Democratic Movement (''Movimento Democratico'', MoDem) is a faction within the

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(PD), a

political party in Italy This article contains a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861. Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy, and since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern ...

. At the 2009 leadership election

Dario Franceschini Dario Franceschini (; born 19 October 1958) is an Italian lawyer, writer, and politician, member of the Democratic Party (PD), of which he briefly became leader in 2009. Franceschini served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and To ...

was defeated by

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. Those who supported the former's bid joined forces into

AreaDem AreaDem (an abbreviation for ''Area Democratica'', en, Democratic Area) is a broad faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. The faction coordinator is Marina Sereni, a former member of the Democrats of the Left close ...

, a broad minority faction which comprised several groups: ''

Veltroniani Veltroniani referred to the followers of Walter Veltroni, leader of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy, from 2007 to 2009. Most of them are social democrats coming from the Democrats of the Left. Apart the core group of ''Veltronian ...

'', '' Fassiniani'',

Fourth Phase Fourth Phase (''Quarta Fase'', QF) is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. The name of the faction was chosen to identify the new stage of left-wing Catholics in Italian politics, the first three being within the ...

Liberal PD Liberal PD ( it, Liberal PD) is a social-liberal faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. The aim of the group is to promote liberal ideas within the party and elect liberal candidates. The faction, through the Itali ...

, Democratic Ecologists,

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, etc. By September 2010, both Franceschini and

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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, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He serve ...

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 ''

'', 35 Populars close to Fioroni and 7 former '' Rutelliani'' led by

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. The new faction was named Democratic Movement.

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, right-hand man of Fioroni, is the president of the association.

Leadership

*President:

(2011–...)

References

External links

Official website
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