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. The party's leader and founder was

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. The FL was founded by members of the

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(PSI) in November 1994, a few days before the PSI's dissolution, and entered into a close alliance with the

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(PDS). At its foundation the FL included eleven deputies and seven senators. In the 1996 general election, in which the party was a component of The Olive Tree, the party obtained six deputies and five senators. In February 1998 the FL was merged with the PDS and some minor parties from the

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(the

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, Republican Left, etc.) into the

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(DS). Those who opposed the merger joined the Italian Socialists (SI), formed by the bulk of the PSI four years before, and other Socialist groups in forming the

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(PD) and later joined the

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(PS). Those who decided to join the PD took part in To the Left, which the LS faction finally merged into in July 2008.

References

Leadership

*President:

(1994–1998), Carlo Carli (1998–2008)

External links

Official website
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