Ideas in Motion (, IM) was a left-wing political party in

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 party was established in 1998 by Alessandro Rossi as a successor to the

Democratic Movement Democratic Movement may refer to: *Brazilian Democratic Movement *Democratic Movement (France) *Democratic Movement (Israel) *Democratic Movement (Italy) *Democratic Italian Movement *Democratic Movement (San Marino) *Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzst ...

, which had won two seats in the 1993 elections.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press It contested the elections later that year in an alliance with the

Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party The Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (''Partito Progressista Democratico Sammarinese'', PPDS) was a democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Democratic Party of the Left. The party was formed in ...

(PPDS) and the

Democratic Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...

. The alliance received 18.6% of the vote, winning 11 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 ...

, becoming the third-largest faction. In 2001 it merged with the PPDS and

Socialists for Reform Socialists for Reform (, SR) was a political party in San Marino. History The party was formed in December 1975 when the Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party split into two; the more left-wing faction of five MPs formed the Unitar ...

to form the

Party of Democrats The Party of Democrats (, PD) was a social democracy, social-democratic and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist list of political parties in San Marino, political party in San Marino. Its counterpart in Italy was the Democrats of the Left. ...

References

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