socialist Party (Italian Section of the Socialist International) | |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Red |
The Unitary Socialist Party (
Italian Socialist Workers' Party (Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani; PSLI), who sought a rupture with Christian Democracy (DC) and NATO. The party was led by a former interior minister Giuseppe Romita
.
There were 15 member of the
SFIO and the British Labour Party
, at that time both in government, liked the idea of their Italian counterpart defeating parties funded by the Soviet Union and the United States, respectively.
The project was undoubtedly too ambitious, and it quickly stalled. One problem was a lack of money. As Ignazio Silone, then a leading member of the party, confessed in 1950: "The search for funds to pay for our extremely limited expenses become every month more difficult, more precarious, more humiliating.... I do not mean we have to liquidate the PSU and accept unification at any cost, but we have to say that we can no longer go on this way."[1] On 1 May 1951, the party fused with the PSLI, led by Giuseppe Saragat, giving birth to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, PSDI).
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References
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