Democratic Movement (''Movimento Democratico'', MoDem) is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. At the 2009 leadership election Dario Franceschini was defeated by Pier Luigi Bersani. Those who supported the former's bid joined forces into AreaDem, a broad minority faction which comprised several groups: '' Veltroniani'', '' Fassiniani'', Fourth Phase, Liberal PD, Democratic Ecologists, Simply Democrats, etc. By September 2010, both Franceschini and Piero Fassino had re-approached with Bersani, a move which was not approved by

Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni (; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist and politician. He served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the Italian centre-left opposition until his resignation on 17 February 2009. H ...

and Giuseppe Fioroni, who chose to form a "movement" in order to defend the "original spirit" of the PD. In doing this they were supported by 75 deputies: 33 '' Veltroniani'', 35 Populars close to Fioroni and 7 former '' Rutelliani'' led by Paolo Gentiloni. The new faction was named Democratic Movement. Gero Grassi, right-hand man of Fioroni, is the president of the association.

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