The Committee of Freedom () was a

political alliance A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ...

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

History

The alliance was formed by the

Sammarinese Socialist Party The Sammarinese Socialist Party (, PSS) was a socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of ...

and the

Sammarinese Communist Party The Sammarinese Communist Party (, abbreviated PCS) was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organization existed for its first two de ...

, and was opposed by the Popular Alliance, an alliance of the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the EPP in 1993. Its Italian counterpart was the no ...

and the

Sammarinese Democratic Socialist Party The Sammarinese Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDS) was a political party in San Marino. History The party began as a loose group of MPs in the Grand and General Council, and was part of the Popular Alliance (San Marino, historical), Popular Alli ...

. It won 40 of the 60 seats in the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council (; ) is the unicameral parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all the family heads known ...

in the 1945 elections. The 1949 elections saw it reduced to 35 seats. The two parties retained their combined majority in the 1951 elections, although won only 31 seats. The alliance was formally abandoned for the 1955 elections. However, the parties continued to co-operate, with their coalition continuing to be known as the "Committee of Freedom". The parties remained in government until 1957, when six Socialist Party MPs left to merge with the Socialist Democratic Party to form the

Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party The Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDIS) was a social democracy, social-democratic political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. It was founded on 14 April 1957 following ...

. Co-operation ceased briefly in March 1973 then the Socialists joined a government led by the Christian Democratic Party, but left in 1977 after the Christian Democrats refused to approve the Communists being given a role.Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe: Poland-Yugoslavia'', Greenwood Press, pp814–815

References

{{Sammarinese political parties Defunct political party alliances in San Marino Political parties disestablished in 1955