Democracy Europe Society (, DEMS) is a

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faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a

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. Most of its members hail from the

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(DS), a social-democratic party with roots in the

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(PCI). The faction was formed in August 2017 by

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, then

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, after his unsuccessful bid to become party's national secretary in the 2017 leadership election. In the event, Orlando obtained 20.0% of the vote in the "primary" election and was defeated by

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, who got 69.2%.

References

External links

Official website
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